Give me the simple life...

Winston Churchill once said, “out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.” I love simplicity. I always have. It makes my blood pressure drop just thinking about it. If there is a problem, I try to break it down into clean simple pieces. If something is not needed, I want to get rid of it. To me, simple doesn’t mean easy.  Steve Jobs even said that “simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.”   I’ve noticed that in my life – whether it’s my work, training my dog, or relationships with friends - I'm always trying to make it simple.  Not easy, but clean, understandable, actionable chunks.  (Is my type A brain starting to show itself?)

So as I try to live life to the simplest, I’ll be writing here to simply explore life in the context of all of its complexities – trying to focus on simplicity and purpose amidst a world full of complex distractions battling for my attention and room on my proverbial plate.

This isn’t my first blog, but it’s one of the more personal ones I’ve ever done.  And it's just for me.  Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE for everyone reading this to engage and leave me notes and comments, but at the end of the day, I love writing. I love thinking about things and putting my thoughts into words. So I'm doing this for me.  But if there are others who want to come along with me on this ride, well, then I'm flattered :)