Comments on: Make it Happen Monday: Simple Life Part 2 http://lovingthebike.com/make-it-happen-mondays/make-it-happen-monday-simple-life-part-2 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Darryl is Loving the Bike http://lovingthebike.com/make-it-happen-mondays/make-it-happen-monday-simple-life-part-2/comment-page-1#comment-7646 Darryl is Loving the Bike Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:39:00 +0000 http://lovingthebike.com/?p=5675#comment-7646 Yes, I’d say you are living a simple life for sure.  You’ve got the focus, motivation, and right attitude…..love to see it, Joel.

]]> By: Joel Phillips http://lovingthebike.com/make-it-happen-mondays/make-it-happen-monday-simple-life-part-2/comment-page-1#comment-7642 Joel Phillips Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:14:00 +0000 http://lovingthebike.com/?p=5675#comment-7642 Great follow up to last week’s post.  As I was reading this I couldn’t help but laugh to myself.  I tend to view the world through a different set of eyes than most, and find a lot of irony in what you’ve written.  When I think of simplifying my life, I have thoughts of doing away with all the “noise” that interferes with what makes my soul happy, (family time & enjoying the outdoors).  Through mistakes and conscious decisions I’ve eliminated, what I identified, as most of the “noise”.  Cutting expenses to the minimum, organizing weekly dinners at mom’s house and earning income on MY terms.  Some of my friends and family call me a rebel, and I can understand why.  Most of society would probably call me a rebel, UNLESS I was over 60 & retired.  Then, they would say I am, “livin’ the good life”.  Which is what I find more than mildly ironic.  If it’s something we all aspire for anyway, then why do we wait so long?  

I don’t know, maybe I am missing something here, but it seems to me I hear more people say they, “really do prefer the simple things in life”, but there are very few actually putting that into practice.

Happy Riding Darryl…….  

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