Life is less complicated than you think it is

 I'm writing this statement mostly to convince myself, even though I know it to be true. But I know it's true for many other people as well and if I can help you reframe some ideas in your mind then I'd say this is worth sharing. 

I read a quote somewhere a while back that said something along the lines of If having an existential crisis is your biggest problem in life it means all your other needs in life have been met. I think it may have been CS Lewis that said it. I could be wrong. But the point is, so many of us overcomplicate life and create problems in our mind or make bigger problems of the little ones that we have. And honestly, it gets to a point where it's exhausting. For so long in my life, my thoughts have been plagued by all sorts of ideas and beliefs in my mind that honestly just overcomplicate life. 

That's not to say we should stop thinking and just go with the first possible option in every situation. Many things in life do require pondering and thinking about before making decisions or doing research to make wise decisions. But in my experience of the modern day human, we think too much about unimportant things and too little about the important. I'd argue we should all make time to just sit and think every week, if not every day, even if it's just for 5 minutes. 

Now who decides what's the important? Honestly, I can't answer that for you. Everyone values different things. Everything I view as important won't necessarily be considered as important to my best friend, or the next person, or you reading this article. You have to decide what's important to you. It's likely change throughout your life. That's how life works, from my experience. You might believe differently. 

The point I'm trying to make here is, take one belief or idea that you've held for a long time, preferably something that you wish you didn't believe, or you wish had a different reality, and just decide that the reality about that particular thing is different. For me, that idea is that life is less complicated than I think it is, everything is easier to accomplish than I think it is, money is easier to make than I think it is, and there's less to be stressed about than I think there is.