Comments on: To Drift Like Clouds and Flow Like Water

By: Purely My Own

Purely My Own — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:20:43 +0000

[...] my various minimalist readings, I came across a post by Miss Minimalist about drifting like clouds and flowing like water. And I think I might have to disagree with her on her theme for the post. Here’s an [...]

By: Magnificent Minimalist

Magnificent Minimalist — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:15:13 +0000

This is just what I needed to hear today. My husband and I are trying to conceive our first baby, and it’s waaaaaay too easy to get caught up in the minutia of that. It’s as if I’m trying to administer conception, instead of making room for it to happen; I’ve been really needing to relax into possibility instead of hovering over my calendar. Ray Bennett’s “The Underachiever’s Manifesto” helped to introduce me to non-goal-oriented living; this post was a wonderful reminder. Thank you!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:27:53 +0000

I work as an administrative assistant in the real estate sales industry and I am inundated with high pressure motivational “propaganda” on a daily basis. I know that many of the folks who work in sales need this kind of stimulation in order to face the tremendous rejection they encounter. However, the constant emphasis on goal setting, time-blocking and motivational “trickery” wears on me. After years of going along with it – this year I skipped the yearly goal setting session and the dream board making class and the end of 2011 letter congratulating myself on my year of accomplishments. This year I just want to focus on living more consciously and authentically. Thanks for this post – it spoke to me.

By: A Year Ago on miss minimalist « miss minimalist

A Year Ago on miss minimalist « miss minimalist — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:02:58 +0000

[...] To Drift Like Clouds and Flow Like Water: My husband and I spent the last ten days traveling through Southeast Asia, spending a few nights each in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. As usual, we packed only our small carry-on bags, giving us the freedom to wander between and throughout these places without the burden of heavy luggage. It was a wonderful trip. Our friends tend to view our vacations as something between exhausting and crazy (particularly as they are often planned less than two weeks in advance). To us, however, being “in motion” seems perfectly natural. We feel at peace, and at home, when we are on the road…{read more} [...]

By: Dara

Dara — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:04:00 +0000

Sounds alot like what Jesus said about not worrying about tomorow. I just love the idea of not constantly worrying and planning about the future.

By: Leo Babauta on his new book, “focus” « miss minimalist

Leo Babauta on his new book, “focus” « miss minimalist — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:42:13 +0000

[...] you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know I’m not the productivity type. I take a fluid approach to life, rarely set goals, and would rather empty my schedule than jam more stuff into it. To me, it’s a [...]

By: miss minimalist

miss minimalist — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:05:47 +0000

I’m glad you found it inspirational, Pauline! I think we’d all be happier with a little less planning, and a little more freedom.

By: Pauline

Pauline — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:28:49 +0000

This was a very inspirational and calming post!! A part of me wants to plan the next 5 years of my life because it calms my fears about the future but my heart is a free spirit. Thanks! It’s nice to know people who live like this exist!

By: miss minimalist

miss minimalist — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:53:31 +0000

Thank you, Jason, that was very well said. I think fixating on future goals can cause a lot of undue stress, and find I’m much happier living fully in the present.

By: Jason Edwards

Jason Edwards — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:14:01 +0000

Nice story and very romantic.When people focus on milestones they miss the wonder of the moment.The best laid plans can change in a nano second.Life can take many twists and turns.Aspirations and setting goals can often make people think of the why and when rather than the beauty of now.I’m certain Newton made his greatest discoveries when he was totally engrossed in the moment and the activity.When you are giving your entire self to the moment you arrive at the top of the mountain as a natural consequence of your journey.The journey continues even at the top with no ending and no beginning.No past and no future, only the present.If you carry the past and the future with you it’s the same as carrying heavy baggage.It makes one less prepared and more devastated when any changes happen because one is holding on to what could be or what has been rather than what is.That is why people hold on to material things and old memories.They are looking for certainty in an uncertain,ever changing and shifting world or are not really expressing and giving their entire being to the moment.
Most of people who are at the top of the mountain in anything loved the journey.
Everyday is a Birthday-when the sun rises in the morning.Even when we were a strand of DNA in our parents bodies we were alive.In the modern world we try and put to many borders up by measuring and objectifying experience by setting up borders like military drill sargents rather than flowing with the river.Our notion of time is very different to what it was before the clock and electric light.