Why I Choose Simplicity

I decided to start blogging again, but this time I'm keeping it very simple. I'm currently sitting in the doctors office waiting room, blogging on my phone; that's how simple this is. This blog will focus on simplicity, so it's only fitting that I do it as simply as possible. So let's get to it...


Why I choose simplicity:

It's easy to google a list of why minimalism is a good idea, so I won't go into that right now, instead I'll tell you why I chose minimalism, and continue to choose it every day.

My name is Shy. I'm a 26 year old mother of one little girl, almost 5 years married to my sweetheart. I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. This means that 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, I am thinking about diabetes--counting carbs, calculating medication, checking my blood sugar, making sure I have everything I need in case my blood glucose level drops, and everything I need in case it soars, correcting my levels as needed (multiple times a day), making sure I get enough exercise, going to doctors appointments, picking up medications from the pharmacy. I'm also constantly having to pay for the tools that help me do this, or dealing with the insurance that helps me pay for it. I lose a quite a bit of sleep having to get up in the night to treat a high or low blood glucose, or refill my insulin pump. There is a lot of counting and calculating, a lot of time, a lot of money, a lot of energy that goes into it. If I don't give it enough attention, it could literally take my life. I cant afford to focus on non-essentials.

I began to practice minimalism when I was pregnant with my daughter, and realized that if something didn't change, I wouldn't be around to see her grow to adulthood. I HAD to make my health a priority. By eliminating everything that was unnecessary, I would be left with more time, energy, and money to do what is necessary.

Now, years later, I'm reaping the rewards that I expected; but amazingly I'm also being rewarded in ways I couldn't have imagined. The things I've learned, and ways I've grown have far exceeded my expectations. Its incredible what you can learn when you aren't being distracted by unnecessary noise or  pursuing the fulfillment of needs that aren't truly needs.