Simplify your life!

It may be that the question should be: "What is your biggest challenge when it comes to simplify your life?"

For the first 24 years of my life that I have experienced life style simple, without additional expense. Send me your challenge, and I want my personal challenge to find a way to easily compare what is a second nature for me, if I still Amish. If I cannot come, with all that I was one of the reasons in great detail the reasons why I cannot help. I have in the two cultures, and I see what the difference is very clear. In the last 16 years that I have not lived the life of the Amish, I had some very turbulent months; I can back into the application of certain simple things on the ground to stay and finish, Hast.

Every day was very important for us, and we have never lost an entire day by the distance to haul to do nothing. God gave us the day and I was informed that it was a good day. On Sunday, if we are not the church (the only church Amish have every two weeks) we have no work, but on the day of leisure was used to read the Bible, write letters, games, or visit friends or relatives.

I will start the Top 5 of your life easier, as follows:

1st Silence - Your mind needs a rest from time to time.

A. I have no TV or radio to occupy my mind. My brain had to work to get to the quiet moments in my life. Today, if I did not create some rest time for myself, my mind is very tired of all the information it receives. I think my time quietly to be very rewarding for me. When I go in my car, I turn off the radio or when I'm alone at home, I turn off the TV screen. A partial only with you and your spirit…… you will be surprised what you can come with or how you feel. It is a form of meditation.

2nd Structure - Create your structure in the everyday life.

A. Our life is very structured. Example: We have always together in the table for 3 meals per day. Now that I have a challenge, because my husband and I have a job to do, but you may become a target for all evenings or even days or once a week. My parents have never influenced the timetable, so I grew up in the awareness that, and it should. The children love the house.

3rd Self-discipline - not influence your true values.

A. My parents have many challenges which 10 children. My brothers and sisters and I have come with many ideas on the way to modernize certain roles / tasks, but my parents had the car to discipline. I was never taught to be proud of something or someone. The only time where I would proudly displays the Amish and that is where the tradition to the next generation. This is very important to my parents and all those Amish. When I asked why our baby carriages should be in black paint was the answer, because it than what our parents have taught us. Honor your father and the mother was # 1 Have enough of auto discipline within your stay true values.

4th The volunteers work - A feeling of satisfaction.

A. From the media we all know that the Amish to take care of their own. If someone needs help, we were all our own work and pointed out to help them. I never forget the help we received when our house burn, and during the reconstruction. All this was without compensation. It is never easy when you lose everything you own in the fire, but this tragedy has taught me to understand the real value of "help each other." The Amish do not depend on the car insurance, are insured, but some other help when needed. Number of days I was a colleague of the house, a new mother, without pay. The feeling of satisfaction is really worth it.

5th Family Values - It is the only family you have never.

A. My parents are not satisfied with my life that I am today, and that is sad. But I have no grudges against him result, because I understand why they do not agree. I like it very much because they are the only parents I will never have. I have learned to love and respect for my family, because they have learned the importance of this me. Take more time with family and the children learn the values of the family. Once learned, they never forget.