The key to simple living is to have, as much as possible, only what you want. Naturally you have to have things in your life that you don’t want, like traffic and Monday mornings. But your goal in reaching simplicity is to have more of things you do want, like good books and doughnuts on Sunday morning, and maybe a good CD to listen to in car while you’re in traffic on Monday morning.

Simple is really simple. It’s what you want, not what you don’t.

Imagine your life as a series of circles, arranged around an inner circle. The inner circle is you. If you’re just running bases and touching each circle with your toe as you go by, you’re not in balance. But if all those circles are close in to your inner circle, touching or overlapping not only you but each other, chances are you’re in balance.

Balance comes when you’re doing what you want to be doing, when it needs to be done. It’s not about fifty percent of your time being home and fifty percent being work, or any other formula. It’s about doing what is important at time.