Health Benefits of a Simple Life

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After researching on it, I was surprised to see that living a simple life has lots of health benefits. Well, not really surprised because I knew all along that a simple life was healthy, but somehow I still was surprised. And I believe it is a must adjunct to regular workouts and healthy eating habits. If you want to be really healthy, you must start living a simple life.

One way of living simply is sleeping better. Trying to beat deadlines and accomplish too many tasks at a time can ruin healthy sleeping habits. All that stress destroys your "appetite" to sleep at night. I'm telling you, if your sleep is ruined, then all hell breaks loose. Your immune system is down and then diseases set in. All abnormalities in your blood chem start convulsing.

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I can stop here---better sleeping habits. You get this everyday and you're on your way to tiptop health. And it's all possible only if you simplify your life. Cut out too much exposure to the TV, PC, CP (cellphone) and DVD. Get rid of that gadget addiction. In fact, cut out everything unnecessary. Make a lifestyle inventory and get rid of all the clutter. Examine the things you consider as "important" and be honest. Are they really important? Anything "important" that ruins your health needs a second and third re-examination. 

Then there is the ADD problem (Attention Deficit Disorder) that a simple life can remedy. If you're too stimulated during the day (multi-tasking is a fad today, for instance, and people are just too proud when they drown themselves in it), you may become candidate to ADD. That means pressure and stress (which you have become addicted to) can ruin your immune system and make you an easy target for deadly diseases. It can also trigger weight gain easily, too.

If you're too busy your attention span keeps getting shorter or weaker, then simplify your life. Or else, you might suffer ADD, and that's a definite minus to your health. It's a whole lot different when you age and your mind tends to be selective about things it remembers. It's a mental process called decluttering. You're not becoming forgetful; your mind works by itself screening your memories and trashing things not important or significant to your present and your vision of the future. 

It's also different if your memory is weakening. It's not necessarily dementia. It means you're becoming too busy with almost nothing. You think your busyness is productive. You think you're achieving a lot of things but you're not.

A simple life is also a must for a healthy spiritual life. You cannot tell people how Jesus invites all who are tired to come to his rest if you yourself look so exhausted and stressed out--and gaining weight. You have to check your own lifestyle if you want genuine spiritual health.

I'd start living simply from now on if I were you.