The wage freedom word for the day is ‘Atrophy’. It’s what happens to a capacity or a muscle through an extended period of disuse. It’s also what you risk when you get serious about simplifying your life for all the right reasons. Malnutrition is a similar risk you run.
Atrophy and malnutrition are sad stories if you value health, although risking them in the name of something you hold as desirable at least makes them interesting. Not interesting enough to embrace, though. You’ll fend them off as long as your effort to simplify doesn’t create imbalance.
There’s no reason why taking less has to imply not getting enough, assuming you are lucky enough for it all to be subject to your choice. Maybe you need to dabble in atrophy to determine what you need. As lacking in moderation as my culture is generally, it can’t be a surprise that I’d overshoot in simplifying my life, when I became able to choose how I wage freedom.
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