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A Simple Path to Simplifying, Step by Step

 Step 1: Begin Small, Simply Plant the Seeds "🗣️ Things of greatness are accomplished by a series of small things combined." — Vincent Van Gogh ✨ Motto: A single step is the start of the journey. Why is this step necessary? Simplification is usually linked with grand decisions. Clearing out the whole house, abandoning the world of technology, emptying your calendar… They sound extreme, and most of the time they immobilize us. Instantly, the sentence "I’m not ready yet" arises. But that is not what simplifying is about. Simplifying is about making a choice. And to make that choice, you don’t necessarily need giant leaps—just a few moments of being aware. So for taking that very first step, I’m only asking for just that: a small, intentional step. The rest will come later. 🧩 A Short Story You open a kitchen drawer one afternoon. You don’t even know what is within it anymore. Loose change, old receipts, mangled hair ties, dead pens… Items that decades earli...