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12 Touchstones toS I M P L I F Y L I F EBy Rick D. Niece, Ph.D.Ido
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910Leave work at work. We need to rechargeat home with family before charginginto tomorrow. Prioritize the real priorities.Occasi<strong>on</strong>ally, try to leave the officeearly. Our offices can survive without us.Involve <str<strong>on</strong>g>you</str<strong>on</strong>g>rself in community service.Helping ot<str<strong>on</strong>g>her</str<strong>on</strong>g>s is a simple pleasure.Deliver meals <strong>on</strong> wheels, volunteer for achurch, school, or hospital, or become a BigBrot<str<strong>on</strong>g>her</str<strong>on</strong>g>/Big Sister. Complexities disappearwhen we serve ot<str<strong>on</strong>g>her</str<strong>on</strong>g>s.<str<strong>on</strong>g>Focus</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the11satisfiers. Compile a list ofthe things that satisfy <str<strong>on</strong>g>you</str<strong>on</strong>g>, that make<str<strong>on</strong>g>you</str<strong>on</strong>g> happy. Remember why they make<str<strong>on</strong>g>you</str<strong>on</strong>g> happy. Work to remove the often self-imposedroadblocks to satisfacti<strong>on</strong>.Enjoy a quiet evening. Steep a pot of hottea, <str<strong>on</strong>g>get</str<strong>on</strong>g> into <str<strong>on</strong>g>you</str<strong>on</strong>g>r pajamas by 7:30 p.m.,and recline into an easy chair—<str<strong>on</strong>g>not</str<strong>on</strong>g>elevisi<strong>on</strong>, no newspaper, no cell ph<strong>on</strong>e. Letthe softness of a comfortable cat fill <str<strong>on</strong>g>you</str<strong>on</strong>g>r lap.12Close <str<strong>on</strong>g>you</str<strong>on</strong>g>r eyes and listen to the c<strong>on</strong>tentedpurring. The murmuring rhythms echothrough <str<strong>on</strong>g>you</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Enjoy simplicity in its purestform.Simplify life. It really is <str<strong>on</strong>g>not</str<strong>on</strong>g> all that complicated.Rick D. Niece, Ph.D., author of The Side-Yard Super<str<strong>on</strong>g>her</str<strong>on</strong>g>o, currently serves as President for the University of the Ozarks inClarksville, Arkansas. Al<strong>on</strong>g with his wife, S<str<strong>on</strong>g>her</str<strong>on</strong>g>ée, he works to provide intellectual and cultural enrichment for the 675 studentsat the University, preparing them for graduate school and professi<strong>on</strong>al employment success while establishing lifel<strong>on</strong>gvalues. For more informati<strong>on</strong>, please visit www.RickNiece.com.For <strong>Women</strong>, To <strong>Women</strong>, About <strong>Women</strong>23