■ simplification
After simplifying the diet, the taste hasn't diminished at all. Without essence and hot oil, all the ingredients are dancing on our tongue coating with the most authentic and delicious taste. Gradually, you will find that miscellaneous grains are rich in aroma, vegetables are refreshing and pleasant, and meat and eggs are delicious. Although the cordial original flavor will not tease the taste buds like essence, it will make the body feel comfortable and refreshing.
■ Simple
Someone asked Michelangelo how he carved David. He replied, very simple. I went to the quarry and saw a huge marble. I saw David in it. All I had to do was chisel away the extra stones and remove the marble that I shouldn't have, and David was born. In fact, the same is true in life. Only by constantly eliminating the redundant parts will the parts you want gradually emerge. This extra part "overloads" your own desires.
■ Simple
When sliding the mobile phone, turning on the TV and browsing the website become people's repeated activities, people will establish a cycle in their brains, and these repeated behaviors will become an automatic behavior of the human body, making people do it unconsciously at ordinary times. If most people can spare13 of their time to watch TV, mobile phones and surf the Internet in a daze, life will become very light.
In 20 14, such a lifestyle-minimalist life became popular.
It advocates simplifying the complex and reducing useless things in life, thus freeing up time and energy to do more useful things.
This seems to be contrary to our habits: we are used to addition, and it is always good to save more things for a rainy day; It is more complicated to dress and eat, and the appetite should be exquisite and gorgeous; It is common to be overwhelmed by a lot of information, and we cannot be left behind by the times. ...
But when the complexity of life becomes more and more overwhelming, we find that simplicity is the ideal pursuit of life-do more subtraction, filter out the impurities of life, let the soul get rid of the fetters of the secular in simplicity, and get real relaxation and pleasure.
Living a minimalist life is not complicated to do.
Simple life: easy to go into battle after "breaking up"
It has been reported by the media that there is only one photo of Einstein, a Tiffany lamp, a chair and a bed in Jobs' home. He has almost no home, but what he has is a cautious choice. Taking personal belongings as little as possible, cleaning up or donating unused items, and making life simpler and more economical are the important contents of minimalist life. But often, there are not many people who can do this in life.
Shopping malls always put it down when they see clothes on sale. When I bought it, I found that there were still many pieces in the closet that I hadn't worn. When the supermarket meets delicious food, it buys a lot when it is full. I opened the refrigerator to remember that I didn't eat the last one, so I had to throw away the old one and eat the new one. Online shopping selects exquisite goods and clicks the mouse to join the shopping cart, but when it comes to express delivery, it feels unnecessary. ...
As a result, every corner of the house began to be filled with all kinds of sundries, which may have been accumulated many years ago, or they may have bought useless and expensive items at one time. Although it is rare to see it in a hundred years, it is reluctant to throw it away. As a result, it takes half a day to clean up the housework every time, and the space at home is getting smaller and smaller, and the mood is getting worse and worse.
ABC once reported an interesting story. The Strobel couple who live in Davis, California own a two-bedroom apartment and two cars, but they are not very happy. In their view, they have fallen into a strange circle of how much they earn and spend. So one day, they made up their minds to try another way of life and participate in the minimalist life activities of "Challenge 100". Originally a mountain of sweaters, books, pots and pans, only four plates, two pots and three pairs of shoes were left. Without buying a car, walking or riding a bike, their living standard seems to be declining, but the life of the couple is getting more and more interesting. At the same time, they greatly reduced their daily necessities and got rid of the debt of 30 thousand dollars.
The rapid development of modern life provides people with a lot of choices. However, behind the grandiose materialism, few people are willing to stop and calmly think about what they really need. Some things may consume your time and money, occupy your energy and bring you pressure, but their benefits are extremely limited or even non-existent.
In fact, we can simplify the complicated life. Try to break up. This very popular lifestyle that once spread in the circle of WeChat friends is actually a good implementation of minimalist life. Cutting off is to cut off unnecessary things; Give up, that is, abandon excess waste; Separation is to get rid of the obsession with things, get rid of unnecessary things that consume vitality, and let yourself be in a comfortable space.
Reduce the excessive pursuit of material and spiritual enjoyment, cut off all kinds of useless fetters in life, and make time to experience the love and beauty in life, but it will become more calm. For example, taking our family to exercise, climbing mountains to feel nature and living a simpler life will make us feel relaxed and happy.
"More is confusing, less is clear, and simplicity is not simple" is an advertising word of a business men's wear brand, which is like the best interpretation of people's simple life.
Simplify diet: taste beauty in the original flavor
Professor Fan Zhihong, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety of China Agricultural University, has a simple but not simple diet concept, which is quite natural. She rarely chooses fat, sweet and strong flavors, and rarely processes colorful foods. On the contrary, the more she keeps the original flavor of the ingredients, the more she can taste the beautiful taste.
When cooking, she advocates a simple oil cooking method, that is, boil a bowl of water, add a tablespoon of oil, then put the dishes in to cook quickly and season them a little. At the same time, she also advocates steamed vegetables, stews and cold dishes, but does not advocate complicated practices such as cooking and frying vegetables. Simple cooking not only can be operated by everyone, but also reduces the harm of oil smoke and the trouble of cleaning. More importantly, it protects the original health value of ingredients and reduces the troubles of producing various carcinogens due to high temperature.
She often takes a bowl of eight-treasure porridge cooked in an electric cooker as the staple food, plus various vegetables steamed in an electric steamer, such as pumpkin, carrot, Chinese cabbage, chrysanthemum and so on. , plus a small amount of fish, eggs or bean products cooked with reduced crude oil. Keep the taste of natural ingredients, do not fry or barbecue, but eat enough, and maintain sufficient energy and physical strength.
In Fan Zhihong's view, a simple diet does not affect the diversification of food, not to mention the decline of food quality. Many times, seemingly complex and rich food is actually extremely monotonous. Refined flour can be made into more than 10 thousand kinds of compound foods, but its essence is white flour. Pork can be made into various exquisite dishes, but its nutrition has not changed. In contrast, a bowl of simple eight-treasure porridge can provide more abundant B vitamins, potassium, magnesium and dietary fiber, as well as a variety of health care ingredients. Simple cooking can make people pay more attention to the original flavor of food and seek better ingredients.
At present, the function of food is sometimes "alienated". People pursue excessively delicate and delicious food, but forget that eating food is first for survival and health. Spicy barbecue is strong, and potato chips and biscuits are delicious. In addition to natural ingredients, too much oil, salt, sugar and various additives are added. Excessive processing and re-frying will destroy many nutrients in food, while excessive taste stimulation will distort people's appetite and make people often "full but not full", so eating too much will lead to nutritional imbalance and obesity.
Simple is not tasteless. After Fan Zhihong's simplified diet, the taste has not decreased at all-the essence has been removed and the hot oil has been omitted. All the ingredients are dancing on our tongue coating with the most authentic and delicious taste. Gradually, you will find that miscellaneous grains are rich in flavor, vegetables are refreshing and pleasant, and meat and eggs are delicious. Although the cordial original flavor will not tease the taste buds like essence, it will make the body feel comfortable and refreshing.
Streamline information-take back your attention
10 June 16, the first row of seats in the classroom of the School of Software of Central South University was filled with mobile phones. In order to eradicate the "low-headed class", the School of Software of Central South University advised students to hand in their mobile phones before class, which was recognized by many teachers and students. In the era occupied by mobile phones, relying on such strong measures to gather eyeballs has become a last resort.
Indeed, information communication tools have brought great convenience to our lives, but they have also flooded us with a lot of information, and people have been submerged in the ocean of information, even swallowed up and controlled. According to a study by Helsinki Institute of Information Technology, every smartphone user must check his mobile phone 34 times a day, sometimes with a frequency as high as 10 minute.
Xiao Yao, a civil servant in state-owned enterprises, is a typical mobile phone controller. He is busy watching gossip news and social news every day, or hanging out in various apps that claim to be spiritual food. Until one day, her friend suddenly asked, does watching these entertainment gossip and social news all day have anything to do with you? What help did you get after watching it for a long time? Xiaoyao was shocked and embarrassed.
Indeed, those so-called absorbing information to enrich themselves are just self-consolation, which does not bring much nutrition and pleasure at all. As a result, she began to change and use social networks less. I don't pay attention to entertainment news that has nothing to do with me. I use the APP sparingly and accurately, focusing on reading. When the source of information becomes simple and detailed, Xiao Yao benefits more.
In fact, in many cases, it is not important to watch the mobile phone receive information or bring happiness to people, just subconsciously repeat these activities. Han Haiying, a doctor from the anxiety clinic of Beijing Anding Hospital, explained that when sliding the mobile phone, turning on the TV and browsing the website become people's repeated activities, people will establish a cycle in their brains, and these repeated behaviors will become an automatic behavior of the human body, which will make people do it unconsciously at ordinary times, sometimes they can't help it, and they will feel uneasy when their behavior is stopped.
If most people can spare 1/3 time to watch TV, mobile phone and surf the Internet, life will become very light! Reduce the use of instant messaging; Look less at Weibo and friends circle; Stay away from the internet and mobile phones regularly to avoid information harassment; It is a good way to simplify the information by canceling the micro-signals that are not commonly used in WeChat.
If you can't get away from it at first, Dr. Han Haiying suggested that you can start from a young age, get into the habit of 1 hour and not surfing the Internet, and then gradually get away from these information oceans. If it really doesn't work, you can try the method of "fighting poison with poison", such as using some apps to limit the number of times you play mobile phones. When you set the goal of not touching your mobile phone for one hour and accidentally slide the screen of your mobile phone, the app will post some self-deprecating words in the circle of friends or Weibo, thus forming supervision.
Simple desire-get along with the world with an indifferent heart
The middle-level leader of a Fortune 500 company is young and promising, but he doesn't argue with anyone. Compared with other employees at the same level, "I want to succeed" has much less motivation. People who are familiar with him say this: the leader used to be strong and hard-working, but there was a period of serious gastrointestinal problems, and the doctor warned that "further development is cancer." Since then, the leadership has changed. Do everything that should be done well, and don't force unnecessary things. Although the position is no longer rising rapidly, there is no problem with the body.
The above story happened around the reporter. From a medical point of view, the gastrointestinal tract is an emotional organ, and emotional peace is naturally beneficial to the gastrointestinal system; From the perspective of life, less is more (less is more), less unreasonable desires and more happiness.
I once read a story in which someone asked Michelangelo how he carved David. He said it was simple. I went to the quarry and saw a huge marble. I saw David in it. All I had to do was chisel away the extra stones and remove the marble that I shouldn't have, and David was born. In fact, the same is true in life. Only by constantly eliminating the redundant parts will the desired parts gradually appear. This extra part is "overloading" your own desires.
How to cut off too much desire? Xu, director of the Outreach Center of the Air Force General Hospital, is an accumulated medical information disseminator. He has his own feelings: first of all, we must clearly grasp the goal of life. Regardless of work or life, we should set ourselves one goal after another. With clear work objectives, there will be direction and confidence; With a clear life goal, happiness and happiness can go hand in hand. However, desire is sometimes very clever, it will hint at you, and it will also disguise itself as a "goal" to paralyze you. This is a test. So, second, we need to reject the temptation of desire.
She told a thought-provoking story. A backbone who worked at the grassroots level for 10 years was transferred to work in the unit. In the eyes of many people, this backbone is working under the nose of the leader, and it seems that it doesn't take much effort to promote and make a fortune. However, the backbone did not do this, because for her, the organization's work experience is zero, and if she wants to become a useful talent quickly, she must work hard. Like a new medical student, she spends four or five hours reading various documents after work every day, learning what all institutions need to master, and sorting out printed materials for colleagues without complaint. In this process, she mastered the writing skills of public institutions' official documents, understood the connotation of public institutions' management, and laid the foundation for colleagues to get along happily. Her goal in all this is clear, that is, to achieve something. Of course, I also made myself. By chance, the director of the unit asked her to help print the materials. As a result, she not only helped print the materials, but also revised and supplemented many key contents. Soon, not only the leaders spoke highly of her and entrusted her with a heavy responsibility, but also colleagues in the unit certainly praised her.
Finally, we should abandon greed. Greed is like exquisite jewelry and gorgeous clothes in front of women, and many things that are easily available are only in one thought. So you should always remind yourself to grasp your goals, and don't reach out because of temporary itching and greed. Sometimes "reaching for it" and "not letting it go" are the same, both of which are greed, depending on how you face it.
I heard a successful person talk about the "10,000-hour law". A person who persists in doing something for 65,438+00,000 hours without being distracted will certainly do it perfectly and even become an expert. When you see the highest point and want to occupy that position, the only thing you have to do is to relax, continue to enrich yourself, improve yourself, and climb up simply and hard.
Therefore, whether it is pure desire or simplified life, in the final analysis, minimalist life advocates not abstinence and asceticism, but a simple way of life, which allows us to see our needs more clearly. Free us from all kinds of oppression and live a better life.
Simple wisdom is actually the wisdom of life.