Weekly Links: Gone Swimming

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This past week has been about sun, swim, and SPF 50. There are few more relaxing things than floating away and letting yourself drift gently to wherever the current takes you. (Of course, it helps when you’re in a pool instead of the ocean. Not so relaxing then.) This week, the current brought me to the following articles:

Value for Your Life covered What Being A Surgeon Has Taught Me About Personal Finance. While the article has a personal finance angle, I really found the points covered to be relevant to life in general. As Amanda eloquently writes, “we need to sometimes endure painful cuts in the way we do things, and the sooner we make the changes, often the better the long term prognosis.”

Scott H Young has been writing about goals quite a bit, and I enjoyed his take on Finding Motivation for Improbable Goals. He breaks the myth that goals with impossible odds are unrealistic, saying, “Probably 98% of the world hasn’t even studied karate. Just by signing up for a course you put yourself into a small minority.” This thinking can apply to any of your simple goals.

Over at MomGrind, Vered asks whether there’s a difference between online and real-life relationships. The answer she comes up with seems like the simplest one: no.

Emily at Remodeling This Life had a couple gems this week. Both Brutal Decluttering and Love and Live Happy were great reads. Emily’s personal style of writing always make her ideas stand out more than a generic list ever could.

Marelisa’s Abundance Blog helps us create new habits. If you’re trying to implement a new, simple habit, this exhaustive list is well-worth a read. Of course, I love #3, “Make It Small and Simple.”

Tina at Think Simple Now describes How to Find Passion in Your Job. I enjoyed the idea that the tools for work happiness are in our hands, not in the mythical “perfect job.” Appreciating and building on what you already have is one of the bedrock foundations of simplicity.

This week JEMi finished the conversation about big dreams. From the post, “Success is living a life that you dreamed up and that is abundant with a satisfaction of self - full of love and actualized purpose… You will reap what you sow. Know this.”

Here’s an older one that’s new to me: 50 Reasons to Read More. What a perfect excuse to break out a scandalous summer read!