Source https://zenhabits.net/freeing/
By Leo Babauta
In the last week, two separate men told me they fantasize about leaving everything behind and living on a mountain.
I can relate to this fantasy, because I’ve had it myself — live a simple life, away from the chaos and burden of this crazy world.
What we (and many others) crave is not really the mountain, but freedom. Simplicity and space and the liberating feeling of freedom.
We think if we simplify and let everything go and get our lives free of the burdens, we’ll feel free.
But what I’ve found is that getting rid of everything and living a simple life doesn’t necessarily give you that freedom. You’ll find a way to experience life as burden and trapped. That’s because we create the feeling of burden and trappedness for ourselves. It’s not the external circumstances, but something we create with our minds.
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