Category: Wellness

   There are many ideas out there that fall flat when you simplify them down to a platitude, particularly in the space of philosophy and wellness, because like we’ve discussed already, everything in moderation will actually ruin your life if you apply it indiscriminately. (You can find that discussion here if you’re not sure what I’m referring to.) But there is one platitude that (while I don’t consider the be-all, end-all of living a wonderful life), seems to hold up with a minimal amount of necessary caveats. 

   I don’t remember the first time I heard the adage, “everything in moderation”. I do however, know that I have heard it many times since that first time, and I’ve always had some latent problem with the idea. So today, we’re going to talk about this idea of moderation. What it is, why it’s important, and the problems it poses to our lives if we take it too seriously. 

   We often think of being a minimalist as an identity. You can find minimalist communities online, hear people say “I’m a minimalist”, and so on and so forth. But when it really comes down to it, being a minimalist is really just a place that you “arrive at” after the snowballing effect of asking yourself real questions and being courageous enough to give yourself real answers. 

   There have been a lot of wonderful advances in society as of this modern day. More than ever, the everyman lives an exceedingly comfortable day to day life. It is wonderful that so many people can afford to not only survive, but also have things they want- not just the things they need. And more and more we’re continuing to make advances so that these comforts are more accessible to others, socially, technologically, and logistically. This is great, and we should continue striving for that. But there is a problem.