Money and possessions

Somehow John Mayer's "I'm Yours" is still #5 in the country though it must have been released as a single when I was still in college. In the song he says "There's no need to complicate." That line came up today while driving. I do a lot of thinking when I'm driving. Hearing this line on the road reminded me that money and possessions have the ability to complicate, moreso possessions; money is just the catalyst. As I've become immersed in my studies in the last week I feel like I've come into a feeling of clarity. With a huge test on the horizon and immense curriculum to learn, my responsibilities are fairly simple. Work, study, and take a break every now and then to not burn out. I don't have to sit around anymore wondering what to do, the clarity is there, I should be studying. Clarity brings focus. Clarity makes things simple.

Along those lines, during my drive today I thought a little about some advice I received yesterday to "Change the way you think." I think I need to simplify things where less is more (I acknowledge that in some instances less is, simply, less). One of these things is possessions. I have way too much crap. I own four pairs of jeans. There are only two days a week I even have the opportunity to wear jeans. I can think of lots of examples such as this where I have too much. It's a waste of time. I could expand more on this subject but I think this is sufficient. Less is more here. See what I did there?