Quote Originally Posted by catherine View Post
Part of living a simple life is the whole idea of letting go. So you can do that letting go in a physical way--getting rid of your stuff, but there's a lot of internal letting go that has to take place.

As for you, just a gentle suggestion--maybe try to let go of the effort of finding a meaningful life. Let it find you. I know you said you're not "spiritual" but you don't have to take this advice from a spiritual perspective. However, it does help to meditate and just settle in to the You inside there and just listen to what you find. Derrick Jensen says that when he wants an answer to a profound truth, he asks a tree and then he just listens. I think he's on to something.

As Paul McCartney would say, "Let it be." (where's Packy to lambast a reference to a Rock Star?)
I did meditation for a couple years. No luck, though it was helpful with many other things. I'd like to do it again. Good suggestion! What is that old zen saying? "A man who says he does not have time to meditate needs to spend more time meditating than a man who does?" haha

I think Packy got banned. :/

Jensen is a real character. I read his book Endgame. Frightening... just so frightening.