It's been seven years since we began this journey and, slowly, we made progress to attain the unattainable. I'm incredibly grateful because simplifying my life has given me the flexibility to make choices I hadn't considered.

Sometimes we need to put our feet in front of our heads and then our thoughts and emotions will follow. We don't have to climb Mount Everest, but if all we can do is take even one step in that direction, it can make a difference.

Our sports and television habits have made us vicarious, virtual livers. Celebrity reality isn't the reality most of us live. By focusing on the reality of others, we neglect our own and wonder why we're unhappy.

Harvard researchers have found that what matters more is not what people are doing but rather the degree of attention that they are bringing to what they are doing.