Years ago, Thom and I scaled back our living space and rightsized. That conscious choice was to sell our larger home and buy one nearly half the size.  Our decision not only saved us a significant amount of money—more importantly, it gave us the peace of mind and freedom to live in a way far more aligned with what matters most to us.  So even though we had fewer “rooms” in our house, in the end our new home offered us many more opportunities to create the lifestyle that we wanted.  Taking things a step further, sometimes a home and the rooms inside offer a far more important analogy than simply a place where we dwell.

That insight came to me while listening to a podcast interview by a man named Brad Stulberg the author of the newly released Master of Change—How to excel when everything is changing—including you.  [Read more…]