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How One Tiny Shift Helped Me Escape the Busy Life Trap

Feeling burnt out by constant hustle? Here's how I escaped toxic productivity to simplify life—and how you can start, gently, too. 🌿Join my Patreon community for exclusive content:   / aslowsimplelife   Follow A Slow Simple Life 🌿 Socials: https://linktr.ee/aslowsimplelife 📚 My recipe e-book https://www.amazon.com/Suzy-Parcero/e... All music featured in this video is from Epidemic Sound. Get 1 month free with this link 😊 https://share.epidemicsound.com/4b14ac Chapters: 00:00 how i escaped toxic productivity to simplify life 00:22 meeting material and non material needs 02:11 backwards design 04:56 performance to purpose 05:52 updates How I Escaped The Hustle and Simplify Life My life used to feel like an endless to-do list. Wake up, check the boxes, chase success—repeat. But underneath it all, I was running on empty. I was caught in toxic productivity, constantly chasing validation I didn’t even want. This is the story of how I escaped toxic productivity to simplify life. Simple Living with Purpose: Not Just Doing More At one point, I had everything that looked like success from the outside— A thriving career, a packed schedule, nice things. But deep inside, I felt lonely, unfulfilled, disconnected. That was my wake-up call. I realized I wasn’t truly living with purpose—I was just performing. It wasn’t until I began simplifying life after burnout that I started to feel like myself again. Meeting Material and Non-Material Needs Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich once said that when someone’s material needs—like food, clothing, or shelter—aren’t met, it’s obvious. But when our non-material needs—like connection, peace, and a sense of purpose—are neglected, they often go unnoticed. We try to fill that emptiness with more: More stuff. More tasks. More noise. But what we really need is to slow down. To stop and ask: What actually nourishes me? This is a core part of intentional living and mindful living—learning to notice the invisible parts of ourselves that are crying out to be seen. How to Prioritize What Matters And Escape The Hustle Even after gaining this awareness, I’d sometimes slip back into the hustle. That’s when I started using a concept from education called backwards design—also known as starting with the end in mind. Rather than moving from one task to the next, backwards design life planning asks: Who do I truly intend to be? What kind of life am I building, not just what am I doing today? This shift helped me prioritize what matters. It taught me how to simplify life, how to make life simpler, and how to live more in alignment with what I truly value. Begin with the End in Mind Now, before I say yes to something, I pause and ask: “Who am I becoming in this decision?” “Am I doing this out of guilt, or out of alignment?” Begin with the end in mind doesn’t mean controlling the future—it means staying rooted in your values even when life gets busy. When your days reflect what really matters, even productivity starts to feel different. It becomes supportive, not draining. Embracing Slow Living & Mindful Choices These days, I’m choosing slow living—not because I have nothing to do, but because I want to do fewer things better. I’m choosing intentional living—where even the small decisions reflect care and clarity. And I’m choosing mindful living—where being present is more important than being perfect. You Don’t Have to Prove Anything We live in a world that pressures us to always be more: More efficient. More polished. More everything. But the truth is—you don’t have to win a race that never ends. You can choose peace. You can choose to slow down. You can choose to let go and return to yourself. If this resonates with you, I’d love to hear your story: What’s one thing you’ve let go of to feel more like yourself again?