Simplify your anxiety, embrace simple clothing collections, and be true to yourself
In an email titled "Weekend Favorites: because the best things aren't things," Courtney Carver shares her insights on how businesses can help alleviate stress for their employees through simplicity. Her focus is on encouraging minimalism and soulfully simplifying life to reduce overwhelm and improve well-being.
While Carver's approach to simplicity may not provide a detailed, business-specific list, her general principles offer a valuable framework for stress reduction in work settings.
- Decluttering the Work Environment: By eliminating unnecessary possessions or tasks that cause distraction or fatigue, workplaces can be streamlined to reduce clutter and create more clarity and calm. This can translate to a healthier, less stressful work environment.
- Aligning Work with Core Values and Priorities: Employees feel more connected to what truly matters when their work aligns with their personal values and priorities. This helps reduce cognitive overload from extraneous demands.
- Reducing Mental Clutter: By focusing on meaningful work rather than multitasking or overcommitment, stress can be decreased, and productivity and satisfaction can be increased.
- Fostering Open Dialogue: Encouraging supportive conversations can help indirectly create a work culture promoting psychological safety. This can be gleaned from Carver's emphasis on honest communication for personal issues like finances.
Businesses applying these ideas might start by simplifying task loads, encouraging mindful work habits, and cultivating a work culture that values quality over quantity. Carver's return to in-person speaking after a hiatus due to the pandemic and her recent release of new music further underscore her commitment to inspiring simplicity and reducing stress.
For more tips and insights, consider signing up for Weekend Favorites, which are sent almost every Saturday to one's inbox. And remember, the best things aren't things—they're the moments of peace, clarity, and connection that come from living a simpler, more intentional life.
[1] Carver, C. (n.d.). Project Simplicity: Simple Living, Simplified. Retrieved from https://becomingminimalist.com/ [2] Carver, C. (n.d.). Project Simplicity: Simple Living, Simplified. Retrieved from https://becomingminimalist.com/ [3] Carver, C. (n.d.). Project Simplicity: Simple Living, Simplified. Retrieved from https://becomingminimalist.com/
- In a lifestyle focused on minimizing material possessions, one could find solace in the world of music, as Carver herself has returned to in-person speaking and released new tunes after her hiatus.
- For those interested in both fashion-and-beauty and home-and-garden, adopting Carver's principles of simplicity can help declutter living spaces, creating aesthetically pleasing environments while easing mental stress.
- By adopting soulful simplicity, one could prepare healthy meals with less chaos and more enjoyment, following the food-and-drink recommendations from Carver's weekend favorites digest.
- Building relationships within a community can be another aspect of simplifying life. Sharing personal stories and insights, as Carver does through Project Simplicity, helps foster stronger connections based on shared values and common goals.
- Lastly, in the realm of business, by following Carver's insights, managers could implement practices that not only reduce stress for employees but also enhance overall well-being, thus fostering a healthier, more productive work environment.
