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Hi Reader,

Does life ever feel so unnecessarily complicated?

If it does, you’re not alone.

I recently moved to a new state and was in the process of trying to get health insurance. I started my online application (great, so easy), but the system couldn’t seem to verify who I was.

I gave them a call (not so easy), and they told me I’d have to speak with a registered agent, in person, who could verify my identity (okay…sensing this isn’t going to be easy at all).

I called all three recommended agents, and none of them picked up the phone or called me back. I emailed them all and heard nothing.

When I tried the application again a few weeks later, it miraculously let me into the system, and I was able to get insurance.

Life is full of things like this that make you feel like you’re jumping through hoops, things that promise to be easy but turn out to be frustrating in the long run.

We're told that a product on Amazon will save us hours in the kitchen or that a certain beauty cream will erase our fine lines. Everywhere we look, people are telling us how easy it can be.

But I'm not sure our modern world is set up that way.

I watched a video by a monk named Nick Keomahavong in which he identified a secret source of suffering: our lives are too complicated.

When we think of suffering, complexity doesn’t usually come to mind. But I think he’s right.

Everyone is pushing a narrative that makes you feel like you’re behind if you’re not taking advantage of everything you could be doing, keeping up with all the latest products, or managing your responsibilities with ease.

After wondering if it’s even possible to simplify things in a world that doesn’t feel simple, I wrote this week's blog post to uncover why we feel this way and how to deal with it moving forward.

Read the blog post

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for the moment.

📺 Watch: A hidden source of our suffering (the video that inspired this week's topic)

📖 Read: How millennials became the burnout generation​

🧘‍♀️ Meditate: A meditation for overcoming exhaustion​

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