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Simplify, Simplify, Simplify!

Roy Carter
3 min readFeb 1, 2025

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(This is your life we’re talking about here).

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There are a number of ways I’ve simplified my life these days.

It’s about being true to yourself really and figuring out what you REALLY want in life.

Some things you think are important at the time, turn out to not really matter much if it’s happiness, fulfillment and a simple life you’re after.

For example, I no longer jump on planes to go speak on stage at some event on the other side of the world, (or even the other side of the country).

Nope, these days I turn down those invites and it’d have to be something pretty special to prise me away from this little island to do a speaking gig.

I no longer drive a fancy Mercedes sports with electric roof etc. Means I don’t have to worry about some bugger scratching it anymore. Wouldn’t last 5 minutes on the island anyway. Not if I wanted to get to some of the even more secluded beaches.

These days I drive a 20 year old, Honda CRV called ‘Betsie’. She’s a bit beaten up in places, but we love her and she does her job nicely for us.

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Roy Carter
Roy Carter

Written by Roy Carter

Founder of www.LettersFromASmallisland.com monthly newsletter sent from my home on Magnetic Island — ‘A Quaint Little Drinking Island With A Fishing Problem! ‘

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