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Contentment

At the top of the blog, in the blog header, with much time, consideration and polishing over the years, the succinct definition of what it means to live simply luxuriously is shared – the art of living a life of quality over quantity – and with each post, in a variety of different areas of our lives, I do my best to share with you how to cultivate true contentment which is living a life of quality over quantity.

The “quality’ speaks to the depth of experience, meaning, feeling, purpose, connection (with others and ourselves) and clarity along with so many other core components that contribute to living well in our everydays, and it is the letting go of the idea of more, thus choosing to subtract and let go that is a skill so powerful, its contradiction of loss in order to gain boggles the nascent mind and challenges us and our approach to living if we have heretofore equated more with good and less with bad.

As the core principle of what living simply luxuriously is is True Contentment, I knew I needed to create a specific Contentment category.

As shared on the home page of this blog and in October 16th entry of The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment, true contentment allows us to live peacefully in our everydays no matter what the day’s events, our emotions (negative or positive) or world news. Cultivating contentment provides stability of the mind as we engage with love, openness, presence, and kindness to others and ourselves. And as this is a concept often errantly conflated with Happiness, I wanted to create a category that specifically included posts to explore in-depth this topic. To know true contentment, to strive for it, and now to exercise the key skills to maintain it in my everydays has changed my life profoundly and profoundly for the better.

I consider TSLL to be a thinking person’s online community for cultivating an everyday life you love living and that grounds you in fulfilling purpose all the while remaining open to possibility. In other words, a blog that inspires you to think for yourself, to keep an open-mind, to forever remain curious, to find strength in your awesomeness, and find no need to compete with other’s ideas of how they have discovered they enjoy living well. In other words, it is a journey of our heart and involves the courage to explore what is revealed. May one or many of the following posts inspire you along your own journey to and in continuation of strengthening your true contentment.

Why Not . . . Discover Your Purpose?

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Wednesday June 23, 2010

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Put Your Heart Into It

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Why Not . . . Exude Confidence?

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The Perfect Couple

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Why Not . . . Simplify Your Life? Part Trois
Why Not . . . Simplify Your Life? Part Trois

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Yet
Yet

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Why Not . . . Simplify Your Life? Part Deux
Why Not . . . Simplify Your Life? Part Deux

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Your Fear is Speaking
Your Fear is Speaking

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Monday May 31, 2010

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Why Not . . . Simplify Your Life?
Why Not . . . Simplify Your Life?

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Wednesday May 26, 2010

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Choose Yourself
Choose Yourself

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Monday May 24, 2010

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Opportunity to Refocus
Opportunity to Refocus

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Why Not . . . Live a Lovely Life?
Why Not . . . Live a Lovely Life?

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Ready for the Lesson

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Monday May 10, 2010

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Why Not . . . Pamper Yourself?

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Letting Go
Letting Go

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Renewable Hope

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Monday April 26, 2010

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Why Not . . . Revel in Simple Pleasures?
Why Not . . . Revel in Simple Pleasures?

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A Life Unexpected

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Monday April 19, 2010

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Why Not . . . Age Brilliantly?
Why Not . . . Age Brilliantly?

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Easy is Never Appreciated

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A Luxurious Work Day
A Luxurious Work Day

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Decide to Act
Decide to Act

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Smiling Despite The Struggle
Smiling Despite The Struggle

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Beauty in the Battle
Beauty in the Battle

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To live intelligently, thoughtfully and sincerely each day to experience fulfilling true contentment every day.

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Happy Monday and welcome to a new week where one month dances into a new month. Speaking of new ➡️ New on the blog, this week's Monday Motivational post - A Daily State of Calm: A Necessity to Living Well . Discover how you know you are readily in such state and how to return to it if you are not. Also, the valuable importance of this powerful skill. 

This image captures the clarity gained when all is calm as we slipped up to the mountain this weekend for a short romp on the classic skis. Hoping your weekend was rejuvenating and exactly what you had desired. Bonne journée 😌
Walking on clouds of snow these two for our morning weekend snow venture!
An excerpt to bring a deep reassuring breath of calm and steadiness confirming that you are on the path that is uniquely made for you: From the January 28th entry, titled "Your Journey" found in the January chapter, "Let Go of What Doesn't Work, and Embrace the Unknown" in #tsll3rdbook  The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment

Where to pick up your copy:
➡️ hardback, paperback, ebook, audio - wherever you shop for your favorite books (Amazon, Audible, Apple Books, Google Books, etc.)

➡️ signed copies, shop directly on TSLL blog (link in profile)

➡️ signed copies for Bendite locals (in-person or online) - @roundaboutbooks , signed copies for Wallowa County locals - @bookloftoforegon 

#tsllquotables 

illustration created by @sarahloeckerart exclusively for TSLL
A moment captured earlier this week as I and Norman settled down in the evening while Little One revved up! Oh! And it's Friday, which means it is This & That Day on the blog! Stop by to discover ➡️ A new British drama series that is being well received and I cannot wait for it to become available in the states, quite a few winter clothing sales to explore, books on averting self-sabotage, welcoming the tranquility back into your everydays, a comedic gardening novel, and a book on what loving really entails. A new film to prompt more than a bit of laughter with a star-studded cast, and a new comedy on AppleTV+ starring Harrison Ford in a role that looks quite hilarious in its concept. Oh! And a new translation of Colette’s two classic novels. And good news, there is still much more – for the home, for the table, for your wardrobe, you get the idea. ☺️

#tsllrrads #tsllsimpleluxuries #tslllepapillon
A Croque Madame for dîner! The final épisode in this past season 5 of the cooking show! ➡️ @tsllcookingshow 

#tsllrecipe
Mid-week, and concluding a day that ended well with @nigelslater 's Spaghetti Bolognese, "a really good spaghetti bolognese" as the recipe is aptly named 🍷☺️

#tsllrecipe @tsllcookingshow

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