如果要过这样一种生活：晚上去唱K或逛街，与朋友一见面就是讨论品牌店的折扣价或是旧时同学的婚姻状态。再或者是周末去逛楼市，然后把积累十年的工资交给房地产公司，实现有房梦之后再过着30年按时每月还贷的生活。

　　在现行社会规律下，这种生活对于三十而立的人来说再正常不过了。

　　而在我看来却很繁杂，作为人类人体，不应如此舍本取末，我会难以承受而会崩溃。

　　这种心理究竟是不健康的还是在逃避？那要看对于简单生活的态度了，我虽不过敢说乐于其中，虽看来“没有激情”或“很消极”，也没有老庄所说的”逍遥“或是“乐于其中”，但我至少很平静。其实我给那些词语加了引号也表明了态度了。

　　极淡、极简、极静……特摘抄相关圈内人士的箴言，以自勉或共勉。

“A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

“He who is contented is rich.” – Lao Tzu

“Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” – Lao Tzu

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius

“Simplicity is the essence of happiness.” – Cedric Bledsoe

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“Less is more.” – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.” – E.F. Schumacker

“… in all the things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupe

“It looks like you can write a minimalist piece without much bleeding. And you can. But not a good one.” – David Foster Wallace

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann

“Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.” – Richard Halloway

“We don’t need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants. Not wanting something is as good as possessing it.” – Donald Horban

“Eliminate physical clutter. More importantly, eliminate spiritual clutter.” – D.H. Mondfleur