Why is our life frittered away by detail?

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!

In the frenetic pace of modern existence, our lives have been reduced to an unending sequence of trivial tasks and obligations.

From the moment we awaken to the constant buzz of our alarm clocks, we are thrust into a world of emails demanding immediate responses, errands that cannot be postponed, and forms that must be completed post-haste.

Like a swarm of ravenous piranhas, these minute details relentlessly nibble away at our precious time and attention, leaving us scattered and depleted.

As Henry David Thoreau astutely observed in his masterpiece Walden, “Our life is frittered away by detail… simplicity, simplicity, simplicity”

Yet, how elusive that simplicity is when the devilish details threaten to overwhelm us at every turn.

We convince ourselves that if we can check off all the items on our ever-expanding to-do lists, we will finally have the luxury of focusing on what truly matters to us.

We fantasise about writing that novel we’ve been mulling over for years, mastering the piano like a virtuoso, or embarking on a globe-trotting adventure to exotic locales.

However, the harsh reality is that more details will always sprout up like stubborn weeds in a…