The real issue is that we want to feel at home both in our houses and in our lives, and we try to do this by tweaking the things we are aware of, the things we assume must be the problem, such as not enough space and not enough time. In an ideal world all the shortcomings of our home would be remodeled to fit the way we’d like to live, with plenty of room for the things we hold most dear. Almost all of us would engage in some remodeling of our house if we had the time and the money. It has features that need frequent maintenance and others that will last for decades without your attention. It has rooms that are used constantly and others that you visit only once in a blue moon. It has some things that you like and some that you find irritating. Your life is a lot like the house you live in. What we need is a remodeling that allows us to experience what’s already here but to experience it differently, so that it delights us rather than drives us crazy. We need to remodel the way we are living, but not in a way that gives us more of the same kinds of space we already have that would simply create an even bigger life. If we stop and consider what our lives would be like if things got much faster, we might feel overwhelmed by hopelessness and futility.
There’s no time to take a breath, no time to look for the source of the problem. We’re all living too big lives, crammed from top to toe with activities, urgencies, and obligations that seem absolute. It’s so big we can hardly see it, and it’s right in our face all day, every day. We are facing an enormous problem in our lives today. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. Don’t open the door to the studyĪnd begin reading. Today, like every other day, we wake up emptyĪnd frightened. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. In her elegant, clear style, Susanka convinces us that less is truly more–much more. These small changes can yield great rewards. The result: We quickly discover that we have all the space and time we need for the things in our lives that really matter. Through simple exercises and inspiring stories, Susanka reveals that all we need to do is make small shifts in our day–subtle movements that open our minds as if we were opening windows to let in fresh air.
In The Not So Big Life, architect Sarah Susanka expands her revolutionary philosophy on inhabiting space to show us how to better inhabit our lives. The bigger-is-better idea that triggered the explosion of McMansions has spilled over to give us McLives–leaving us with chaotic, overcommitted schedules and no time to do what we want to do. Most of us have lives that are as cluttered with unwanted obligations as our attics are cluttered with things. Have you ever found yourself asking, “How did my life get so out of control?” Or wondering if this bigger life you have created is actually a better life?
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