The Difference Between Easy and Simple

Aman
3 min readOct 14, 2018

Easy: achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.

Simple: used to convey that something is very straightforward.

There is a difference between easy and simple, but many people get this confused.

Change, for the better can be simple, but the execution of the simpleness can be very hard.

Procrastination is very complicated, but the execution of it is quite easy.

For example, someone trying to lose weight knows that all they have to do is eat healthy and exercise for thirty minutes a day; this is simple, but not easy.

On the other hand, the same person knows that if they continue to eat poorly and exercise infrequently their health problems will continue to grow; this is a complicated situation, but easy to carry out.

The issue between what is easy and what is simple is the way it is easier for the mind to talk you out of the simple, smarter choices.

The mind is not always on our side, or it seems not to be.

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I write about issues that are near and dear to my heart, with the hope that my stories, experiences, and struggles may empower others.

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