About

Welcome to my website!

Hi there, my name is Tomo Mayocchi and I’m a lifestyle explorer.

LifestyleLiftJourney.com is a blog (weblog) website for those people who are interested in Improving Lifestyle. This site will talk about Healthy Lifestyle, Food, Voluntary Simplicity, Environment, Permaculture, Self development and all topics that I encounter in my journey of simple living.

A bit of background…

After finishing high school I moved to Australia to study English. I was attracted by the shiny beams of computers during the dot com boom and extended my study to IT. When I was working in IT companies I felt this was not what I really wanted to do with my life but I was not strong enough to take actions. After a number of years of working in IT my interests in the industry died down completely, and I found myself lost. I didn’t know where I wanted my life to go. I didn’t know what I wanted to achieve in my life.

That’s when I started searching for true value of myself, discovering who I really am and what’s really important to my life. I slowly began to realise that the true value of me has always been inside of myself, the shiny beams that empower me are coming from inner mind of myself, not from outside (definitely not from computers!!).

LifestyleLiftJourney.com was born

In my journey of revealing ‘true me’, personal development became an important topic. The funny thing is that as I understand myself through this topic, I became to see myself as a part of the nature, so my view was expanded to what’s happening around myself, the mother nature that where I believe I truly belong. The more awareness, understanding and knowledge I gain, the more clear my life destination has became. Then I found where I want my life to go, I found how I want to live. I decided to downshift and simplify my life in order to fulfill my needs and passion for a more meaningful life.

I share my journey of voluntary simplicity stories like a journal on this site.

My challenges for simplicity lifestyle include many concepts: downshifting, frugal living, compassionate living, green living, sustainable living and personal growth. I found that they are all related each other in reality.

Although the voluntary simplicity movement is getting popular, it’s not something new. It’s a first and foremost adventure of the mind, body and soul. Every step of it takes us closer to the nature that loves you.

My steps might be as small as observing pets, organic vegetable gardening or simply just getting up early in the morning. But I encountered lots of findings and still keep finding them. The true value from real life experiences cannot be taught in school, cannot be prescribed by a doctor. I like to keep my eyes and mind open to opportunities and keep trying what I can.

This website is by no means voluntary simplicity guide or research. It’s a journey to create the life and home environment that fit me and my family.

I hope you enjoy my success and struggle stories. If you haven’t found what’s really important for your life, my stories might give you a hint or two for better lifestyle that fits you.

All the best in your lifestyle lift journey!!

Tomo Mayocchi