Less stuff; more space.
Less clutter; more clarity.
Less noise; more harmony.
Any decision I’ve made with minimalism in mind has almost always been good one.
Helping busy people do inner work.
Less stuff; more space.
Less clutter; more clarity.
Less noise; more harmony.
Any decision I’ve made with minimalism in mind has almost always been good one.
You know what one of your top priorities should be?
Figuring out what your top priorities are.
Imagine if you spent your money without any notion of what needed to be budgeted for bills.
Maybe you even remember living like this at one point in your life.
…Probably not for long though.
Because what usually ends up happening is you spend more than you should’ve and then are left short when it comes time to pay bills.
And not because you didn’t have enough money, but because you didn’t properly prioritize your money.
This is how it works for spending time, too.
Spend/budget time on your top priorities first and then spend what remains how you’d like.
The other way around almost always ends with regret.
P.s. 23 Greg McKeown Quotes from Essentialism and How To Live Better Via Less
From where do you allocate extra time when you get really busy?
From:
Or:
Here’s the thing: Certain priorities should never be touched.
If they are, you’re too busy.
Or, hate to break it to you, they aren’t (really) a priority.
Period.
“Out of sight, out of mind” can be an excellent model for improving the overall quality of your life.
Put what you want IN your mind, IN sight.
Take what you DON’T want in your mind, OUT of sight.
As obvious as this might sound, I can’t tell you how many people keep what they don’t want in their mind in sight and keep what they do want in their mind out of sight.
Look closely at what you allow to stay in (and out of) sight for the entire duration of a typical day and adjust accordingly.
And not just physically—digitally, too.
Don’t underestimate this.
I’m not one to be difficult but I’ll fight like hell to protect my mental space.
Some things are worth being difficult over and it’s important to recognize that.
When I’m reading/ writing/ or otherwise doing deep work, for example, my phone is on silent, my internet tabs are closed, and my headphones are playing white noise on full volume.
It’s incredibly difficult to get a hold of me once I’ve entered this space.
Why do I do this?
Because I can’t do deep work with constant interruptions. And if I’m going to maximize my time in a deep work state, then I need to fight the resistance that comes with these efforts to protect that space.
And fight I will.
And when it comes to your mental space—so should you.
You are important.
Don’t do unimportant stuff.
When you do unimportant stuff, you are subconsciously affirming that you are unimportant.
Because only unimportant people do unimportant stuff.
Treat yourself better than that.
Step up the importance of your tasks.
Do more of the things you think are important to do.
And do less of the things you know aren’t.
Start reaffirming to yourself that you are, indeed, important and worthy of completing important tasks.
Because you are.
Our busyness is often our enemy; it is the antithesis of freedom.
Freedom is the feeling we get when we’re not busy.
And most of what we spend our days being busy about (e.g. acquiring wealth) is really supposed to be a means for acquiring freedom. The freedom to live life on our own terms.
But, what if the means was in direct opposition to the end goal? What if our work kept us from living on our own terms at all?
Here’s the thing, this is not a call to quit your job and/or shed all of your responsibilities that keep you busy. Rather, it’s a call to carefully reevaluate what it is exactly that you’re so busy with and how it connects to your freedom.
Sometimes we sacrifice doing what we want to do with work because we know it will lead to more future freedom. But, what are you securing future freedom for if you’re sacrificing all of your top priorities now?