I see that Rod has picked his theme for 2008.
Here’s mine: less.
For starters …
- Remove clutter from your house, so you can appreciate the good things you have.
- Remove the crappy digital photos from your hard drive, and better enjoy the handful that are actually great shots.
- Remove the old clothes you don’t wear any more from your wardrobe.
- Remove the food you don’t eat (or, more importantly, don’t want to eat) from your fridge/pantry and even more importantly from your cart at the supermarket.
- Throw away your old bills and bank statements, but keep old letters from friends (and wear sunscreen!)
- Remove the books you’ll never read again from your shelf, and free up space for some new ideas.
- Prune the feeds you don’t enjoy any more from your RSS reader, so you can focus on those who really make you think.
- Remove the time wasters and bullies from your life so you can concentrate on the relationships that make your life better.
- Remove your credit cards from your wallet – there is more to life than working really really hard and then going shopping.
- Turn off the television.
- Remove the noise from your inbox, so you can identify the really important conversations to contribute to.
- Remove the chaff from your to-do list, and focus on the three or four really important things that you can achieve today.
- Start to value your own time and remove the administrivia from your day.
- Spend less time each month wrestling with your accounts – hire a bookkeeper and tell them to use xero ;-)
- Remove pointless meetings (are there other kinds?) from your calendar, and spend more time with the people that matter.
- Facebook: fewer “friends” and more friends.
- Remove the unused or unimportant functionality from the software you build, and let your users get on with what they are trying to achieve.
- Remove the barriers to adoption from your website and focus on building momentum instead.
- Take your foot off the accelerator every now and then and enjoy the view.
There is plenty of scope here I reckon. And I’m interested in your suggestions.
If there are others you can contribute to this list feel free add your comment below.
“Remove the time wasters and bullies from your life so you can concentrate on the relationships that make your life better.”
Now that is some good advice.
My addition would be to try and distil the points above (following the less theme!)…
Life is short. Don’t waste it on people or things that distract you from enjoying it. (And don’t assist others to waste theirs).
Happy New year to you and the family!
My husband always tells me that before I can concentrate on decluttering the house I need to declutter my mind which sounds all well and good, but I cannot find any info on how to accomplish that….so needless to say I am wallowing in clutter. HELP!!!!!!
Very nice list. I heard a quote years ago that really hit home with me, so I thought I’d share. It was “If you want something good to come into your life, you have to make room for it.”
I like the list.
This is for Casey – if you have difficulty decluttering your mind, then go ahead and declutter your house anyway. It will probably have an effect on your mind too.
Oh, and consuming less or even no refined sugar (and other refined carbs) has the effect of clearing the mind of the fog.
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