Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
CONFUCIUS
MORE IDEAS FROM THE ARTICLE
... you can use on any area of your life, and in fact on your life as a whole:
- Collect everything in one place.
- Choose the essential, the things most important to you.
- Eliminate the rest. Don't get sentimental.
- Organize the remaining stuff neatly and nicely.
RELATED IDEAS
Spend 5 minutes each morning preparing your task list to have only accomplishable tasks that fit the time you have available. Keep other tasks on a holding list for another day.
To generate great ideas, look around for clues.
- You can deduce the reasons why something is successful by asking the relevant people why they like it.
- If it is an unexpectedly successful blog post, read the comments.
- Observe. People often are not able to accurately articulate why they like something.
Clear a little extra space between your personal tasks and obligations.
Take a break to stretch, take a short walk outside, drink a glass of water, perhaps do some simple deep breathing exercises. Enjoy the (emotional and physical) space you’ve created for yourself in your home, and breathe.