Comments on: Top 3 habits to simplify your life

By: SIMPLICITY NOVEMBER TIP #6 | Logos Coaching

SIMPLICITY NOVEMBER TIP #6 | Logos Coaching — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:39:16 +0000

[...] Top 3 habits to simplify your life [...]

By: B

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:42:08 +0000

In these days when it is relatively easy to collect a vast array of possessions, it is important to sort them out on a regular basis to actually decide which ones are of use. Presents, others cast offs, car boot ‘bargains’, magazines, things that will one day be mended or come in handy – they all add up over a period of time to clutter up a home and create a feeling of being overwhelmed by stuff. The more you have the more you have to put away. So if a portion of your day is spent putting away or looking at things which will not bring you closer to the life you want to lead then that is time that could be spent on things which are alot more important to you.

It is a different situation when it comes to memorabilia that seems to accumulate around children. I have heard that suggestion before about the memory box for their drawings, it is a good one; it also works for all the keepsakes children (and adults) like to collect. By teaching children to be selective about what they keep and what means something to them you are also teaching them to value quality over quantity and not to keep something just for the sake of keeping it. Of course this is a terrific rule for the adults as well

Don’t think of it as limiting memories or possessions but honouring what is best in your life. If everything is important then nothing is important.

By: Fin

Fin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:50:11 +0000

I like that point about not possessing anything that does not “enhance your life now or help accomplish your goals”.

Really makes you look at your possessions differently.

One issue for parents is the amount of art and memorabilia generated by children, particularly these days. I read somewhere that you should have a single memory box for each child and that once art from a child overflows her box decisions have to be made (discreetly of course!)

By: B

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:30:50 +0000

Thanks for your comments Lauri.

That is a great habit to form about the desktop. It sort of has become the ‘junk room’ of modern life, just putting files there as a quick solution to store them and before we know it is full and cluttered looking. I shall sort mine out post haste! Thanks for the tip

By: Lauri

Lauri — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:04:45 +0000

These are such a great habits!

The third one could be implemented to other things than mail as well. For example, your computers desktop. It’s so usual that it gets filled with files that you just put there cause you “didn’t have the time to figure out where they belong”. It could be summed up as: “Complete everything right the first time”.

Thanks for sharing!