Category: Make It Simple

We spend virtually everyday of our lives here (be smart about it)

TINY: A Story About Living Small (Teaser Trailer) from TINY on Vimeo.

 

There’s a theory that less is more. That more is good in some ways, and bad in others.

More often comes with benefits that less cannot provide. And yet less can provide more.

The challenge is to be aware of, and thoroughly understand the pros and cons.

But mostly we don’t.

Why?

Because we spend so much time taking care of our things that we have precious little time to think.

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How being organized can make paying for something, well, art

Apple Store App Easy Pay
Easy pay is art, ridiculously remarkable

 

Apple is making being organized an art form. Yesterday’s visit to the Apple store revealed a new process available to iPhone 5s users. You can use fingerprints to unlock your phone so you never again have to tap four numbers.

They allow you to use fingerprint recognition to use the Apple Store App. It goes like this:

  • visit Apple Store
  • pick a product off the shelf
  • use Apple Store App to scan the barcode
  • pay using the App
  • walk out
  • no human interaction is required
  • self-service to a whole new (remarkable) level

Remarkable.

Art.

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Casual effort in HQ contaminates the other four

Iowa River dam in Iowa City
The past is water over the dam. The future is up to us.

 

The in-box of life just keeps filling up. Day after day. Relentless. This is why HQ organization is so critical to balancing our mind, body, spirit and career.

Get too far behind or too disorganized on what’s a priority and what isn’t and everything else is contaminated.

We stress out so our attitude gets tainted. We don’t have time to exercise, so our health insidiously declines. We don’t have time to pray or be still, so our focus becomes more on ourselves and less on others. We struggle to keep up at work and we are passed by for opportunities and growth.

We know this.

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Keep reminding yourself you can do this

home office closet storage
A lifetime of stuff whittled down to this (can I dump 50% more?)

 

Keep reminding yourself you can do this.

You can discard, recycle, or donate the clutter surrounding you.

You’ll never use this again.

You know this.

Moving on is freedom.

Holding on is prison.

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