Tag: lean

Only brought a small backpack

GSP screen shot
Last night’s drive.

 

Only brought a small backpack. Four days, three nights. The pair of cut off jeans i wore to travel, plus two pairs of running shorts. A tee shirt and socks for each day, toiletries. Jack the Teddy Bear, some zone bars and 10 copies of Mid Life Celebration. MacBook Air, iPhones, chargers.

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New to do list item is to do less

Bricks
This accidental photo yesterday is perfect for today’s post about a strong, lean foundation.

 

A new item has populated my to do list. It’s to do less. And do those (less) things differently. My one-word mantra for 2015 is ‘lean’. Here are some recent examples of trimming the overwhelm out of my life:

  • Trimmed 10k+ Twitter followers to seven. Easy to stay current.
  • Trimmed 1k Facebook Page ‘Likes’ to 200. Easier to stay current.
  • Recycling cables, cords, and devices that are no longer digitally relevant.
  • Stopped drinking coffee and diet coke. No longer feel compelled to have these.
  • Thinning clothes that i’ll never wear, even though they look ‘nice’.
  • Trimmed the snack food snacking. More trips to grocery store to keep fresh fruit handy.
  • Turned off Facebook and LinkedIn notifications on iPhone. Less distracting.
  • i end each day with zero emails in my inbox, sent folder, and trash folder.

Slow and steady wins the race, but only with focus and discipline. And commitment.

You’re in charge of all these things and more.

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i always feel behind

Florida State Tree
Simple. Beautiful. Enough.

 

Cowboy rope clock
Time is money.

 

i always feel behind.

There always seems to be too much to do and too little time to do it all.

My word for 2015 is ‘lean’.

Lean.

Minimalism?

Is it possible?

The only recourse is to remove enough extraneous stuff so that i can feel in control of the daily responsibilities.

Decades of accumulating.

A decade of shedding?

This train of thought continues with “i am a (midlife) fool, plain and simple” at the next Blog

Carpe melody

Apple Music screen shot
Yesterday Apple Music became publicly available. Subscribed.

 

Carpe melody.

Seize the music.

Can we be organized enough to embrace  a few simple things that turn us on?

Apple Music became publicly available yesterday.

Signed up immediately.

i love positive people, running, Jesus, Family, Disney (and Apple), Glacier Park, living lean.

Everything else i like a lot.

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