For numerous reasons and due to numerous events in my life, I've begun on a journey of simplifying my life. This means cleaning out, uncluttering, finding more simple "less is more" styles and attitudes, for everything from my web browser to the cords behind my tv.
I'm always looking for advice and ideas about how to do this, and I've got some really great resources (which I mentioned a couple of posts ago). Today however, I stumbled upon these 9 simple rules for life. They're so great, so workable, and so universal that an entire web community has been built around them. I think they would be a perfect addition to my life.
Here they are:
1. Love what you do.
2. Never stop learning.
3. Form works with function.
4. Simple is beautiful.
5. Work hard, play hard.
6. You get what you pay for.
7. Listen.
8. Constantly seek to improve.
9. Respect your inspiration.
It's debatable whether these will actually bring any direct change, but I plan on posting them in numerous obvious places to keep me reminded.
While the simplifying process is slow but steady (simplifying is simpler if you have a dishwasher)I think there is always an opportunity to consider the way I'm thinking about it. The mindset is half the battle.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
no grammar, homeskillet
my (not so) weekly reader.
1. came home monday night to a closet and bathroom dressed in cat puke. lovely.
she's always been an mischievous eater. plastic bags and rubber bands especially, but also plants, leather, paper, cheese, power cords, shoelaces... i guess cheese isn't that weird. anyway, i got worried she might have PICA so i did some research about it. i don't think she has PICA, but i read a story about a cat that went in for a vet check up and the vet found an abdominal mass. they did surgery and ended up pulling 28 elastic hairbands, numerous large rubber bands, a big wad of plastic and lots of other stuff out of the cat's stomach. i don't want/can't afford to have to take booger in for surgery like that, so i'm cleaning out my apartment.
2. i'm cleaning out my apartment. i'm working on becoming more of an unclutterer. not that i'm particularly cluttery to begin with, i just have a lot of stuff that i don't need or use or like. i'm taking all the cool ideas i read about on lifehacker, zenhabits, and unclutterer, and putting them to use. i already cleaned out my closet and did some work in my living room area. it feels good. i'm and organization junkie, so soon my apartment will be looking pret-ty cool.
3. i'm getting my hair cut. finally. at a different place. it's going to look amazing. keep eyes out for a follow up on that.
4. i'm making a list of obscure things i want to do with my life. and the longer it gets the more i surprise myself.
5. Juno is a great movie. Ellen Page and Allison Janney, plus guitar playing and canadian speak and weimaraners. ah.
links:
PICA: http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/home/beh/feline_behavior/pica.html
Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com
ZenHabits: http://zenhabits.net
Unclutterer: http://unclutterer.com
Ikea Hack: http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com
Canada: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
1. came home monday night to a closet and bathroom dressed in cat puke. lovely.
she's always been an mischievous eater. plastic bags and rubber bands especially, but also plants, leather, paper, cheese, power cords, shoelaces... i guess cheese isn't that weird. anyway, i got worried she might have PICA so i did some research about it. i don't think she has PICA, but i read a story about a cat that went in for a vet check up and the vet found an abdominal mass. they did surgery and ended up pulling 28 elastic hairbands, numerous large rubber bands, a big wad of plastic and lots of other stuff out of the cat's stomach. i don't want/can't afford to have to take booger in for surgery like that, so i'm cleaning out my apartment.
2. i'm cleaning out my apartment. i'm working on becoming more of an unclutterer. not that i'm particularly cluttery to begin with, i just have a lot of stuff that i don't need or use or like. i'm taking all the cool ideas i read about on lifehacker, zenhabits, and unclutterer, and putting them to use. i already cleaned out my closet and did some work in my living room area. it feels good. i'm and organization junkie, so soon my apartment will be looking pret-ty cool.
3. i'm getting my hair cut. finally. at a different place. it's going to look amazing. keep eyes out for a follow up on that.
4. i'm making a list of obscure things i want to do with my life. and the longer it gets the more i surprise myself.
5. Juno is a great movie. Ellen Page and Allison Janney, plus guitar playing and canadian speak and weimaraners. ah.
links:
PICA: http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/home/beh/feline_behavior/pica.html
Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com
ZenHabits: http://zenhabits.net
Unclutterer: http://unclutterer.com
Ikea Hack: http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com
Canada: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
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