While paper letters (though cool) have become mostly outdated, most people still get a lot of mail. And it piles up, sitting unopened or unfiled or unacted upon.
The answer to this flood of mail isn’t in better handling methods (though this is also a good thing), it’s in getting less mail.
So here are my recommendations [...]
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Learn to Love Less
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” - Socrates
In that one little line, Socrates summed up one of the major problems with our modern society, and offered a simple solution.
Pretty brilliant, I’d say.
In fact, he negated the need for me to write more, [...]
One Key to a Minimalist Social Experience
Although I can’t claim to have mastered this technique yet, it’s something I’ve been considering and I thought I’d throw it out there for discussion.
The technique is “unfriending”, which was the New Oxford American Dictionary’sWord of the Year for 2009 (actually it was “unfriend”).
Why is this important to a minimalist? Because some of us would [...]
What Twitter Needs to Add Next
Nothing.
Twitter started with a brilliant idea of simplicity:
Keep tweets to 140 characters or less, forcing people to be brief and to the point (unlike emails or blog posts).
Have one stream to read, as opposed to multiple things to check on.
Make it simple and easy to tweet or reply, from anywhere.
And people loved the simplicity, and [...]
Why Reading Fast Doesn’t Increase Productivity
Recently I read a post that teaches you to double your reading speed … and made the following claim:
“Obviously, the faster you can read, the more productive you can be. If you can double your reading speed, you can double your productivity.”
I disagree. I think you should read slower, and focus on doing things slower. It [...]
Eating Less to Be Lighter
While you might read a lot of posts about the minimalist aesthetic, as well as on owning less stuff, what isn’t talked about enough is minimalist eating.
As Americans, we eat way too much (and waste too much food as well). As someone who was at least 60 lbs. overweight only a few years ago, I [...]
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