{"id":6475,"date":"2016-03-17T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=6475"},"modified":"2016-03-15T20:30:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T02:30:56","slug":"simplicity-because-less-equals-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/simplicity-because-less-equals-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplicity. Because Less Equals More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAny intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex\u2026it takes a touch of genius \u2013 and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.\u201d<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

Can I just say that the word \u201csimplicity\u201d just sounds so amazing! Just the very idea of simplicity is something you can\u2019t help but love. However figuring out how to achieve doesn\u2019t always feel so simple.<\/p>\n

How do we achieve simplicity in our lives? Heaven knows I am not an expert in achieving it but I do constantly keep a look out for tips on how to make it happen. I found a quote that reads \u201cSimplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.\u201d I think it is also about being real with yourself on the \u201cduh\u201d things you really ought to cut out of your life. I also think there are some \u201cduh\u201d things we know we should do but we don\u2019t make doing them a priority so they don\u2019t get done and as a result we are overcomplicating our own lives rather than making them simpler.<\/p>\n

Years ago I came across an article that listed tips on ways to simplify your life and here are a few of the tips they shared:<\/p>\n

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  1. Get enough sleep every night. An exhausted mind is rarely productive.<\/li>\n
  2. Get up 30 minutes earlier so you don\u2019t have to rush around like a mad man. That 30 minutes will help you avoid speeding tickets, tardiness, and other unnecessary headaches.<\/li>\n
  3. Fill up your gas tank on the way home, not in the morning when you\u2019re in a hurry.<\/li>\n
  4. Get rid of stuff you don\u2019t use.<\/li>\n
  5. Ask someone if you aren\u2019t sure.<\/li>\n
  6. Organize your living space and working space.<\/li>\n
  7. Handle important two-minute tasks immediately.<\/li>\n
  8. Single-task. Do one thing at a time and give it all you got.<\/li>\n
  9. Clean up after yourself. Don\u2019t put it off until later.<\/li>\n
  10. Write things down.<\/li>\n
  11. Use technology to automate tasks.<\/li>\n
  12. Finish one project before you start another.<\/li>\n
  13. Don\u2019t try to please everyone. Just do what you know is right.<\/li>\n
  14. Stay out of other people\u2019s drama. And don\u2019t needlessly create your own.<\/li>\n
  15. Apologize when you should.<\/li>\n
  16. Don\u2019t try to read other people\u2019s minds. Don\u2019t make other people try to read yours. Communicate.<\/li>\n
  17. Let go of things you can\u2019t change. Concentrate on things you can.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Perhaps this weekend we can take the time to face the \u201cduh\u2019s\u201d in our own lives that we know we should cut out or do differently in order to simplify going forward. Remember:<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.\u201d<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 Hans Hoffman<\/p>\n

    Make the necessary changes to let the necessary start speaking loud and clear in your life! And have a fantastic weekend everyone!<\/p>\n

    ~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u201cAny intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex\u2026it takes a touch of genius \u2013 and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.\u201d \u2013 Albert Einstein Can I just say that the word \u201csimplicity\u201d just sounds so amazing! Just the very idea of simplicity is something you can\u2019t help but love. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[367,9120,421,1021,9131,9139,9126,91,6976,3279,9122,9123,8181,7291,9136,9121,5064,4520,624,9140,9118,2380,422,9129,6512,378,732,104,9132,9125,3695,9135,1178,3572,9124,1787,3143,9128,3994,1773,4521,756,1984,440,9127,9134,2791,9130,9119,1187,3563,9138,9133,9137],"class_list":["post-6475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-achieve","tag-adding-the-meaningful","tag-albert-einstein","tag-amazing","tag-ask-someone","tag-automate","tag-be-real","tag-change","tag-clean-up","tag-complex","tag-cut-out-of-your-lif","tag-cut-out-of-your-life","tag-do-better","tag-do-differently","tag-dont-put-it-off","tag-duh","tag-early","tag-evaluate","tag-expert","tag-finish-one-at-a-time","tag-fool","tag-gas-tank","tag-genius","tag-get-rid-of-stuff","tag-headaches","tag-improve","tag-intelligent","tag-let-go","tag-living-space","tag-make-life-simpler","tag-meaningful","tag-one-thing-at-a-time","tag-organize","tag-overcomplicate","tag-overcomplicating","tag-procrastinate","tag-productivity","tag-productve","tag-project","tag-quote","tag-reevaluate","tag-simple","tag-simplicity","tag-simplify","tag-simplify-your-life","tag-single-focus","tag-sleep","tag-stuff-you-dont-use","tag-subtracting-the-obvious","tag-tasks","tag-tips","tag-use-technology","tag-work-space","tag-write-things-down"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6478,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6475\/revisions\/6478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}