Simplify. Simplify. Simplify. January 7, 2019
Posted by nrhatch in Happiness, Less IS More, Life Balance, Mindfulness.trackback
At the end of one year and the beginning of the next, I review and evaluate what’s “working” and what’s not “earning its keep.”
This year, I realized that my record-keeping has gotten out of hand.
I track too many things in too many different places.
On a regular basis, I’m juggling and updating a To Do list, a Calendar of Events, Travel ideas, Recipes and Meal Plans, a Grocery List, Villa & Auto (repairs and maintenance), Gifts, Charitable Donations, Medical, E-mails, Photos, Notes, Gratitude Basket, Net Worth, Budget/Expenses, Investment Holdings, Taxes, Insurance, Blog Ideas, Photo Albums, Etc..
It’s too much.
Less is more.
It’s time to re-evaluate the value of each.
Simplify. Simplify. Simplify.
Aah . . . that’s better!
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Spirit Lights The Way 
Good luck in simplifying! A great way to start off tie New Year!
Thanks, JR13! I’ve made a bit of progress but have a ways to go before things are whittled down to a manageable size.
You are welcome. Just make sure no white bunnies are hiding anywhere! 🙂
I’ve decided to ask Colonel Mustard for advice! 😀
I agree, Nancy…simplify and minimize!
Go Eagles!
That was quite a finish, eh?
We seem to have landed in the same place. For me, this year is all about ‘less’.
Less is more in many realms. Enjoy simplifying!
Thats a lot of tracking Nancy. Time to retire some of those habits and give yourself a break 😎
I used to track every dime we spent using MS MONEY. Then my computer was accidentally wiped clean by a technician. OOPS! I realized that I didn’t mind losing all that raw data since I never really needed it anyway. 😀
Letting go of tracking every cent felt great. Still does. Time to jettison some more flotsam and jetsam!
Wow! So many items to keep track of. I see why you want to simplify. I’m trying to do the same thing. So much stress is alleviated that way.
We’ve simplified in many ways over the past 20+ years, but I tend to cling to “memory aids” to help me recall days, weeks, months, years, decades . . .
Maybe it would be better to let it all go! And just Be Here Now!
I think there’s a circle of life here. Boredom leads to complications. Stress leads to simplifying.
That . . . and extraneous clutter can be tedious to wade through. It can slow our forward momentum. And it takes up valuable space in both our external and internal landscape ~ space that could be put to better use for more profitable endeavors.
Hopefully you don’t need all of that. Perhaps you can get smarter about how you track too. What would Marie Kondo do? 🙂
She would say, “Go Eagles!” We watched the end of the game last night. What a finish!!!
Everything I track has “some” value (last oil change, last A/C check, last medical exam, etc.) ~ but many of the things I track do not have “enough” value to justify their continued existence.
So some streamlining is in order ~> I’m letting go of records that are more trouble than they’re worth, combining others so that I have fewer places to look, and refocusing my attention on NOW.
I think you’re onto something, Nancy. I think I overdo it myself. It’s worth evaluating and simplifying anything in my life that takes more time than I want to give!
Over the years, I’ve experimented with different approaches ~ from notepads to spreadsheets ~ to record past events, future plans, financial snapshots, etc. Everything I do has some “value” but collectively it’s “too much.”
So it’s time to whittle it down!
That first picture of Donald really exemplifies how all that record keeping can make us feel. He looks so much happier with his feet up.
Yes! Kick it to the curb . . . then kick back and chill!
Wow. Reading about all the things you track made me think of…well, me. I, too, have stuff tracked on several apps and multiple spreadsheets. The number of things I’m tracking grew after my mom’s death as I’ve tried to sort through a second household. But after reading your post about what’s “earning its keep,” I stopped short. It would be a good use of time to reevaluate all that I track (and keep in the way of papers). Thanks for the gentle encouragement to do that! Loved this piece.
Good luck with your valuation! 😀