Comments on: 5 Ways to Simplify Your Life

By: starr

starr — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:49:43 +0000

“get rid of all in-store “discount” cards”

But don’t get rid of your grocery store discount card. Unless you’re made of money.

By: Shreya

Shreya — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:54:48 +0000

I have a tiny planner which gives me very little space so I am just able to squeeze in what I have done/scheduled for a specific day — it’s great! helps me keep track of my own doings and keeps me organized professionally, because I’m a freelancer with no fixed schedule.

I also find myself doing too many things all the time, a certain recipe for exhaustion and loss of focus. But the arts and social work conferences and workshops are all so tempting! If only there was enough time it follow up everything…

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:48:21 +0000

Try some yoga first thing in the morning, nothing like it for setting up your day.

By: anti_supernaturalist

anti_supernaturalist — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:20:01 +0000

. . . get rid of all in-store “discount” cards because they are used to track your personal shopping habits. The data get used for ‘target’ marketing and you are the target. (Credit card / debit card transactions may or may not be so specific as to items purchased.)

Also, the records can be subpoenaed and used against you — let’s say in a trial seeking to discredit your testimony by examining you purchases of alcohol, pornography, sex toys, birth control devices or medications . . . Need I go on?

anti_supernaturalist

By: PJ

PJ — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:30:39 +0000

Great little article. Thanks

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:14:18 +0000

I totally agree with the money management thing… it seems SO scary until you actually sit down and, once and for all, get stuff straight.

Also, I make 5 small goals everyday. It’s NOT a to-do list, the idea is to put 5 small things on there that I’d feel proud if I accomplished by 7pm. This has been revolutionary for me – now I take a break at lunch to run to the library, pick up a lightbulb that burned out, etc. All of my weekend chores are happening during the week!

By: Joyce

Joyce — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:02:35 +0000

Oooh, that’s a good idea about traveling with no plan and getting on a bus that looks like its going to an interesting place. Though I just don’t have the self-discipline to be a free spirit for real. I have to schedule spontaneity into my day. So that’s bad.

But a good thing I do, I think, is that every time I bring one thing into the house, I take two things out. Goodbye.

By: Rylos

Rylos — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:08:59 +0000

Man, I hate lists. Winging it is my motto and it’s worked out for me so far.

By: Kibeth Nehema

Kibeth Nehema — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:40:01 +0000

I think its funny you said get rid of the lists because I have found that it is the tourists on vacation that are the most stressed out and not the people hitting the daily grind… why because they have a big fat itenerary along with a big fat budget and they want the most out of it… my favorite way to travel is to have no plan and get on a bus that looks like its going to an interesting place… its an adventure its exciting… and above all the only thing you are stressed out about is where to find grub when your starving…

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:59:36 +0000

Just move! Then you have to do all of those things…well, my tax stuff is now somewhere in the storage space, so maybe that’s not the best advice…