December 2009
28 posts
“A minimalist values quality, not quantity, in all forms.”
– Leo Babauta, The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life (via mnmal)
The 6 Changes Method
mnmal:
6changes:
So how does the 6 Changes method work?
It’s simple:
Pick 6 habits for 2010.
Pick 1 of the 6 habits to start with.
Commit as publicly as possible to creating this new habit in 2 months.
Break the habit into 8 baby steps, starting with a ridiculously easy step. Example: if you want to floss, the first step is just to get out a piece of floss at the same time each night.
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“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”
– (via mnmal)
“Kanso (簡素) Simplicity or elimination of clutter. Things are expressed in a...”
– (via mnmal)
“Some people like surrounding themselves with beautiful objects, furniture, and...”
– Jason Fried (via mnmal) (via zenhabits)
sigur ros - staralfur
this song never fails to amaze me
"If there were no Christmas, all you people would...
stfuconservatives:
rosasparks:
pandorasmittens:
Yesterday afternoon I headed to Nordstrom to buy gifts for a baby shower I was attending that evening. While waiting for the associate to box my gifts, a woman was babbling incoherently on the other side of the register to the associate. She said, “And NOW Connecticut is trying to do away with Christmas! You can’t do away with Christmas! They...
John Maeda's The Laws of Simplicity →
mnmal:
LAW 1: REDUCE: The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.
LAW 2: ORGANIZE: Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
LAW 3: TIME: Savings in time feel like simplicity.
LAW 4: LEARN: Knowledge makes everything simpler.
LAW 5: DIFFERENCES: Simplicity and complexity need each other.
LAW 6: CONTEXT: What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely...
The "Stop Doing" list | 37signals blog →
mnmal:
Most of us lead busy but undisciplined lives. We have ever-expanding ‘to do’ lists, trying to build momentum by doing, doing, doing—and doing more. And it rarely works. Those who built the good-to-great companies, however, made as much use of ‘stop doing’ lists as ‘to do’ lists.
Wow, a fantastic concept. It makes a lot of sense. That was from Jim Collins’ study of companies that went from...
Focus rituals →
mnmal:
This is a simple article about finding that little thing that helps you focus. For example:
Morning quiet. You start your day in quiet, before the busy-ness of the world intrudes on your peace of mind. If you live with others, you might want to wake before they do. The key to enjoying this focus ritual is not going online. You can turn on the computer if you just want to write. You can...
Focus rituals →
mnmal:
This is a simple article about finding that little thing that helps you focus. For example:
Morning quiet. You start your day in quiet, before the busy-ness of the world intrudes on your peace of mind. If you live with others, you might want to wake before they do. The key to enjoying this focus ritual is not going online. You can turn on the computer if you just want to write. You can...
A Zen story
mnmal:
Once, a university professor went to visit a Zen master. While the master quietly served tea, the professor talked continuously about Zen, his thoughts, his ideas, his understands and his questions… As he spoke the master poured the visitor’s cup to the brim, but then kept pouring. The professor watched the overflowing cup until he could no longer restrain himself “It’s full! No more will...
“The purposeful destruction of information is the essence of intelligent work.”
– Ray Kurzweil (The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence)
