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Simple Inspiration: Socrates on the Busy Life

April 26, 2012

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Simple Inspiration: Keystone Habits

April 4, 2012

  What Are Keystone Habits? In Chapter Four of his book, The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg discusses keystone habits, or “The Ballad of Paul O’Neill–Which Habits Matter Most.” What Paul O’Neill Teaches Us about Keystone Habits

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Simple Inspiration: Cards, Correspondence, and Rescue by Cardstore

March 26, 2012

One of my goal areas for this year was to do a better job with keeping up with family correspondence. While I would love to spend time making homemade cards for each special occasion, I also realize the importance of “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” In other words, I probably wouldn’t be reaching my goal at this season of life if I followed my ideal picture of the perfect family correspondent. Send My Mail for Me Enter Cardstore.com to the rescue. I discovered them at the end of last year, and I used their company to send out my Christmas cards (as it turned out, they were running a huge discount at that time, with free postage and shipping). One of my favorite things about Cardstore.com is that they have the option of mailing out the cards for you, and occasionally run deals that may include heavy discounts, free postage, or even free cards. You can even import your address book from an Excel File or online contact list.  You can choose a card design, upload your pictures, and often have the option of personalizing most of the text. It might not be handwritten, but it is personalized and it is “snail mail.” This was their main selling point to me. 🙂 And if you do want to sign it by hand, they also offer the option of mailing pre-stamped, pre-addressed cards to your home, as well as unstamped and unaddressed cards. I did this with some of our birthday cards, as it was less expensive to order in bulk during a sale and we can sign them before we send them out. Free Card Today and Tomorrow Around major holidays, they usually offer discounts, and usually have at least one “free card” giveaway around holidays. They are actually running one right now: The first 50,000 people to enter code: CCE2326, will be able to send a free Easter card via Cardstore.com. This offer is running through Tuesday, March 27. Helpful Tips Having used Cardstore for several months, here are some things that have helped me: I keep my address and contact info here, and up to date. That way, I only need to enter them once. I entered several at Christmas time, and when I send out our Easter cards and our birth announcements later this year, I just have to click a few buttons and my cards are…

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Simple Inspiration: Why Simplify?

March 22, 2012

What Does It Mean to Simplify? There is growing talk these days of living simply. This, I think, is a healthy reaction to our Western cultures of excess, affluence, and too much. Our excess is evident not just in our mountains of stuff, but also in our overbooked schedules, cluttered psyches, overwhelming options, and many other surprising parts of our lives. Of course, like any reaction to any part of life in any era, we can let the pendulum swing in the opposite direction. We can even allow living simply to become its own sort of idol. Still, in the grand scheme of things, it seems the message most of us need to hear and apply is to pare down, to get rid of excess, and to focus on doing more with less. It’s also important to remember that simplification is a tool to aid us, not a law by which to crush others. It’s going to look different for everyone, and different for each individual during different seasons of life. Simplifying does not mean living a life of choosing the easiest path. And it’s more than just keeping your sock drawer tidy. It’s eliminating the unnecessary, getting rid of distractions, and saying “no” to too much, too many, and too fast. It’s minimizing and maintaining. And of course, there’s the good ‘ole dictionary definition of simple. Why Simplify? 1. Energy While reading Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project earlier this year, I was somewhat surprised at one big way Gretchen set about working towards her goal of having more energy. One might correctly assume that getting more sleep and exercising would be part of this endeavor, but it may be surprising to learn that another of the big ways of improving her life in this area also involved cleaning out her closets (as well as other decluttering, organization, and simplification). This affects us in many ways, but I think most people can attest to the energy they feel when they sit down to a clean workspace versus the drain it can feel like when sitting down to a desk covered in mountains of paper, piles, and paperclips. Once you get started, particularly in a task like decluttering, you may be surprised by energy you feel as you set goals to continue. For instance, this month I’ve set a goal to get rid of at least one excess item a day. I’m afraid I’ve become a bit of an overachiever,…

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