Steve Chandler

Another effective way to simplify your life is to combine your tasks. Combining allows you to achieve two or more objectives at once.

we're running out of everything

I realize, too, that

“What can I combine?” (Creativity is really little more than making unexpected combinations, in music, architecture—anything, including your day.)

After some thought,

She advises that we make a list of absolutely every small task that has to be done, say, over the weekend, and then do them all at once, in one exciting, focused action. A manic blitz. In other words, fuse all small tasks together and make the doing of them one task so that the rest of the weekend is absolutely free to create as we wish.

“Will you make a note to get in touch with him and let him know I'll be calling?” I asked.

“Make a note?” he asked in horror.

The next thing I knew, before I could say anything, Bob was wheeling in his chair, and dialing the person on the phone. Within two minutes, he'd scheduled a meeting between the person and me, and after he put down the phone he said, “Okay, done! What's next?”

I told him I had prepared the report he wanted on training for his service teams and I handed it to him.

“You can read it later and get back to me,” I offered.

“Hold on a second,” he said, already deeply absorbed in reading the report's content. After ten minutes or so, during which time he read aloud much of what interested him, the report had been digested, discussed, and filed.

It was a time management system like no other. What would you call it? Perhaps, Handle Everything Immediately

Achieving simplicity in our cluttered and hectic lives is also an ongoing process of carving away what's unnecessary.

It's hard to stay motivated when you're confused. When you simplify your life, it gathers focus.

When I am happy, I see the happiness in others.