Quote of the Day

“Anything that gets tracked gets managed”

Day 1 didn’t workout too well

Yesterday I talked about starting Extreme House Keeping. The purpose of doing this is to take the principles of minimalism and apply them to the the digital space in my life. Most people don’t realize that minimalism doesn’t only apply to your physical space but also to your digital space.

So Day 1 wasn’t as good as I expected. It was a little bit of a let down. I really thought I could get all of this done in one day but the number of things I have to get through are a whole lot more than I expected and as a result I find myself going into a Day Two of the entire process. To be honest I think there will be a Day 3.

So whats the way forward? Well one thing i have decided to is the raise the standards as to what to keep and discard. I need to be less attached to the digital content I have downloaded. Like looking at your clothes and material possessions and deciding to no longer be attached I have to do the same with my digital possessions. I need to look at the utility of them, find a way to quickly learn the principles and apply them, then get rid of them.

Hopefully this works and I will update you on my progress.

21-10-2020

Hello, to the few of you that keep checking up on me I appreciate the effort to stay in touch. It means a lot to me.

I have never been able to keep up a sustained blogging schedule for any significant length of time. So that’s the reason why I have only two posts for the whole year, but anything is better that nothing so lets move ahead. As usual I intend to do more writing for therapeutic reasons but I don’t want to jinx it so I wouldn’t commit to any number of post from now on. But I do hope to share more about my self and come of the things that influence my life. To me writing is the best form of meditation.

So now for some housekeeping. I am currently in the middle of what I call extreme housekeeping. For me its an extension of minimalism. A process of de-cluttering my digital space to ensure clarity of mind. I have been good with being minimal with my physical space. But since I have generally owned little in my life as just a way of living that was easy to do. But where I struggle is in my digital space. I believe its very important in this digital age with so much information available. Its even easier to clutter your life and your mind.

I will list some of what I have learned on this journey in my next post, hopefully it helps someone.

Now to something that I found kind of inspiring. I hope you also gain something from it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kvVsr0ZwSs