The Effortless Everyday: How to design your daily life to free up time and energy for what really matters

your wants can be nots to a negative occurrence as much as they can be yeses to positives.

Tidying up is not a small change. Figuring out the cause of the consistent mess and addressing it is the small change. Having a system in place that keeps our place tidy is worth looking into.

Your everyday life makes up your whole life.

Step 1: What You Want Identify (or declare) what you want, even if what you want is a resounding “I don’t want that!”

the everyday, that’s where my real life occurs.

Do any of the activities that fill your days (which remember, make up your whole life) get you to where you want to go or at least bring you joy in the here and now?

“Complexity is the enemy of execution.” This is the trick. We think we can’t do something when in reality we have no idea what it takes.

Now I put potential Bright Shiny Objects through the filters of: Why am I doing this? Is this just a distraction? What am I really seeking? And do I already have it? What are other ways to achieve the same thing? What should I really be focusing on right now?

To get started on the changes I cover in this book, you’re going to have to address your number one barrier: time. Remember that life takes practice so here’s how you can start. Practicing: With your newfound awareness, move through your day recognizing your misperceptions or misuse of time. This will slow you down for about a week, but that’s what