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75. Consolidate your tasks. It’s more efficient to do your ironing, pay your bills, and answer your emails in one sitting than in bits and pieces. 76. Consolidate your errands. Plan your visits to the grocery store, dry cleaners, post office, and other stops, so you can take care of it all in one trip. 77. Declutter your To Do list. Purge any unimporta

98. Avoid advertising like the plague. When you don’t know an item exists, you won’t stress over desiring, acquiring, or paying for it. 99. Don’t shop unless you need something. In other words, don’t browse stores, catalogs, or websites looking for something to need. 100. Make your own definition of “success.” Raising a happy family or excelling at you

96. Downsize your digs. A smaller home means

Although I don’t condone such a formulaic approach to writing, I think it’s perfect for the repetitive tasks we face on a daily basis. After all, there’s no sense in reinventing the wheel for every item on our to-do lists. By making templates, we can complete them more quickly, more efficiently, and with a minimum amount of effort—leaving us time a

My point, rather, is that we should think about why we own what we do. We should make our possessions fit our lifestyle, instead of the other way around. We shouldn’t feel pressured to own things just because it’s expected, or because everyone else has one. We should feel free to own only those things that meet our needs (no matter how strange that