How to Be Less Busy by Vanessa Van Edwards
I enjoy articles on how to improve your life, this is an article I just read, it has the usual suspects, but it's nice to hear them explained in different ways.
A nonessentialist:
thinks, “I have to”
reacts and says yes without really thinking
takes on too much and feels out of control
is exhausted and overwhelmed
An essentialist:
thinks, “I choose to”
executes and says no to everything except the essential
gets the right things done and feels in control
does great work and experiences joy in the journey
Write down the 5 things you want to achieve by the end of your life.
Write down your one goal for the month. This is your clarity of purpose. What is the one thing you want to do really well in the next month?
We forget we have choice. We forget we have the power to change. We forget we are able to say no.
No more yes. It’s either HELL YEAH! or No









