| Bruce Lee stated that the height of cultivation does not | | | | something important, so you do that. The next day |
| run towards complexity, but simplicity. Cultivating | | | | there's something else to mail out, so you go to the |
| simplicity is all about being conscious about what you, | | | | post office again. Then when you get home you |
| it's all about acting in a manner that you understand | | | | realize you need tape, so you head out again. And on |
| and have made decisions about. You have looked | | | | and on and on. |
| over your habits and routines and ruthlessly eliminated | | | | This is actually a system. Basically, you notice you |
| the inessential and streamlined the necessary. This can | | | | need something and you immediately get it. You notice |
| be described as creating systems for your life, and it | | | | you need something else and then you go out and get |
| should be applied to every aspect of your life. | | | | it. And on and on. This wastes a lot of your time, it |
| Systems are great, even though most people will have | | | | wastes resources like gasoline, and it wastes money |
| a strong knee-jerk reaction to being told they should | | | | as these stores are all set up to make you |
| systemize their life. After all, we want to live with | | | | accidentally end up buying more than you actually |
| freedom and creativity, right? Well, when it comes | | | | need- the stores are set up to take advantage of this |
| down to it most of us aren't really that free or creative. | | | | ridiculous pattern that most of us live within. |
| In fact, most of us already live according to a series of | | | | It's not hard to think of a better system, it just takes a |
| habits, routines and yes, systems. The only difference | | | | moment of reflection and the will power to enact the |
| is these tends to be inefficient and ineffective systems | | | | change. For instance, you can decide that you're only |
| that were created and adopted unconsciously. We will | | | | going to run errands for one day of the week, a day |
| all do a lot better if we replace those unconscious | | | | designated for running errands. So you spend the |
| 'good enough' systems with conscious systems that | | | | whole week making note of the different things you |
| allow us to excel. | | | | need- all the food you need to replace, all the |
| For instance, think about the way that you usually do | | | | miscellaneous items like tape and paper clips you've |
| something routine, like running errands. For most people, | | | | run out of, all the mail you need to bring to the post |
| they run errands as the need comes up, and they do | | | | office. Then on errands day you do it all at once, |
| so in a haphazard manner. For instance, grocery | | | | saving tons of gas and time, and focusing you on what |
| shopping is one of the biggest time and money sinks | | | | you really need and nothing more. |
| out there due to disorganization. Most people notice | | | | See how simple that is? It just requires you take a |
| they need a food item, so they drive to the grocery | | | | couple steps back from your every day routines and |
| store and get it, as well as a few things they don't | | | | evaluate whether you really do them because they |
| really need or want. They might do this a couple of | | | | are the best way, or because they are just 'good |
| times a week. Maybe you also need to mail out | | | | enough.' Strive for the best. |