Essential Vs. Optional
Just because I’m always focusing on trimming the fat and pairing things down to their most basic and efficient elements does not mean I do not enjoy the optional things in life. As a matter of fact, everything I talk [...]
Just because I’m always focusing on trimming the fat and pairing things down to their most basic and efficient elements does not mean I do not enjoy the optional things in life. As a matter of fact, everything I talk [...]
If you only have time to create one GMail filter, create this one. Find any email the HAS the word Unsubscribe and DOESN’T HAVE the words FW or RE and put it in a folder labeled “Optional” Any email that [...]
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See my screen cast below to learn how to create filters in Gmail. Once you do, my number one reccomendation is to create a filter for the word “unsubscribe” and have that routed to a separate folder, in my case [...]
Why? I didn’t need a desk and prefered to have more space and less clutter. In a previous post I discuss the concept of setting limits in order to force organization. This is sort of an attempt at that. As I [...]
The Pledge I’ve been playing around with an extraordinarily simple email organization method. I have one folder labeled “Optional” for…you guessed it, everything that doesn’t require an immediate response or any response at all. The Turn I want to preface [...]
Fundamentals of Less Doing is a series of articles detailing how we think about productivity from a conceptual level. If you are new to Less Doing, the Fundamentals series is a great place to start. It should go without saying [...]
Staying organized means knowing where things are at all times and having easy access to them. When we’re talking about keeping your own body organized while at home or travelling, that means carrying the bare essentials in a way that [...]
It goes without saying that the Less Doing lifestyle requires that you be as paperless as possible. There have been tons of articles discussing how to go paperless and there are services to help you do it that will definitely [...]