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I just started listening to the book Effortless by Greg McKeown, who is widely known for his book Essentialism. Effortless piggybacks on Essentialism by saying “Okay, if you’ve identified what’s essential and why, that’s excellent…but then how do we make doing the essential things easier?” I’m not far into it, but I’m already LOVING it! […]
If you’re here, I already consider you a friend! And that’s because I really love people who want to focus on what matters in life, which certainly isn’t the endless pursuit of stuff.
The idea here isn’t perfection or rigid minimalism, rather it’s to avoid being bogged down by things that don’t bring lasting fulfillment.
I pinch myself regularly that my podcast (Paring Down), my newsletter (The L.E.S.S. Express), and my social media platforms allow me to spread this message of how to discover our most uncluttered, joyful, purpose-driven lives.
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