- Keep all table and counter tops clean
- Store kitchen appliances in a cupboard (blender, grinder, Aeropress)
- Reduce kitchenware to 3 bowls, 3 plates, 3 cups, and 3 sets of utensils
- Move all my web browser bookmarks to Pinboard. Delete all local bookmarks
- Setting fewer apps to run on startup on my Mac (my 7 essentials)
- Install Ad-Block in Google Chrome to block ads automatically
- AchieveĀ inbox zero daily. Leave nothing unread or marked for later
- Go paperless by scanning documents and business cards and using Evernote
- Get rid of books, they’re just clutter. Switch to reading on Kindle
- Delete all unnecessary apps from my iPhone and iPad
- Adjust Facebook to “Hide updates” from everyone except family and close friends
- Install Bartender on Mac and hide everything in the menubar
- Get rid of vinyl records. Switch to Serato and DJ with a laptop
- Keep only a handful of apps in the dock on my Mac. Ones that keep me on track.
- Save articles I want to read with Pocket, then read them later on iPad
- Stop managing a 300gb iTunes library. Sign up to Spotify
- Sell instruments and hobby articles that I haven’t used in months
- Give away clothes that haven’t been worn more than a few times in the last year
- Have only one computer. I don’t need a second.
- Hang photos on the wall, don’t rest them on flat surfaces
- Buy a harddrive to back everything up and then eliminate unnecessary files
- Get rid of DVDs and Blu-Ray movies. Download or stream everything
- Affix power outlet strips and daily use cables to the underside of my desk
- Set a solid color computer desktop wallpaper
- Don’t pirate any software. This will reduce what you use to what you need
Some of these are complete, some are in-progress.