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  1. Keep all table and counter tops clean<\/li>\n
  2. Store kitchen appliances in a cupboard (blender, grinder, Aeropress<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  3. Reduce kitchenware to 3 bowls, 3 plates, 3 cups, and 3 sets of utensils<\/li>\n
  4. Move all my web browser bookmarks to Pinboard<\/a>. Delete all local bookmarks<\/li>\n
  5. Setting fewer apps to run on startup on my Mac (my 7 essentials<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  6. Install Ad-Block<\/a> in Google Chrome to block ads automatically<\/li>\n
  7. Achieve\u00a0inbox zero<\/a> daily. Leave nothing unread or marked for later<\/li>\n
  8. Go paperless by scanning documents and business cards and using Evernote<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Get rid of books, they’re just clutter. Switch to reading on Kindle<\/li>\n
  10. Delete all unnecessary apps from my iPhone and iPad<\/li>\n
  11. Adjust Facebook to “Hide updates” from everyone except family and close friends<\/li>\n
  12. Install Bartender<\/a> on Mac and hide everything in the menubar<\/li>\n
  13. Get rid of vinyl records. Switch to Serato and DJ with a laptop<\/li>\n
  14. Keep only a handful of apps in the dock on my Mac. Ones that keep me on track.<\/li>\n
  15. Save articles I want to read with Pocket<\/a>, then read them later on iPad<\/li>\n
  16. Stop managing a 300gb iTunes library. Sign up to Spotify<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. Sell instruments and hobby articles that I haven’t used in months<\/li>\n
  18. Give away clothes that haven’t been worn more than a few times in the last year<\/li>\n
  19. Have only one computer. I don’t need a second.<\/li>\n
  20. Hang photos on the wall, don’t rest them on flat surfaces<\/li>\n
  21. Buy a harddrive to back everything up and then eliminate unnecessary files<\/li>\n
  22. Get rid of DVDs and Blu-Ray movies. Download or stream everything<\/li>\n
  23. Affix power outlet strips and daily use cables to the underside of my desk<\/li>\n
  24. Set a solid color computer desktop wallpaper<\/li>\n
  25. Don’t pirate any software. This will reduce what you use to what you need<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some of these are complete, some are in-progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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