Simplify the Environment to Improve Your Life

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As a simple rule, if someone is creating energy, spend more time with them. Cut ties quickly with toxic relationships that invite negativity into your life. For each item in each environment, ask two questions: Is this necessary? Is this energy creating? If no to both, remove it; if yes to one, think on it. I conducted my first simplicity audit in 2021 and it felt like a weight had lifted off of me.

Complexity is a silent killer of focus, clarity, and performance. This statement is true for businesses, but even more so for your work and life. It's easy to let complexity and disorder slowly seep in—we tend to add, but rarely subtract.

The Simplicity Audit examines four key environments of your life: Physical, Digital, Mental, and Social.

For each item in each environment, ask: (1) Is this necessary? (2) Is this creating energy? If "Yes" to both, keep it. If "No" to both, remove it. If "Yes" to one, think on it.