43 Simple Ways to Simplify Your Life
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Turn off your cell phone.
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Process email only twice a day.
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Go to bed early.
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Get rid of (or at least reduce) commitments that you do out of obligation.
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Create a weekly meal plan.
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Automate your finances.
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Purge as much unneeded clutter as possible.
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Keep your paper shredder on top of your recycling bin.
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Add items you want to a wish list as you think of them.
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Get a label maker or write labels out by hand.
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Set your clothes out for the next day the night before.
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Make your lunch for the next day the night before.
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Make time to catch up with an old friend.
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Just say no.
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Ask for experiences not things for your birthday and Christmas this year.
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Tell the truth.
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Keep your list of addresses and phone numbers up to date.
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Consolidate debt.
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Create an organizing system that works for you.
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Keep a bag for garbage in your car.
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Cary a notebook and pen with you where ever you go.
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Unsubscribe from emails, newsletters or RSS feeds that don’t provide value anymore.
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Apologize immediately when you realize you’ve done wrong.
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Enjoy the present moment as much as you can.
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Take time to really see the little things in life.
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Reduce the amount of TV you watch.
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Get outside.
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Create morning, daytime, and evening routines.
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Ask for help.
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Do things at home as much as possible (eat, date nights, entertain etc.).
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Don’t get caught up in other people’s drama.
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Let go of the self-imposed need to be perfect.
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Focus on a simple, but healthy, eating plan.
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Share responsibilities.
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Reduce your wardrobe to a few versatile items.
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Be positive.
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Start a gratitude journal.
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Finish old tasks before taking on new ones.
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For every new item that enters your home set two free.
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Want what you have not what you don’t.
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Revisit what you carry with you in your purse or wallet.
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Focus on one thing at a time.
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Store new garbage bags at the bottom of your garbage can.
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