9 minimalistic habits that will save you 1,000+ hours of your life

📱 Digital Habits

1. Unsubscribe from Unnecessary Emails

Consider using an app like unroll.me to help you declutter your inbox. It's free.

2. Streamline Your Finances

Automating your finances can save you a lot of time and stress in the long run. Here's how:

- Automate monthly payments

- Cancel unused subscriptions

- Automate contributions to investments

- Set up a system to automatically deposit 20% of your paycheck into savings

3. Deweaponize Your Device

Your phone can be a major time sink. Make it less so with these steps:

- Set screen time limits

- Switch your device to grayscale

- Turn off non-emergency notifications

- Use an app like onesec.app to add friction

- Organize apps into folders based on their purpose

4. Embrace Journaling or a Productivity Coach

For journaling, consider the DayOneApp. If you want to delve deeper, try a productivity coach app like Wave.ai.

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🏡 Lifestyle Habits

5. Declutter Daily

Aim to get rid of just one thing every day. It's a simple way to discover what possessions truly matter to you.

6. Build a Capsule Wardrobe

A capsule wardrobe is a minimal collection of versatile items. Here's a quick guide:

- Decide on the number of pieces (up to 50)

- Start with what you already have

- Choose a color palette

- Retain essential/versatile items

- Donate what you don’t need

7. Invest in High-Quality Items

Remember, cheap can often end up being more expensive in the long run.

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🧠 Mental Habits

8. Prune Your To-Do List

As Jim Collins said, "If you have more than 3 priorities, then you don’t have any."

9. Apply the 2-Minute Rule

If a task takes less than 2 minutes to complete, do it immediately. Tasks tend to become more daunting the longer we procrastinate.

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Should I add some more?

Edited to add more from comments (From KidBeene):

• Don't reply to emails for 3 days. Either the issue will resolve itself or it will reduce options down to 1 or 2. No one is shooting at you, no one will die from you not stepping in to an email chain. If it was truly important your phone would be ringing.
• When people want to meet with you only accept meetings that have an agenda.
• No meeting should be FYI- Those are emails or dashboards. Only agenda items that require a decision from you or that require you to step in to descalate or escalate a situation.
• If an FYI or update to a situation is needed, make it into a paragraph update- 1st sentence of What happened that made you need to tell me something? Second sentence is historical/has this happened before. 3rd sentence is "so what/why do I care" and 4th sentence is recommendation.

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