Simple principles


I’m on a quest to reduce my principles in life to utter simplicity.

Here’s what I have boiled it down to so far - this covers pretty much all I do:

  1. MAKE EVERYTHING SIMPLE
    • Reduce everything to only what is needed
  2. DO ONLY THAT WHICH HELPS
    • Focus on what you can control
      • Pick what excites you and do that
    • Don’t spend energy on what you cannot control
      • Disregard the past & much of the future - practice improvisation
  3. BE INTERESTED
    • Learn to do nothing - be present - listen
  4. GIVE MORE PLUSSES
    • Be empathetic - help others
  5. ENJOY THE GAME
    • Challenge yourself on the RALE scale - learn to enjoy as much as possible by moving on the scale
      • R = Resist, A = Accept, L = Like, E = Enjoy

I am working on reducing this furter. Any suggestions are of course very welcome.

A big thanks goes to Brendan Martin for inspiration and being the best sounding board.


Link to this post: https://isene.org/2020/06/Reduction.html