unplug

The solution to entanglement is disentanglement.

looking

When you are looking for one thing, you may find a hundred things.

universal thing

Anything can look important if it is the one thing you are thinking about in that moment.

untangled

Distractions take up your time, so it is a sensible investment to spend a comparable amount of time removing distractions.

maze

Stick with the difficult problem that comes up; or set it aside and move on to something easier. There is no wrong way to move through a set of challenges.

below the horizon

Don’t invest much of your energy into things you cannot do today or tomorrow.

panorama

Being in balance includes being able to spend time preparing for things that are coming up and reflecting on things that have completed.

dither

Pay careful attention to chaos, and it disappears.

the new blindfold

If you have a habit of buying things to distract yourself from your past, it reaches its logical conclusion when you start buying things to distract yourself from your clutter.

clearing

With less clutter, mental focus comes more naturally.

hidden opportunities

The things that will make the biggest difference in your life are things that the world tells you to pay no attention to.

dream agenda

Choose what you focus on in the last few minutes before you fall asleep — because you can’t consciously control your focus after you fall asleep.

square

Adding more people to a group reduces its ability to focus. Beyond a certain point, the total problem-solving capacity declines.

self-critic

“If you criticize the life you exist in, you are criticizing the person who you once were, and that is not honoring your journey.” — Laura Ansell

literally

Don’t jump to the metaphysical until you have looked at the physical.

closer to home

If there is something in the outside world that regularly annoys you, look for its reflection among your material possessions or in your habits and routines. It is easier to shift your experience by changing the energy in your immediate surroundings than by remaking the world at large.

place of possibility

Take a deep breath and focus on the space between the sky and the ground.

worker

Look at how much you have done in the last year.

knight of wands

A day without interruptions and distractions is a long time indeed.

room to consider

Arrange your material surroundings so that they direct your attention toward useful lines of thought.