immediate affirmation

I can change everything at once.

slow and easy

If you have the luxury of time, make clutter clearing a gradual process.

free pass

Follow in someone else’s footsteps if it is a relief to see the path already created.

less-on

You will find a way to do something you didn’t think you could do or a faster and easier way to do something you do regularly. This will happen when you are ready and focused.

zero point

To make decisions faster, breathe slower.

speed bump

Speed doesn’t mean anything until something collides with something else.

long wave

Sometimes you just have to slow down if you want to get anything done.

speed sleep

Sleep faster by worrying less so that you fall asleep faster.

go on

Change leads to more change, the same way that stagnation breeds stagnation.

gear

When you slow down your shopping, you can slow down your clutter clearing. Then maybe you can get more sleep.

loaded

The more uncertain the world is, the less it makes sense to keep things for the future.

burn rate

You might need to have a quantity of something on hand, so look at the rate of movement. How much of something do you use in a day or a year? How long will it take until you use up what you have?

on the track

Simplifying your life requires being willing to do less, but then with the advantages of simplicity, you find that you are doing more.

earlier in the cycle

Getting out of a bad repetitive pattern involves stages of learning to recognize the pattern sooner and interrupt it sooner.

cookin’

Don’t slow down until the end is in sight.

first

Fears are the fastest thoughts.

new design

You can take up a lot of time trying to make clutter look better. Instead, remove the clutter, then make the space look better.

worker

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

winning

Prepare a simple story of your triumph over adversity. Sometimes you can say more in ten seconds than you can say in an hour.

load out

A house can be emptied out in a day — if you’ve spent months getting ready.