Living a minimalist life has made me more productive and creative. For the rest of the day, I normally play video games, hang out with Meredith, go for a walk and then cook something. This connects to the idea of frugal living and not buying as much.Īt 1 p.m.

Can I do less in order to achieve more? What is the least amount I can do? If I have a checklist with ten things on it, what happens if I don't do five of them?Īnd that is why I try to do very few things every day. For some reason, we always end up eating on the floor, even though there is a table.įor the next hour or so until my phone call, I cleaned up around the house a little bit and put all my camera stuff away, and then I had the phone call.Īs a minimalist, whatever I do, I always come at it from this approach of “less, but better”. I am very much a routine person, so this is how I break my fast every single day. I have the exact same thing for breakfast every day: a bowl of oatmeal and eggs. I do not know how this happens, but it always does. That is why I am setting a timer for 2 hours to finish all of my work.įunnily enough, it took me an hour and 58 minutes. If I give myself a couple of days to do it, it takes me a couple of days. Not only with time, I like having a challenge and boundaries that I have to work inside of. Still, I think checking Instagram and YouTube once or twice a day is actually good for you since you can look at your friends and family and see what they are up to.ĭoing it too much is a problem, however, and I do have that habit that is very distracting, so I am really trying to focus on doing it once or twice a day, and also uploading something at the same time. I have been trying to be a lot more conscious of my social media consumption and to produce more than I consume. Then I am also going to check my phone, answer anything that is on there, and upload a video to Instagram. I gave myself 15 minutes to review a video, send some footage to my editor, and send a couple of emails to clients.

I usually try to work upstairs in my office, to separate living from work, but my office is right next to where she was napping, and I did not want to wake her up, so I sat down in the kitchen. When I came back, my wife and baby were up, so I hung out with them for a bit.Īt 8.30, Meredith put Laura down for a nap. I try to keep it a little shorter so that it is easier to go and less of a commitment. And honestly, I don't have any friends, so nobody contacts me anyways.Īt 7 a.m. I have only done this a few times so far, but I have been way more productive on those days. I try not to use my phone first thing in the morning and only check it twice a day. This is something new that I am experimenting with. On the side of the page, I have my two spots where I am checking my phone. Next on my list are reviewing last week's video that my editor sent, and then running a sale on my course on financial minimalism. Answering emails will take me around 10 minutes. I am going to go to the gym or go for a walk, it is going to be 30 minutes of either one. This is my big goal for today, and honestly, the rest of this is not as important, but I still like to have everything written out, even if those are small things. Acting and shooting commercials are one of my side hustles. The main thing that I am doing today is shooting a commercial.

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