{"id":2573,"date":"2013-01-24T20:58:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T01:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2013-01-25T07:32:41","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T12:32:41","slug":"less-is-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/less-is-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Less IS more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/energy.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/less-is-more\/less-is-more-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/energy.jpg?fit=373%2C321&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"373,321\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Green house with icons of birds, butterflies and flowers&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;E&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Less is more\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Green house with icons of birds, butterflies and flowers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/energy.jpg?fit=373%2C321&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2576\" title=\"E\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/energy-300x258.jpg?resize=300%2C258\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/energy.jpg?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/energy.jpg?w=373&amp;ssl=1 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over and over we hear this phrase.\u00a0 What does it really mean?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Less mail is less overwhelming. Take 5 minutes every day to recycle and review your mail. Keep what remains in your command center to work on during admin time.<\/li>\n<li>Less to do means you are doing what you love. Our biggest burdens are our time commitments. We say yes and then feel completely overwhelmed.\u00a0 Commit to less to do and feel the serenity.<\/li>\n<li>Less stuff is less to take care of and more energy to do what we love.\u00a0 Is your stuff becoming a burden? Its time to let it go and have less in your space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For me I am using this mantra every week to decide how much time and energy I use in projects, with people and my own stuff.\u00a0 It shapes how I think and what I do.\u00a0 My goal this year is to do less and accomplish more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What do you want to do less of or have less of and feel more energy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over and over we hear this phrase.\u00a0 What does it really mean? Less mail is less overwhelming. 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