The 4 laws of simplicity
... you can use on any area of your life, and in fact on your life as a whole:
- Collect everything in one place.
- Choose the essential, the things most important to you.
- Eliminate the rest. Don't get sentimental.
- Organize the remaining stuff neatly and nicely.
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