A simple app called SixtySix can also help you develop good habits... in 66 days: http://groapp.com/upgrade-yourse…

Sounds like a good storyline for a AA commercial.

I think the best way to approach minimalist living is include it in things you use everyday in order to build a minimalist habit. For example, minimalist fridge or minimalist purse or minimalist desk. Don’t start minimalizing your life until you’ve learned how to be a minimalist on the minimal part of it.

Unfortunately most people live by the “close enough” margin. So increasing the budget might just make them increase the “close enough” margin as well.

To me, minimalism is the philosophy of owning what you use on a regular basis and not much else ... You may get a temporary moment of happiness every time you buy something, but the feeling soon goes away.

You are about the get a nasty email from the creators of “What not to wear”

To tear down those cabinets, you'll need a cordless drill, hammer, pliers, flat bar, utility knife, wrecking bar, screwdriver, sledgehammer, and recip saw

I think the title should say "This checklist makes sure your last meeting was a productive one", because the only time you can conclude whether a meeting was productive is during a follow up meeting.

For myself the best way to fight "anxiety" is to "compulsively" plan, schedule and prepare for whatever is causing it.

I must not be working hard enough because the 30 seconds rule seems a bit long to consider once workspace organized. I think it would be more of an accomplishment if we extended this rule to an entire house.

This probably starts with parents aiming to raise "industry standard" children. Using internet and other parents' advice to raise their kids, making sure they don't behave differently than their peers. Not realizing they just might have personalities of their own, and being different is not a medical condition.

That's very close to my belief of... "do things that make you happy tomorrow". In essence, strive for creating long term satisfaction rather than immediate.

Thanks for the tip! Next time my wife goes shopping I'm sending her in with sunglasses, product trail map, boxing gloves and iPod filled with slow jams.

On a recent commute in a slow-moving traffic, I find gratitude is hard to muster. I think fondly of my wife's charming sense of humor, our fun outings, her support during tough times. As I drive, slowly, towards home, I feel filled with rage... that it will take another 2 hours before I see her.

That's brilliant! You could also keep a "list of grievances" against yourself to realize areas of improvement.

The best thing to do is to train yourself to always sleep for 5 cycles(7.5h), regardless if you go to bed early. It doesn't help to wake up at 7am when you go to bed at 10pm. You've already wasted an hour of your day. The standard alarm is not efficiently set up for this, which is why I created this one... http://groa…

One could conclude that "Jack of all trades" is more likely to be an extrovert while the specialist tends to be an introvert.

Seriously... why don't we just set a simple alarm to 5 sleep cycles every night, get up, and instead of analyzing our sleep patterns or journaling our dreams actually do something that adds value to our day.

There are some perspectives you just can't change, like whether a certain "item" is white and gold or black and blue.

The biggest issue I see with separate finances is making common-use purchases. For example, if you're buying something for the house with your money, why should you compromise on the look of it if your partner has a different taste. Buying a computer together, a car, or worse, a house. You're just adding additional…