Happy New Year! I hope you’ve had a great holiday break, and now that we’re back to the first official day of the work week… I thought I’d kick things off with a blog refresh and some new year’s aspirations.
My theme for this year is simplify. This applies to so many things in my life, but mostly, I just want to turn down the noise.
My husband, Eric, can attest to this… but I tend to overcomplicate things. I wish I could be more like him — relaxed, spontaneous, and never a procrastinator. Me? I stress about silly things, research stuff to death, tweak stuff to death, and generally feel like I never get anything done — at least not to my satisfaction. I fully admit to being a perfectionist, and I’ve got to learn when to leave well enough alone and be okay with it.
So, in the spirit of turning down the noise, I’ve decided to do a little digital spring cleaning. I’ve deleted my personal Facebook profile, LinkedIn, and a few other accounts I had out there collecting dust. I’m also combining some of my domains and deleting a few that are underutilized too, so that I can concentrate my time on things like photography and Shutter Mission.
Turning down the noise so you can focus on your passions and get stuff done? — That’s a good thing.
What are you doing to simplify your life in 2012?
Oh yes, I hear you Amanda. And I’ve been promising myself to scale things back as well, but inevitably, it only seems to get worse. You’re completely right, there’s simply way too much noise, and one sometimes get’s obliterated by the sheer abundance of it all…
Right, I see there’s new tweets to go and attend to, LOL.
I know, right? I’m at least happy about getting rid of FB and LinkedIn, not just for the extra noise factor (especially FB with all of the ads), but their privacy issues as well. Better off without them!
I guess it would be a good idea (for me, anyway) to evaluate, on a somewhat regular basis, these services I use, and trim from there. Much like we keep a designated thrift box in our home in order to keep the clutter to a minimum. Maybe I should set a calendar reminder to “trim the fat” once every 3 months or so.
Thanks for your comment, Jean-Pierre!