This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1803.

Carry less or pockets like air and peering down both by Leo Babata of mnmlist.com

and a very own personal narrator, Justin Mollick,

reading to you from some amazing blogs and books to help you optimize your life,

covering self-help, personal development, happiness, productivity, and more.

And have two posts for you today, so let's get right to them as we optimize your life.

Carry less or pockets like air by Leo Babata of mnmlist.com

How much do you carry around with you every day?

Something we don't often think about, but each item we carry around is a little burden,

and these little burdens add up. They contribute to our general fatigue.

They're one more thing to worry about, and they can cause actual back problems if we carry too much.

This is something I've greatly improved in my life, starting a couple of years ago when I

decided to try to be as minimalist as possible. As Robert Daly said in an old post,

Zen Pockets, quote,

In the spirit of GTD, getting things done, in which you try to empty your head of all the

craft and worry so you can concentrate creatively on the task at hand, let us look to our burdens

to see if we can't undo a little of our daily sysafian wear. Mine like water, meat,

pockets like air, end quote. Let's see how we can get to pockets like air.

What people normally carry? What's in your pockets? Bag, purse, briefcase. What do you load up with

before you leave your home? Some examples of things people carry include wallet,

containing money, lots of cards, coffee stamp card, etc. Perse containing grooming items,

makeup, tissues, address book, etc. Laptop with cords and accessories, briefcase with files

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