The path of reaching goals, doing our best work, and making great art requires subtraction.
Often we think: I need to add. I need to buy. I’ll need longer hours.
Sometimes this is true.
You might need more learning, or research, or mentoring before you start. More hours to make the thing.
But more often than not, we need subtraction.
Writing the next book will require removing Netflix, social media, and unnecessary social gatherings from our daily orbit.
If wanting to be a present parent, it will require fewer hours at the office, less travel, and fewer hobbies.
Pursuing a healthy lifestyle it will require subtracting late nights, fast food, toxic substances and relationships, and doom scrolling news.
In cultivating a peaceful soul, it will require less noise and more stillness.
What are you removing today?
