Having 15 spoons isn’t necessary
A few weeks ago, I made a 'Reset' video going through and resetting my tools and the apps I use to run my business.
But with the crisis at the moment, I started thinking more about my personal life, and the quote I use for my business; How much is enough?
In this episode, I talk about how I started thinking that less is definitely more in terms of what you need to live, and maybe it’s time we all start thinking about 'How much is enough?'
Transcript
so another days here and it got me
thinking about how much is enough now in
the past I've been talking about how
much is enough in regard with technology
and I'll touch on that towards the end
of the video but how much is enough in
the sense of well let's put it this way
I've basically tried to understand what
I need to live and I think pretty much
everyone is especially with what's going
on right now
how many kitchen utensils you need how
many t-shirts do you need how many you
know socks and pants you need how how
many things do you need around the house
and because we're in a situation that
we're in now it hasn't affected me too
much because I like staying at home and
I do a lot of remote work so that's not
it's not that bad but it got me thinking
when I went shopping for instance how
people are just buying bulk buying chips
and coke and toilet paper obviously and
loads of other stuff and hoarding you
come to realize that you don't actually
need that much stuff to live all right
I've come to that realization
I don't need 15 spoons I live on my own
with a dog I don't need you know twelve
knives and stuff and so on and so forth
so how much is enough as I said I talk I
usually talk about how much is enough in
regards with my work well financially if
I usually say if I make enough money for
the day the week or a month I basically
stop working I also talk about how much
is enough with technology you don't need
loads of tools to run your business and
work and earn money I mean if I mean
recently I just did a reset and I got
rid of a ton of tools now the tools that
I need are collaborating with clients my
project management task list being able
to write down notes connecting with my
clients via zoom or something like that
and being able to remote and do remote
support and that's basically it I don't
need all these other fancy stuff but
that's me you've got to go through your
system and figure out how much is enough
what basically you need
but going back to life in general I've
realized that I don't need that much to
live we don't need that much to live I
live in this big apartment it's a
beautiful apartment it's it's got
amazing views it's sunny all day I have
a fantastic triple high office at double
high office or whatever you want to call
it and it's great but I realize I don't
need it anymore
there's a ton of stuff I've realized
that I just don't need and you probably
go through maybe you've gone through
your life and your situation and maybe
you figured out that there's a lot of
stuff that you don't need now because of
this situation that we're in is the
reason why I've been thinking about it a
lot more because I've got a lot more
time but also because of as I said going
shopping and people are hoarding and
stuff and you start thinking like do you
really need all of those cans of coke do
you really need you know all this milk
and stuff now there's pros and cons for
that obviously I live on my own so it's
a bit more that it's a bit easier like I
make a massive pot of chili and freeze
it and I can eat from two for two weeks
on that stuff so I understand it's
different but so I went through my
system my life the things around me and
I've just decided as I have done before
with that reset video where I've said
I'm gonna get rid of a lot of stuff it
actually makes more sense now you don't
need a ton of stuff especially with your
computer that's what we're here for
anyway I'm going to leave it there today
hope you guys are doing well as always
keep it simple go through your life your
system and recognize how much is enough
and maybe get rid of stuff that you
don't need donate it sell it if if you
need to donate it to people who don't
have it
um anyway I'll leave it there today
have a great day stay safe wash your
hands and I'll see you tomorrow ciao bye
bye