30 Ways to Make Your Life More Simple

1. Resign from a commitment you’re not passionate about
2. Stop trying to be perfect
3. Implement a basic cleaning schedule
4. Sign up for automatic bill pay
5. Automate a portion of your investing
6. Clean out your media collection and keep only the items you love – donate the rest
7. Plant perennials that will automatically bloom next spring
8. Clean out your purse or wallet
9. Put a paper shredder next to your mail spot
10. Whittle your wardrobe down to pieces that work together
11. Delete any social networking accounts you don’t actually use
12. Add your number to the do-not-call list
13. Create a car maintenance schedule and post it somewhere where you can see it
14. Design a filing system and stick to it
15. Start you day with a healthy meal
16. Turn your phone off when you need quiet time
17. Invest in a programmable thermostat
18. Set one good goal, and go achieve it
19. Record you good “shower” ideas and then implement them. (Don’t we all get our best inspirations in the shower?)
20. Write to a friend with (gasp!) pen and paper
21. Set limits on your bad habits and reward yourself when you stick with them
22. Stop trying to be a saint and indulge yourself every once in a while
23. Pay off your credit card debt
24. Avoid watching commercials and reading advertisements
25. Rediscover the pleasure of reading purely for enjoyment
26. Plan two weeks of delicious meals ahead of time and skip the nightly grocery run
27. Go to your doctor for a preventative checkup
28. Remember the joys of doing nothing
29. Single task as much as possible
30. Learn to ask for help

Sara Pemberton blogs about simple solutions and creative living at http://www.onsimplicity.net/.