Keeping it simple this holiday season

29 November 2011

As I’ve mentioned here before, ease is my driving force. I have this question, from Supercoach Michael Neill posted on my bulletin board:

Why is it so hard to let it be easy?

This holiday season, I’m reframing that question and what I keep asking myself is,

Is there a simpler way to do this?

Humans in general (and organizers in particular) have a natural tendency to make things complicated. But I’m convinced that simpler is better. I believe that the easy way out is superior to the complex way.

Case in point, my holiday cards.

In years past, the process of sending out holiday cards was, particularly for my business, complex. When I think about it, it makes me yearn for the days when I had that kind of time. Back in the day, I’d personalize my holiday cards for my business by printing on vellum, cutting the vellum and using glue dots to paste the vellum inside each card. Yeah, that’s not happening any more.

This year, in the spirit of keeping it simple, I’m using leftover cards from years past. (I’m not sure why I have so many cards left over.) I’m counting on people not remembering a card from a previous year. I’m going to pare down my list so that I don’t have to buy any more cards. And I’m probably only going to send business-related cards, rather than personal.

Once I made that decision, I felt free. Suddenly, I have just a few steps left (including buying stamps, which took about 30 seconds at the Postal Service website).

Yep, simple is the ticket this year. I don’t want things to be any more complex than they need to be. That feels good.

Tagged with: holidays, michael neill, simplicty