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Making things easy

1 May 2012

I often write about my mantra, Let it be easy. When I get all wound up about something, I’ll take a deep breath and repeat my mantra and things usually get better. Like many people, I have a tendency to make things more complex than necessary and my “Let it be easy” focus has been really helpful.

That’s wonderful. And it’s also pretty passive.

Sometimes you have to make things be easy. That is, sometimes it’s great to take action to change things that are difficult or annoying.

Case in point: my aging eyes have made computer use more difficult. I have progressive-lens glasses, but they don’t work well at the distance my computer monitor is from my face. So when I use my computer, it’s best if I take my glasses off.

But I’ve noticed that with my glasses off, the screen is blurrier than I’d like. I got new glasses in February and insurance won’t cover a new pair until next February. (Then I’ll talk to the doctor about changing the prescription to address this issue.)

Recently, rather than squint, strain my eyes or just tolerate annoyance, I took action. I bought a larger monitor so that the writing on my screen would be bigger.

The hardest part was deciding which one. (I blogged about how hard it can be to decide on things when there are too many choices recently.) As I tried to weigh all the options, I whispered to myself, “Let it be easy.” And I chose one that seemed good, with good user reviews, even though I didn’t know that it was absolutely the best one.

A couple of clicks later all that was left was to wait for the monitor to arrive from Amazon. It arrived the next day (thank you, Amazon Prime!) and it took me all of 15 minutes to set up. Now I can easily see the text on the monitor. Ahhhh.

Are there things in your life that are difficult or annoying that a small action could remedy? Why not make things a little easier for yourself?

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