Comments on: The DO LESS Revolution: Setting Limits

By: Magpie Girl » Blog Archive » The DO LESS Revolution: Choosing the Essential

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:56:41 +0000

[...] you been writing down your M.I.T.s (most important tasks) most days? Did you create your list of Guiding Values? Oh, Leo would be so [...]

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:05:35 +0000

I was hit with Chronic Daily Headache in September 2005. In August 2008, I found some relief with trigger point injection. It lasted about 6 months until the pain returned. I’m just now starting to adjust to the reality that pain will infringe on my life and my life goals, possibly as long as I live.

This post hits really close to home. Thanks.

By: Magpie Girl » Blog Archive » The DO LESS Revolution: Uncovering Your Guiding Values

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:35:48 +0000

[...] week our theme was Setting Limits. We took our Monster To-Do list down a notch by eliminating things that were haunting us, but not [...]

By: Imelda / GreenishLady

Imelda / GreenishLady — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:11:31 +0000

Just want to say how I’ve been appreciating these posts. I haven’t joined, haven’t got the book, but am doing a lot of head-nodding as I read. I’m happy to say I figured out how to do less (or more of what’s important to me) over the past few years, and it’s good. Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth” spelt out a principle that I found very profound… to only do things that you can be accepting of, that you enjoy or that you feel enthusiastic about. It resonated very strongly for me as a way to weigh up any task or new call on my time and energy. Blessings on you and your work! thank you.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:44:37 +0000

I’ve been cycling through some of this lately. Recurring persistent headaches that just drain everything away and leave an empty shell that so quickly fills up with guilt or second guessing or… [fill in the blank]

So the pain, the exhaustion, leaves this space and we learn to choose so carefully what will inhabit the space. At my job it’s tending to each task in turn by declining the rush, the gossip, the “crises.” At home it’s lingering on the couch with my husband while our little guy plays right next to us.

Of course, when I’m feeling fine again: The hectic office is Suddenly Convincingly Real! The grit on the floor at home Must Be Swept Now! etc etc

I made a label for my monitor stand at work. “go slow” It was intended to get me through a bad day but I’ve left it up to really help me on the good days.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:51:26 +0000

Oh, I lived this space for over six years with chronic fatigue syndrome. I know how it feels … and of course, that old cliche is that what I learnt from that experience has changed everything. There is so much power in doing less. Puts you on the edge of the culture, though, watching people rushing around doing millions of things all because of what – to make themselves feel important? I think humans ultimately are simple in our wants – we want to be loved, and we want to feel like we matter. Doing less has helped to fine tune those things for me, because now I am focussing on what I really want to do – make art, live free, love God and others. It’s so simple (and so hard to maintain, heh :)

By: Tess

Tess — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:28:08 +0000

I love the idea of turning limitations into a “superpower”!

This post reminded me that years ago when I was writing a business blog, I used to follow Lisa Haneberg, who wrote a successful book called “Focus Like a Laser beam”. Thinking of her made me catch up with what she’s doing and I loved the logo on her website: a representation of a fiddlehead fern, symbolising new life, strength, growth and peace. (Her site is at http://www.lisahaneberg.com/)

The more I think about it, the better I think this symbol is for all of us: the fern unfolds itself. It doesn’t mess around trying to be an oak or worrying about whether the other ferns are growing faster, it just unfolds into itself without struggle and with economy of movement.