## How to Put Life on Easy Mode - zen habits zen habits Source URL:: <https://zenhabits.net/easy/> ### Highlights > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Sat May 07 2022 22:39:46 GMT-0400%% > > Clean as you go: Put away your clothes when you take them off. Wash your dishes after you eat or cook. Wipe the counter. Tidy up after yourself. This can apply to everything—reply to that email, clean up your downloads folder, don’t have a million tabs open all the time. > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Sat May 07 2022 22:39:57 GMT-0400%% > > Do less: You don’t need to do less in order to live life on easy mode. But > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Sat May 07 2022 22:40:53 GMT-0400%% > > Build a buffer into your life wherever you yourself living on the edge. > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Sat May 07 2022 22:41:10 GMT-0400%% > > We read things into what people say and do, and create extra meaning out of things. For example, a friend says they don’t want to go to coffee with us, and we might read that to mean that they don’t want to spend time with us, they don’t care about us, they’re always doing this. When it might simply be that they’re feeling tired today. > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Sat May 07 2022 22:42:22 GMT-0400%% > > We get anxious about an upcoming event, wondering whether we’ll do a good job, worried about what people will think about us, and spend a lot of time thinking about it, overpreparing, stressing about how it will go. > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Sat May 07 2022 22:43:59 GMT-0400%% > > When in fact, the simplest thing would be to pick one thing and get started. > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Sat May 07 2022 22:44:08 GMT-0400%% > > What’s the simplest way you can approach the things you have in front of you? > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Sat May 07 2022 22:44:15 GMT-0400%% > > When you’re overwhelmed, take small steps: