We complicate things by seeking perfection. In this blog, I am going to share with you the steps to keeping it simple. I first heard this saying in an AA meeting years ago, but apparently the phrase was coined in the seventies by Kelly Johnson, the lead engineer and creator for government spy planes, in reference to keeping design simple so average mechanics could repair the planes. Instead of complaining: “This is way more complicated than it needs to be,” take action to Keep It Simple, Sweetheart. But this is the life we are all living, so the question is: How can we become part of the solution to simplify rather than part of the problem? I know I am not alone in my frustrations as friends and clients have shared similar stories with me. It feels like everything I need to do requires me to follow a link, prove I am a human, wait endlessly on hold, or remember a zillion passwords!
The last time I tried canceling one of my two subscriptions to the same magazine (trying to save a tree!), the computer on the other end just kept trying to extend my subscription!
Have you noticed that complicating things that could actually be simple has become a cultural norm? Have you ever tried canceling a magazine subscription or changing mobile phone providers? Automated systems that were designed to simplify, more often than not, don’t. I find that the less I have on my plate, figuratively and often literally, the better I feel. I don’t know who said it first, but they were right.
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