My friend Ethan shared his Less, More, and None list (inspired by Jacoby Young). Cool idea, thought I’d give it a try.  Always good to remind yourself of your better aspirations.

Less

• Sugar
• Processed foods
• Biking in the city
• Diet Coke
• Naps
• Beer
• Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook/Instagram checking (the ludic loop)
  
• Amazon purchases
  
• Anti-authoritarianism
• Resentment at white male authority figures
• Avoiding humanity by going to bed/waking up early
• Clutter/disorganization
• Embrace of conflict as a means to truth
• Going out to eat
• Dream of Fields mentality (if we build it, they will come)

More

• Running
  
• Swimming
• Doing things with friends
• Veggies
• Talking to my girlfriend
• Saving money
• Intentional communication
• Writing history
• Disciplined business experiments
• Focus on my software as craft
• Contentment when at rest
• Reaching out to friends
• Talk therapy
• Fruit-infused water
• Sitting/standing with good posture
• Listening to kids and seniors
• Sustained open source involvement
• Seeking consensus
• Embrace of consensus as a means to truth
• Selling ideas/myself/services

None

• Communicating in anger
• Checking phone during conversations
• Dwelling in my original sin/self-fulfilling prophecies about my own fallibility
• Thinking I’m better than anyone else
• Comparing my journey to other’s (HT Ethan)
• Generational biases
• Viewing relationships as transactional or zero sum
• Playing Devil’s advocate or making trollish comments
• Distracted driving