Life Hacks:

Sahil Bloom’s Most Powerful Life Hacks - a series:

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius

The spirit of this quote rings true: We humans have a tendency to manufacture complexity. We make progress in our lives—personally or professionally—and decide that the best way to celebrate that progress is to sprinkle on a new bit of chaos.

It's a rather frustrating (and hilarious) species-wide trait:

We book the relaxing vacation, only to fill every moment of it with activities that leave us more drained at the end than we were at the beginning.

We get the promotion that will reduce our money stress, so we celebrate by buying the boat that is constantly in need of servicing and repairs.

We feel busy and stressed, so we cut something out of our lives, only to feel stressed about not feeling busy, so we add something back in.

We can all come together and laugh at our "complexification" of life. But after we have that good, hearty laugh, let's talk about ways to simplify it.

Here are some short, timeless insights for simplifying your world—"hacks" for your life, careers, relationships, health, money, and more...

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

Blaise Pascal

4. Be bored for at least 15 minutes per day. 

We’ve completely forgotten how to be bored, but it’s a tremendous unlock for creativity and mindfulness.

5. Reread your favourite books annually.

You may read thousands of books in your life, but there will only be a few that deeply change you. Reread them every single year. Your experiencewith the book will change as you do-you'll pickup new perspectives. It's beautiful.

6. In your 20s and 30s, do a few things that you'll be excited to tell your kids about someday.

Go on an adventure, train for some wild event, get your hands dirty on a crazy project, whatever. Create a few stories worth telling.