Web Zen Minimalism

Are you overwhelmed with too much to do? Paralyzed because you can’t get started? Start with one thing. Choose one thing and do it. Action creates momentum. While you’re working on one action, your mind is free to choose the next action.

Planning is an action, but planning without action is a waste of time. Action without planning is inefficient. So what, let’s do something.

As an example I need to produce content for my web sites. Completing the setup of the web sites was accomplished with a combination of plans and actions. At this stage of web site completion content can be written. If I wait until I’ve perfected a process for producing content I’ll never write anything. I setup a spreadsheet with sheets for keywords, topics, titles, notes, meta data and affiliates. There’s also a folder to save completed and in-progress items.

My one minimalist action for now is to post to the blogs on each of my sites. This is the third post. It may not be the best writing I’m capable of, or even that interesting, but it’s action and consistent action turns into a process, and a process can be improved and put to work like a habit.