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One variant could be “for...

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One variant could be “for...

Submitted by Merlin on January 5, 2006 - 6:50am.

One variant could be “for every new thing you want to do/read etc, cancel something else instead.

I have a couple friends that do that with possessions; nothing new without getting rid of something old. Pretty elegant idea.

(Orthogonal: 83 problems)

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Modest Change: Cancel something By: Merlin Mann (65 replies) January 5, 2006 - 5:22am
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