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I threw out 75% of my wardrobe. The mental peace of finding the clothes I want at an arm's reach at a moments notice is worth whatever couple of hundreds I'll have to spend replacing a few shirts and pants.
It's not mental peace exactly, it's not having to think, saving bandwidth. I've been lately optimizing my life towards using as little bandwidth as I can, to save it for the important things.
What are your unconventional mental bandwidth saving hacks? (I understand minimalism isn't rocket science, but that's my most recent example)
Sounds like you independently discovered Mari Kondo minimalism. Read her book since she's a nut for throwing things away to increase mental bandwidth.
This is more common than unconventional, since it's the GTD method, but be sure to transfer the noisiness of your brain into a coppermind. For every thought that you anticipate will touch your mind more than once: put tasks in a todo app, high-priority facts like face-name pairs in a flashcard app, notes and writings in a searchable reference app. (I'm use Todoist, Anki, and Obsidian atm.)
For those with anxiety, there's a fourth category I use called recurring worries. Thoughts like 'am I on the right path?' 'why am I wasting time on this?' 'what will people think about this?' etc. I put these in an evergreen note called 'The Worry Bucket' and allocate one hour on Sundays for them. This makes them easier to dismiss and focus for the rest of the week.
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