The simpler version

There is a simpler version.

Starting a project is like unboxing a present full of bright, shiny, wonderful ideas.

But those ideas come out of the box with unnecessary packaging… ‘stuff’ness that makes it seem more complicated than it really is.

And many of us start playing with those ideas with the packaging still on.

But not you.

Carefully taking the packaging off…

Peeling back the vacuum-formed plastic cover…

Twizzling off those little plastic ties that hold it to its cardboard base…

Taking off the health hazard stickers and other little distractions…

…You’re left with something much simpler. Much easier to play with. Much easier to use.

Simpler doesn’t mean “something I’ll be less proud of.”

Simpler simply means “something I care enough about to want to play with properly.”

No matter what project you’re working on right now…

Don’t forget to work on the simpler version.