Penguinville

zenhabits:

ROI (return on investment) is a useful concept to help you minimize the number of stuff in your life. When you buy something, think of it as an investment. The question is: can you get good return on your investment? The return here isn’t financial. It’s the overall value you get from the stuff. Will it make your life considerably better? Will it give you long-term happiness? Invest your money only on things that give you good ROI.

minimalmac:

This is a fantastic look into why minimalism is, at it’s heart, about self reliance. That said, here is the money quote for me:

Focus on acquiring abilities, not tools. Instead of buying a bunch of gadgets to help me get a job done, let’s spend more time learning the skills behind the job. Tools are just things, but skills become part of us.

Tru dat! The right tool, learned deeply, executed when appropriate, no matter how basic, can beat the pants off of “features” any day. Because it ain’t about the tool, or the feature, it is about your ability to use it to achieve the goal at hand.

Also, this is one of the reasons you may see me post about keyboard shortcuts. If you use a tool more than once a day you can save so much time and effort by learning the shortcuts for every feature you use. Also, the more deeply you learn a program the less you will “need” another to achieve your goals.