Friday 15 March 2013

Keeping Things Clean And Simple

Steve Jobs
When I look at a picture of the late Steve Jobs with his black shirt, blue jeans and sneakers, I think of freedom. Let me explain. During hajj, when having only ihram to wear, there's no questioning the appropriate clothes to wear for the day or need to mix-and-match colors. We might not think much of it, but sometimes, picking out clothes can really consume our time. Even if it's only ten minutes, 360 days would make it 3,600 minutes or 60 hours spent. So, Steve Jobs was able to spend three days of his year to focus on more important matters by eliminating clutter.

Keeping things clean and simple is the third step to financial wellness by eliminating the clutter and managing paperwork that comes from our transactions; bills, receipts, stubs, statements, and more. Suze Orman and financialliteracymonth.com's provides a guide on how to manage the paperwork.

Some of the things that manage to fatten and stay in my wallet forever are:

  • Sales Receipts
  • ATM Printouts
  • Grocery Receipts
Pretty straight forward for step 3 and InshaAllah step 4 will follow soon.


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