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What’s MOLO?
Want to work less and get more done? The MOLO principle is simple, though maybe not easy!
MOLO=More Of, Less Of
It’s an impactful lifestyle design idea.
To use it, take out a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle. On one side, write “More Of” and the other side write “Less Of.”
Now look at your life and ask yourself what do you want more of. What do you want less of?
Our life may seem cluttered, our home may be messy, our work disorganized, our feelings heavy, our thoughts less than kind to ourselves and others.
We often mindlessly add things to our lives and rarely subtract without great effort. We can choose to clear away the things that don’t really matter.
Let’s look at our life and our relationships 
and consistently edit to make room for the things that matter most.
The not-so-easy part is to look at our life and DO SOMETHING, to add something for today from the More Of column and take off something from the Less Of column.
What do we love to do and why are those things always on the bottom of our list?
I love to read, write, mentor, color, do ZenTangles, go to concerts, do Tai Chi. And I’ve made them a priority. But I didn’t use to!
I, too, waited until I got everything done, until I had worked enough, and had enough time, and therefore rarely got to do what I loved without feeling guilty. How about you?
How can we rearrange things to do more of what we want while shedding those activities we want to reduce?
I found that when I made my list, my focus was for more feelings of gratitude, clarity, and peace. And I wanted to have less whining, internet surfing, clutter, depression. Stuff didn’t make my lists!( Oh, yes, fun did make my More Of list!)
Focusing on the essential few ideas that really matter and dropping much of the trivial items that don’t lead to joy and peace makes for personal satisfaction!
It may be time to drop some balls!
More balls in the air requires more juggling and often more ball dropping. When we forget to do something or accidentally drop the ball, we feel guilty and unworthy.
What if we intentionally dropped the ball, or simply removed it from our juggling act? Or maybe it was important to throw that ball up there, but if we discover that it isn’t any more, let’s drop it!
So…
what can YOU add to your More Of list?
What can you take off your plate from your Less Of list?
I’d love to hear from you!
Thankful for the fleas?
In her book, The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom tells of a time she discovered that God was working even in the most horrific circumstances. Corrie and her sister Betsie had been imprisoned by the Nazis for hiding Jews. In the midst of their suffering, the women prisoners found comfort in the secret Bible studies they […]
Is the dark unappreciated?
Dark is just not appreciated enough! Light and dark clothes? We don’t fear the “dark” when sorting the laundry! Dark is not bad! In Genesis, the author informs us that creation was balanced with both the dark and the light. And…once the balance had occurred, there was order and… they both were called “good.” We, however, often attach […]
Ain’t English Funny?
As an ex-English teacher, I easily relate to how frustrating our language can be. If you’ve ever felt stupid, then just read on. (This little treatise on the lovely language we share is only for the brave!) Here are some sample reasons why the English language is so hard to learn (and to teach!) The bandage […]
Be the Hedgehog
Are you the hedgehog or the fox? The concept is drawn from a Greek poem in which a cunning fox tries and continually fails to eat a seemingly simple hedgehog. The fox keeps plotting the perfect attack. He keeps coming up with new ideas to eat the hedgehog. The simplistic and somewhat dowdy hedgehog goes […]
A dozen kind ideas!
It’s easy to be kind! It’s smart to be kind! It’s fun to be kind! Are you up to a challenge? If you missed the opportunity to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness last week, take this next week and perform some acts of kindness. These suggestions won’t take long and you’ll be amazed at how good you’ll […]
9 Amazing Kindness Quotes
This week, Feb 12-18, is National Random Acts of Kindness Week. It’s so easy to forget those ever-so-important small acts that can make someone’s day, as well as making ours great too! I’ve selected some of my favorite inspiring quotes on kindness to share with you. Please let me know which ones are your favorites! 1 […]
Use the Physics of Dominoes
Got any dominoes in YOUR life? The Guinness Book of World Records shows that in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, the world record “domino fall” fell! With the lining up of more than 4,491,863 dominoes in a dazzling display, the record came tumbling down. In this instance, a single domino set in motion a domino fall that cumulatively unleashed more […]
3 reasons why today can be awesome!
Yep! You can be even more awesome than ever. And, that will make your day (and other folk’s day) more awesome too! Thank goodness that we can do this awesome bit day by day. It does feel more reasonable than trying for a longer stretch of time! So why do we know that today is […]
It’s sometimes hard to be happy
We’re “supposed” to be happy! And sometimes we try really hard to be happy and it still doesn’t work. Maybe it’s better not to try so hard to be happy? Maybe it’s okay to just feel okay. Maybe we could just become aware of moments when we’re not miserable! That would be a good start. […]