Tired of over-the-top birthday chaos? Same. Let’s bring back the simple, meaningful celebrations that don’t require a second mortgage or a rented llama.

New on the blog: why scaling back kids’ parties might just be the best gift of all.

#ParentingSimplified #MinimalistMom #RealMomMoments #LessIsMore #Birthday #IttyBitty4Life #realtalk

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Less Balloons, More Balance: Why I’m Done With Over-the-Top Kid Celebrations

There was a time when I thought a toddler’s birthday party required custom cookies, a balloon arch worthy of a Kardashian baby shower, and enough themed decor to put Pinterest into cardiac arrest. …

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En me remettant à mon compte en 2023, je plonge pleinement dans ces sujets, et je suis fier de pouvoir enfin appliquer ces 10 principes, et d’en faire désormais une part essentielle de mon travail.

Enfin, restons honnêtes, je dois encore grandement convaincre les clients d’en appliquer la plupart… Je me permets donc de nouveau ce partage, à diffuser massivement ! ツ

#GoodDesign #LessIsMore #OldiesButGoldies #JeDizzÇaJeDisRien #Repost

@sl007 Ai, ai, uncool – Alkohol nix nicht gut #imho 😅

Nicht, dass ich nicht gerne einmal im Monat ein, zwei Gläser Wein trinken würde oder alle zwei Wochen ein, zwei Bierchen.

Aber too much ist too much #imho 💡#lessismore 🤣 👍

@don Fachlich nicht falsch. Aber das #Fediverse nehme ich nicht speziell unkritisch war. Hat halt jede:r sein Sternchenthema, und das ist imho völlig ok so...Du kannst den Menschen schlecht vorschreiben, wo sie sich engagieren. Denn richtig ist ja auch: es braucht alles! :
- schnell und max #EE-Ausbau (am besten mit regionaler Steuerung)
- schnell #Netzausbau
- viel mehr #Energieeffizienz (die kommt mir persönlich hier im fediverse wie in Realität oft zu kurz)
- und ja, auch #Suffizienz! Ohne wird es eng und teuer!
- und natürlich #Flexibilitäten! (aber auch wenn die aktuell noch weit weg sind macht mit das technisch am wenigsten sorgen. Lässt sich übers Preisdesign, Entgelte rel. gut anreizen).
- und nicht zu vergessen: der eigentliche Gegner sind #fossile Loc-Ins! Die 20 GW #Gaskraftweke von unserer neuen Gasministerin sind Gift für die #Energiewende und fürs #Klima, weil die Betreiber ihre Beriebsstunden haben wollen und ein Kapazitätsmarkt eher unwahrscheinlich ist, bzw in jedem Fall die falschen das Geld aus dem System ziehen..

#Effizienzwende #GasExit #fossilfree #lessismore

We respect builders who can look at a bike and identify exactly what doesn't need to be there. True bobber culture was built on removing the unnecessary and focusing on the essentials.
Save this for inspiration on your next minimalist build. Sometimes subtraction creates the biggest impact.

What's the first thing you remove when building a bobber? Let's see if we all follow the same path.

#minimalistbuild #bobberlife #lessismore #strippeddown

🎥 👉 @ac_fortyeight

🚫 Stop rewarding complexity.
✅ Start noticing what could be removed.
Simplicity makes systems stronger. And simpler is almost always harder.
📖 https://agilepainrelief.com/blog/less-is-more-creating-resilient-systems-through-simplicity/
#LeanThinking #Agile #LessIsMore
Less is More: Creating Resilient Systems Through Simplicity

Understand how simplifying processes leads to more resilient teams. Start to identify unnecessary complexity.

Agile Pain Relief

Ever feel like your writing is drowning in unnecessary words? 🏊♂️
Less isn’t just more—it’s memorable.
Hemingway, Orwell, and Dickinson thrived by cutting clutter to reveal depth. ✂️
Benefits of simplicity:

Readers stay hooked

Ideas hit harder

Your voice shines brighter
What’s one sentence you’ve simplified that packed a bigger punch? 👇"

https://medium.com/@leedwriting/the-minimalist-writers-guide-5-science-backed-hacks-to-cut-fluff-boost-engagement-earn-while-72b5c96c0a7a

#WritingTips #LessIsMore #EditLikeAPro #MinimalistWriting #AmWriting #WriteBetter

The Minimalist Writer’s Guide: 5 Science-Backed Hacks to Cut Fluff & Boost Engagement (Earn While You Learn)

Ernest Hemingway once wrote a six-word story that haunts readers to this day: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” With just six words, he conjured grief, hope, and loss — proof that brevity isn’t…

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🌀 What if removing some structure led to better outcomes?

A curious inversion, I agree. But that’s the charm of the Headstand Strategy, flip the premise, reveal the problem.

We speak of agility as freedom, yet wrap our teams in rituals: OKRs, alignment meetings, performance dialogues, endless standups, grooming, planning, retros. Conversations about conversations. Calendars filled with the idea of progress. The actual work? Squeezed between context switches and corporate theatre. I totally get the idea, but the side effects are ignored.

You're already saturated with management frameworks. Now imagine holding a developer role, expected to contribute meaningfully while navigating that same maze. The room to breathe, to create, to care about the product… vanishes.

And then comes the lament: Why is no one passionate anymore?
Perhaps because passion requires space.
Thinking needs silence.
Excellence isn't summoned in overbooked sprints.

More oversight doesn't mean more output.
More process doesn’t mean more progress.
If everything is a priority, nothing is.
And if every hour is scheduled, don't expect spontaneous brilliance.

As a wise colleague once said:
"I'm exhausted by alignment, OKRs, and performance talk. I just want to build something great and support your product with my knowledge. Let me."

So before you launch the next initiative, consider:
Are you enabling growth and skills, or just optimizing for control?

#HeadstandStrategy #ThoughtfulLeadership #QuietProductivity #AgileReflection #LessIsMore #MakeSpaceToBuild

Das Slow-Code Manifest

Das Slow-Code Manifest ist ein Gegenentwurf zur schnelllebigen, trendgesteuerten Softwarekultur des Silicon Valley. Es gibt Nachhaltigkeit, Klarheit und Einfachheit den Vorzug vor ständiger Innovation. Slow-Code ist gut dokumentiert, langlebig und so konzipiert, dass er zugänglich, datensparsam, ressourcenschonend und barrierearm ist - und stellt den Menschen in den Mittelpunkt, nicht Hype oder KI.