When faced with a problem, our first instinct is often to add something. Whether it's more features to a product, more components to a system, or more resources to a project. We tend to focus on increasing quantity or scale.

↳ Our consumerist culture plays a significant role in our tendency to add rather than subtract, leading to a culture of accumulation.

↳ However, we often overlook the power of subtraction. It makes us aware of our cultural influences and helps us make conscious choices about what we consume and how we solve problems.

↳ By removing certain elements, we create more functionality and invite clarity, focus, independence, and sustainability into our lives.

I’ll be diving into this idea this month on the Sunday Edition of The Modern Day Explorer.