The Minimum Effective Lifestyle: A lazy man's guide to a good life

by Karl. N Mark

We all have things we need to do but have zero motivation for. We all have aspirations to be super amazing human beings. But we can’t handle all that work that's meant to go with it. We procrastinate. We binge on Netflix, YouTube and Instagram. All while our real dreams get further and further away. We'll never write that novel. We'll never lose that weight. We'll never make the money we need. The tasks are just too daunting. But is there a way to do the bare minimum that gets us there instead? Is what we want not actually what we need? Do we have to be the next Richard Branson? Is being average and happy a pretty good result? The Minimum Effective Lifestyle is a lazy man's guide to a good life. Its aim is to simplify. Complexity is hard. And laziness is simply a reaction to complexity. But once we simplify, laziness will no longer be the issue. We will no longer be afflicted by procrastination. This step-by-step lazy man's guide * How to minimise the things that don't matter in your life * How to leverage laziness to your advantage * How to do less and achieve more * How to beat procrastination and become productive

177 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 11, 2018

Reviews

[Simonas Sakalauskas · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read no further that the 3rd chapter. This book shouldn't have been printed. What could have become a good series of articles about beating procrastination and laziness became a nice 10% of the book. The other part is an awful mash of insights and ideas from a social media site Reddit. The ideas are generally taken from subreddits such as r/financialindependence, r/frugal, r/getmotivated, r/productivity and so on. The author even quotes an actual reddit user. The funny thing is I got this book for free from the subreddit r/eFreebies, now I know it's not something to do again.