We can go through life recklessly moving about day to day inefficiently bulldozing our way through obstacles in our way ultimately making it to our final destination battered and bruised or we can make things work for us. Our conversation today...

We can go through life recklessly moving about day to day inefficiently bulldozing our way through obstacles in our way ultimately making it to our final destination battered and bruised or we can make things work for us. Our conversation today centers around structure being essential to our everyday lives. We create systems and tools to make our lives more efficient, but even that can be exhausting to even think about getting into place. It’s easy to sit back and kick our feet up after a hard day’s work without any desire to look back on or improve on our systems that we currently have in place. Nobody would blame you, you’re tired, you worked hard, we get it, but it could make your life a whole lot easier if you took the time today to save yourself one more headache tomorrow.    We know that small things compound over time. Wasted hours here, wasted energy there, a few dollars down the drain every month. What's the harm? Well over time there’s a substantial amount of harm. Life is hard enough as it is. That's why in technology and biology we adapt to the world around us to become more efficient in our everyday functions. For example, our blood cells have a hole in the middle of them to help oxygen flow through them more quickly. In user interface and design engineers study for years on the best and most practical and efficient models to be as aerodynamic and user friendly as possible. We don’t need to spend years working and refining our systems, but rather let’s just begin.  Whether we know it or not, we all have some structure that gets us through the day regardless of how loose that structure is. The point is we could be functioning at a much higher level if we implement structure and systems that allow us even on our worst days to perform at an optimal level. From putting your shoes out in the morning, to meal prepping there are a ton of systems and structures to help each and every one of us get better. It will take trial and error to find our what works for you, but the point is there is some system that you are already using, you might as well find the one that works to your advantage.

Structure As Function