Remove first

When something's broken, the instinct is to add. New app. New habit. New system. More. But more is what broke it.

Everything added demands a piece. Attention. Energy. Maintenance. Even the good stuff. Especially the good stuff that never gets dropped. Remove first.

The app opened out of boredom. The feed that leaves worse than before. The system kept out of guilt. The yes said because no felt too scary. Removing is harder than adding.

Adding feels like progress. Removing feels like losing. It's not. It's putting down weight that was forgotten.

Don't ask "what's missing?" Ask "what can I drop?"