Of course, making things easier to use is the basis of 'simplification' but we use a more specific (and useful) definition:

We use 'simplification' to make it easier to make better choices and use them by

1. make ONE overall outcome that would really make your life better
2. temporarily remove everything EXCEPT the three most important things to you
3. rank them by how much each helps you meet you required goal

The key things that we need to invest in getting what we want. Often, they are:

• time
• money
• effort
• risk
• feeling

The subjective condition when you get a LOT of what you want, costing you LITTLE (or nothing)

By assigning a meaningful relative value, we can make better choices, have more of what we Vue, and reduce risk and cost.

Often, we just re-organise our list of 'important things to work on'

It then becomes easy to work down the list, from the things that give us most benefit at lowest cost. As we complete one or two key items, we had another. this is one of the key ways to kickstart getting what you want, without breaking the bank.

A key tool in managing resources, this just a realistic best guess of have how much we can or need to use to get what we want.

in its simple form, down the left side you list all the things that are important to you or you have concerns about, With your options across the top of the sheet. In this way, you can put your best information about the cost in time money etc each thing needs for each option.

 Once we know what we expect to happen, it’s important to go back afterwards and reconcile what actually happened versus what we thought would happen. Of course, any lessons learned here should trigger an update of the budget, to be more accurate and easier here to use