Omit Needless Words (And Thoughts And Habits And Activities And Meetings And Television Shows And Whatever Else Is Just Clutter)
"Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all sentences short or avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word tell." William Strunk, Jr.
Wouldn't a vigorous life be the same? No unnecessary actions, no time wasted unnecessarily, no unnecessary stress. Make "every word tell," as Strunk said. Make every act move you toward your goals for your career, your home, yourself. Vigorous living is concise. Like editing words, like cleaning out a closet, what can we remove to make our lives more vigorous?
