# Why Life Can’t Be Simpler - Host: [fs.blog](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/fs.blog/) - Saved: October 15, 2020 (2020-10-16T01:35:23Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fba3671d0374/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fba3671d0374.json ## What Jamie wrote I like this focused way of thinking of simple. I've been in a number of situations where the desire has been to make something simpler, but it’s not always clear exactly how to achieve that. Bringing in a conceptual model is a great way to approach this. > When we want something to be simpler, what we truly need is a better conceptual model of it. Once we know how to use them, complex tools end up making our lives simpler because they provide the precise functionality we want. Some things are complex by nature. Not everything is simple. Professional tools are a good example of that. > Removing functionality doesn’t make something simpler, because it removes options. Simple tools have a limited ability to simplify processes. Trying to do something complex with a simple tool is more complex than doing the same thing with a more complex tool. Thought provoking. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT161: Weekly Thing #161 / Letter, Asterisk, You Should Write ✍️](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/161/), Recommended Links ## Same host - [How a Decision Journal Changed the Way I make Decisions (Template Included)](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/164338f22c8d/) (fs.blog, April 2, 2020) - [Being Smart is Not Enough](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5dc780cae118/) (fs.blog, October 6, 2020) - [The Focus to Say No](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/752a32b70884/) (fs.blog, February 4, 2021) - [The OODA Loop: How Fighter Pilots Make Fast and Accurate Decisions](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/39d1771ba3d6/) (fs.blog, March 18, 2021) - [Why You Should Stop Reading News](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d296caa75064/) (fs.blog, October 7, 2021) ## Saved the same week - [If You Must Worry, Do It On Paper | by Thomas Oppong | Kaizen Habits | Medium](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e1b3efa5860b/) (medium.com, October 15, 2020) - [Going Viral as a Woman in Tech](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2f50264b74ea/) (emilykager.com, October 15, 2020) - [Daring Fireball: Facebook and the Group That Planned to Kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/00fed41c973b/) (daringfireball.net, October 15, 2020) - [Git scraping: track changes over time by scraping to a Git repository](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e989627ee1a1/) (simonwillison.net, October 15, 2020) - [On Call Shouldn’t Suck: A Guide For Managers – charity.wtf](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5641d27f0b80/) (charity.wtf, October 15, 2020) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://fs.blog/2020/10/why-life-cant-be-simpler/