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# Stuff #92 - Knolling the net
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-92/
- Published: 2022-06-27T05:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-27T05:40:59.000Z
- Description: It's time to let go of perfectionism and start to build some rituals to support you. We'll learn about knolling and help get rid of some anxiety.
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

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Hi from **Dublin**, I'm Matt...  
  
I'm back in Ireland after time in Spain, holidaying, living, and working remotely for a month. It was good to 'strip back' life, no TV, not much news cycle and very few 'things' around us as we started a second home from scratch. More to come on that, but I'm refreshed and ready to get back into life in Dublin.   
  
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Onward with the **Stuff that MattRs** this week...

1. **Monday Motivation:** [Let this week be the one that you begin to let go of perfectionism.](https://stff.me/92perfectionism?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) It doesn't lead to better performance or outcomes, and perfectionism is often the enemy of 'done'. After all, [everyone else is just winging it,](https://stff.me/92wingingit?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) why shouldn't you be?
2. **Your new superpower:** [Build rituals, not routines.](https://www.vox.com/even-better/23144784/why-rituals-not-routine?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Anyone can build rituals into their daily lives that help them approach tasks in a more mindful way. I use rituals to delineate the parts of my day that need different focus or a shift in mindset, [and I'm not the only one.](https://stff.me/92morningroutines?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
3. **Essential Reading:** [How to simply simplify your life. ](https://stff.me/92simplify?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) This short essay suggests one way to make life easier, and it is an exceptionally effective way. If you want more, [here are 75 other ways that will help.](https://stff.me/92simple75?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
4. **Take care:** A straightforward way to clear your mind **right now**. [Take 60 seconds with this marvellous tool](https://stff.me/92pixel?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) and shoot anxiety into space. Try it, I guarantee you will feel better about your day ahead. *(I recommend bookmarking this stuff).*
5. **TWIL:** ['Knolling' is the act of laying things out neatly prior to a photograph](https://stff.me/92knolling?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). I realise I've done this a bit in the past. [There is even a dedicated blog](https://stff.me/92neatly?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)!
6. **Meatballs with your Billy?** I've spent a lot of time in Ikea over the last few weeks. [I wonder how many of these clever tricks I have fallen prey to?](https://stff.me/92ikea?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) *(Answer - most of them!)*
7. **It was a bright cold day in April:** [Improve your typing speed by 'typing along' with your favourite classic literature.](https://stff.me/92typelit?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Absolutely brilliant way of building your keyboard skills.
8. **Like Spotify, but for natural soundscapes:** Earth.fm does exactly what it says on the tin, [click the link and you'll be taken somewhere in the world with the ability to listen to nature around you. ](https://stff.me/92earth?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) It's very beautiful.
9. **Quick game of Doom II?** [Classic Reload is an excellent resource](https://stff.me/92classic?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) that preserves over 6000 classic computer games that you can play directly in your browser. Ideal for reliving your youth!
10. **Finally:** This might not be 'fun' in the true sense - but [this excellent site recreates the fiendish TV quiz show 'Only Connect' in your browser.](https://stff.me/92onlyconnect?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Giving it a go made my head spin!

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My **aural stuff** for you this week is from the brilliant [Kelly Lee Owens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%5FLee%5FOwens?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), a Welsh musician and producer who has put out some great electronic music over the last few years.   
  
LP8 is the latest release, co-produced with 'noise artist' Lasse Marhaug. It's a bold and futuristic take on music, sounding like it has come from the future to share a message. I love the sounds on here, which seem like a natural progression from previous work.   
  
[Listen to Kelly Lee Owens - LP8 on Spotify here. ](https://stff.me/92kelly?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

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> “We buy things we don’t need, with money we don’t have, to impress people we don’t like." **Tyler Durden** (via [@chuckpalahniuk](https://stff.me/92chuck?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk))

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