Volume 4 · The Ledger and the Loom · Essay 48

Close Your Eyes Hack

The Close Eyes method asks for a little discipline and returns a lot of peace. A fair trade, by any ledger.

Try it for a fortnight before judging it. Most methods die in the court of first impressions, which is the least competent court there is.

What this concept offers is a pause — one extra beat between what happens and what you do about it. Civilisation, someone said, is measured in that beat.

The vegetable vendor with a tin box knows what the salaried man with three apps forgets: count the cash at the end of the day, every day, without drama.

Money is a good clerk and a terrible master; the arrangement is entirely up to us. No ceremony needed. Begin with the very next decision.