Pareto's Law
 

You know it: It's the "80/20 Principle." So --

Which 20% of the things in your life is causing 80% of your problems and unhappiness?

Which 20? of the things in your life is resulting in 80% of your desired outcomes and happiness?

I think you'll find it's 15% of Top Management causing 85% of all problems and unhappiness.

I wholeheartedly agree with that!

sorry about this thread . . . been on a philosophical bent lately

should you then remove 20% from your life?

Usually, when you do remove that 20% from your life, something else creeps in to take its place...so as far as I can see, it's more a matter of learning to deal with that 20% no matter what it is, although some 20%s will be more difficult to deal with than others and taking steps to get rid of them is worthwhile and will make a huge difference to your life.

:shrug:

Shopping therapy. ;)

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To rephrase, I'd say, don't think that removing that 20% from your life will magically solve all problems and that your life is going to be 100% fantastic from that point on. People are people wherever you are.

I'm going to have to backpeddle a bit here on my previous statements as having removed that 20% from my life (which last year was more like 70%) things are so much better and I am so much happier. No idea how long till that 20% will pop up or wheedle its way into my life again (they say about 6 months I think) but for the moment, am just going to enjoy the respite.

If I were thinner, prettier, richer, smarter, more confident, less sensitive...everything would be AWESOME. So if I could get rid of my lack of perfection I think everything else would fall into place. These are the things we tell ourselves, or some of us do, anyway.

I used to tell myself that often. It's much less frequent these days.

But you are.

That 20% keeps me on my toes.

There's definitely some of that.