Inspired by https://www.wired.com/story/dieter-rams-documentary-gary-hustwit/
Less, but Better applies not only to design but also to behavior.
Do less, do it better. What kind of better? What kind of less?
Better in terms of doing, primarily not related to what one is doing but the act of doing itself. Do you do it with your whole self? Are you engaged in an act with body, emotion, and mind? Often we eat only with our body, read and listen only with our emotion, reason only with our mind; the lack of wholesome engagement of all our primal components can be a source of devastating dissonance over time. Do it better.
“If I do less, I’m left with more gaps, more empty space to fill.” Is that so? What if what one does is done better? And in doing better, time is filled in a different way. There are more moments to sieze. The dross of daily drudgery is shed to reveal the essential, whether that essential be simple or monumental. How many moments do you experience in a day? 24? 1,440? 86,400? 1.6×1048? What if you do it better?
You can have anything, but you can’t have everything.
Do less, do it better.