About This Quote
The quote is taken from the Book of Woodcutters, a collection of old English poems, and it’s about cutting away inessentials that do not add value to the work you’re doing. The person who said that was not talking about someone who became a woodcutter and started cutting down trees in forests, but rather someone starting a new job and making the most of it. You don’t keep adding inessential things to an already full life; you keep removing them until they are gone.
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