System Hygiene = Mental Clarity

You’ve heard of personal hygiene.

You brush your teeth, shower, clean your space—

because if you don’t, it gets messy, fast.

But most people forget one of the most important types of hygiene:

System hygiene.

It’s the practice of maintaining, updating, and improving your systems…

so they don’t rot.

Because here’s the truth:

Every system you build will break.

Not because it’s bad—

but because you grow.

The version of you who built your system 3 months ago?

That’s not the version of you now.

You’ve evolved.

Your goals shifted.

Your priorities changed.

But if your systems didn’t evolve with you…

They’re now holding you back.

That’s system entropy in action.

And the only way to prevent it is through system hygiene:

• Spend 1 hour a day improving or maintaining your systems

• Remove what’s outdated

• Simplify what’s overcomplicated

• Add what’s missing

Because if your systems stay stuck, you stay stuck.

I’m in the process of rebuilding mine.

Starting with the Life OS.

If you want the system I use to organize my habits, goals, projects, and creative work:

Or if you’re too busy to build your own:

Strong hygiene = sharp systems.

Sharp systems = faster growth.

Keep them clean.
Chris “The Systemizer” Punt