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The Ruthless System Audit: Cancel, Consolidate, and Create White Space

The Ruthless System Audit: Cancel, Consolidate, and Create White Space

Update: 2025-12-09
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You're drowning in subscriptions. The project management tool you swore would change everything. The automation platform you're "definitely going to set up next month." The design software you used exactly once. Every unused tool is a broken promise to yourself—and it's stealing your mental bandwidth.

In this episode, we're doing a ruthless system audit. Not the kind where you reorganize folders and call it a day. The kind where you actually cancel subscriptions, consolidate platforms, and create white space in your brain, your calendar, and your bank account.'


You'll learn the 4-step framework to audit your tech stack, the three brutal questions to ask about every tool you're paying for, and how to categorize everything into Keep, Consolidate, Delete, or Trial. Plus, I'm sharing exactly what I'm keeping in my own tech stack as I consolidate down to fewer than 10 core tools.


Because strategic restraint is more sustainable than tool hoarding. And your ambition is not the problem—your infrastructure is.


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The Ruthless System Audit: Cancel, Consolidate, and Create White Space

The Ruthless System Audit: Cancel, Consolidate, and Create White Space

Ellyn Schinke | Burnout Coach, Consultant, and Speaker