productivity
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Finding my limits
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2 min read
I usually start vacation with a ton of anxiety, having finished everything at the last minute. This year, I did the anxiety earlier.
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I finally realized the secret to bullet journaling
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5 min read
The trusty to-do list. Necessary. And the bane of my existence. I had been looking at it wrong the whole time.
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Setting up my Bullet Journal for 2022
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6 min read
People all over the world celebrate New Year’s Day in a variety of ways. I, like many other nerds, prepared my Bullet Journal
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Saving Time
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6 min read
Returning to Standard Time brings disruption. How much disruption it brings, however, is debatable. And we do debate. Arguing over that one hour—where it goes, when to take it, how to plan it—is a cultural phenomenon we experience twice a year, every year. Scientists have even studied the effects of shifting in and out of…
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Starting out will always be hard
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1 min read
The trick is to never start. This sounds like terrible advice. And it is, out of the wider context. Which is actually the source of most of our struggle: context. Getting started is always hard. There is no getting around it. Doing something for the first time, starting a project, starting your week, starting a…
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Why I Need Space
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4 min read
I usually beat myself up for not getting everything on my to-do list done. This is a ritual process that occurs daily. Usually before lunch, again sometime around two, then again at four, at dinner, and then sometime before bed. It’s a habit; and it’s a bad one. Behind this sense of unease is not…