Kicking off a New Personal Approach to Productivity
I’m facing, for the first time in many months, the need to be entirely self-directed AND self-contained at the same time. That’s because no huge deadlines are looming, and my online conversation...
View ArticleLaying Down Process: First Pass
A first look at new process: creating an optimum list of tasks. But what does “optimum” mean? After writing my kickoff post, I wondered what to do next. I started by jumping into email and checking...
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Laying Down Process 2: Environmental Cues
Yesterday I did massive braindumps to get myself oriented. In hindsight, I am looking for a simple algorithm to help me have creative, productive, and stress-free days. Rather than emphasize working...
View ArticleProductivity Reboot Week 2: Reviewing Options and Direction
It’s Week 2 of my two-week diagonostic productivity reboot. To recap, I started this because I’ve been coming off a period of heightened activity due to family visits, taxes, and client projects. In...
View ArticleTwo-Week Followup: Productivity Reboot Notes
On May 13th I optimistically started a “productivity reboot”, choosing a two-week period to try out a simplified daily structure. I had been feeling particularly unmotivated after my dad’s three-week...
View ArticleProductivity Reboot: Prepping for Phase 2
Yesterday I outlined the observations I’d made over two weeks of a productivity reboot. The nebulous goal: merely to feel more productive, which I thought would come from getting more done. I knew I...
View ArticleProductivity Reboot Conclusion: A Summary of Insights
On May 8, I started a productivity reboot to see if I could improve my level of energy, which had been fading in the face of the many business-related tasks before me. Today, I’m ready to make some...
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New Habits: Occupying Uncertainty, Finding Happy Bubbles
After reflecting on yesterday’s post summarizing what I learned from a six-week productivity reboot, I’ve decided to develop two habits: Consciously identifying when I am experiencing Uncertain and...
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