Early last month I shared a video about the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown. Since then I’ve been thinking a lot about what’s essential and how I can get better at focusing on those things. This past weekend I packed up a bunch of t-shirts (I’m no longer holding on to things that may fit READ MORE
Category: Productivity
Revisiting a Habit Journal
Back in early July 2020, I wrote a blog post about the Clear Habit Journal from James Clear that I’d ordered. I used the habit tracking pages pretty consistently for a year (it’s designed to be used for a year), noted blog post ideas in it almost daily, but only sporadically used some of its READ MORE
What’s Essential?
This will be brief because I’m starting my vacation tomorrow. That’s also why you won’t see a new post here until November 18th. On Monday, however, be sure to check out the Better Me Podcast to here my interview with gynaecologist / singer-songwriter (yes, you read that right) Kristina Dervaitis talking about her new album READ MORE
Three Tips For Email
I was listening to an episode of the Becoming Better podcast last week and they were talking about email, which got me thinking about my own email habits so I thought I’d share some of them here, in case anything I do might be useful to any of you. I’m going to break this down READ MORE
Put in the Effort Now For Compounded Results
A few months ago I wrote about “short-term fixes” and that sometimes you need to patch something quickly to stop water or blood or anger from spilling out of your toilet, body, or relationship. The post ended with: Short-term fixes are meant to be a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution. If the toilet continues READ MORE
Preparation vs. Procrastination
I was thinking about doing something about this for the podcast, and I still might, but I felt like writing about it today. I suppose that’s a problem with writing blog posts and recording podcasts.We occasionally get orders from one of those “here are the ingredients and the recipe, this will be easy to make” READ MORE
For Your Listening Pleasure – Podcasts I’m Listening To
As we head into long weekends in Canada and the U.S. I thought I’d share some ideas for podcasts you may want to check out: Becoming Better – this is by writer Chris Bailey (The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction) and his wife Ardyn. While you may not be READ MORE
How Do I Keep Track of All This Good Stuff My Brain Generates
Quick note: I mention several products in this post. I get nothing from any of these companies. They’re just what I happen to use. I recently listened to an episode of the Becoming Better podcast (Chris Bailey and Ardyn Nordstrom) about “The Productivity Benefits of Capturing Ideas“. Today (the day I’m writing this) this idea READ MORE
Looking Forward to the Result
I was planning my day the other morning and trying to figure out how to motivate myself to clean the house, do laundry, and dishes. I feel the same way about things like getting my tax stuff together for the accountant. These are things that need to get done, but I really don’t enjoy doing READ MORE
Give Yourself Time to Breathe
The other day my colleague mentioned that she had 30 minutes in her work day that day that had nothing in it, absolutely nothing. She was so happy to have that 30 minutes. Everyone should have “absolutely nothing” time or at least time that they can rest their brain from work, family, world problems, planning READ MORE
