productivity
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Pause to go forward
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We all hit the wall. Stuck in inanition, we get frustrated with a lack of progress. But all blocks are temporary. Our neurons continue searching for one another to talk to without forcing them to connect. When the well runs dry, quitting to do something else should always be an option. The activity doesn’t always…
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There are a lot of Bullet Journal iterations out there today but Ryder Carroll is the originator of the Bullet Journal practice. According to the below video, he calls #bujo “an analog system I devised that will help track the past, organize the present, and plan for the future.” I’ve dabbled in his Bullet Journal…
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Time keeps on slipping into the future
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Time is moving at warp speed. But is it time or our habits that permit time to slip into the future? Today’s perception is irreality. We spend more time looking into our devices than we do looking up at the world. What seems like 2 minutes pecking at the phone turns into 20 minutes of…
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“It is six A.M., and I am working. I am absentminded, reckless, heedless of social obligations, etc. It is as it must be. The tire goes flat, the tooth falls out, there will be a hundred meals without mustard. The poem gets written. I have wrestled with the angel and I am stained with light…
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Getting to zero time
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Time is constant. And it keeps on moving with more and more rapidity, driven by technology. Said painter Fredericka Foster in her interview with composer Philip Glass: Time is speeding up in a real way. Younger people’s sense of time is completely different than mine; they have been working on screen time since they were…
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The magic of disengagement
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We practice and then we walk away. We get out of our heads and go for a walk, a swim, make a cup of coffee — whatever disengagement there is. Taking a break isn’t quitting. It’s letting neurons go to work without forcing them to. Competence comes without comprehension. Nature cuts though the intellectual. We’re…
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Pamela Druckerman shares her tips on time management
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Below is a couple time management tips excerpted from New York Times Opinion writer Pamela Druckerman in her new book There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story. Follow your verve When you’re trying to decide between several options, pay attention to which one energizes you and which one makes you feel tired just thinking…
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Dear Sheeple, are you part of the herd?
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Each individual reduces danger to itself by moving to the center of the group. The herd appears as a unit, but its function emerges from the uncoordinated behavior of self-serving individuals. We copy others out of safety, thinking that it’s better to conform rather than be ostracized. So like lemmings, we do whatever else is doing, including…
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Why sitting is bad for you, animated
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Sitting is the new smoking. While that claim may be a bit exaggerated, it is an effective reminder to remind ourselves to take our body for a walk. The more than 360 joints inside our bodies are also ample evidence that we are built to stand up and move. And while more offices are including…
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How to persist after hitting rock-bottom
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We can toil in obscurity for years before we get a lucky break. We can also give up and accept that it isn’t meant to be. But something happens when we feel like a complete failure. We start to simplify everything — what we own, where what we do — and get back to basics.…
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This post may contain sponsored links. Please see the disclosure for more info. Like most people, my brain starts to fizzle out between 2 and 3pm. According to science, this isn’t due to a lunch hangover but rather a part of our circadian rhythm. To preempt the inevitable afternoon slothfulness, author Dan Pink proposes to take a…
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The paradox of holding high standards
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The irony of holding high standards is that often times they prevent us from taking action. Perfectionism can be a thought stopper rather than a thought starter. Sometimes we can only solve a problem if we’re willing to let it go. It helps to do things with a bit of insouciance. We should feel free…