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Slowing Down My Productivity On Purpose (opens the original)
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As I mentioned last time, I read a life-changing book by Cal Newport called Slow Productivity. The first time I heard of this was when he was a guest on one of my favorite mental health podcasts. It had made sense to me and I knew I wanted to read more, but it took me about a year before I actually sat down with the full book. I’m glad I did, though. It’s completely changed the way I think about work. So I wanted to sit down and write about slow productivity as I think the book will resonate wit
Things, they are a-changing (opens the original)
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Still alive!This pause in my regular schedule was completely unintended. At least it happened for some good reasons. I’ll go into detail over the next few articles, but today, as a proof of life, I thought I’d give a quick overview of where I’ve been. TL:DR: I’m in a Time of TransitionBasically, the past two months had me learning new things and making changes to my life. All of these took so much of my bandwidth, I haven’t been able to do any writing outside of what I had been working on during
Announcing The LIFE Project (opens the original)
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If you follow me on any of my social networks, you probably saw I’ve been talking a lot more about the LIFE Project. The change might seem out of the blue, but there is some method behind the madness (I hope). I just wanted to get started while I still had a strong sense of urgency, or else it would be relegated to the do-later limbo. A Little Bit of ContextLast week, I posted an update on my goals for the year as we were at about the half-way mark. Talking about these higher-level goals require
The Half-Way State of The LIFE Project Update (opens the original)
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We’re halfway through 2026, so I’m returning from my quarterly break to glance over what I want to do, how far I progressed, and what I want to focus on for the rest of the year. The format is a little different from recent updates as I’m not so much looking at specific writing projects as looking at life in general. That’s because I apply (some) project management principles to my life, which means I have quite a wide set of objectives for the year and the next five years or so. The LIFE GoalTh
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