Reading Time: 2 minA recent episode of the Focus On This podcast talked about the benefits of writing a daily journal and they were spot on. The three benefits they highlighted were to: Learn from your own life. Train your mind. Cultivate your self-awareness. You can listen to their full episode to dig more deeply into each of […]
Productivity
Priorities? Priority.
Reading Time: < 1 minWhen building websites, we help our clients determine what the main purpose of each page of the site is for. At times, it can be difficult to narrow down to a single goal. At rare times, it gets a out of control and “everything on the page is important”. If everything on a page is […]
Blend It All
Reading Time: 3 minThere’s a thought that everyone should have a clear “work/life balance” — one part of your life is work, one is personal, and never the two shall cross. While that may be necessary for some of us, for most I think it can be a nice blending of the two. I see three areas where […]
Always Treat Next Week Like Vacation
Reading Time: < 1 minYou know the feeling. It’s Friday afternoon, the big vacation starts in a few hours, and you’re flying around the office getting things done. At the end of the day, you feel great, and you know it’s because vacation is starting. And you’re right — but that’s not the only reason. You also probably feel […]
Calendar containers instead of calendar blocks
Reading Time: 4 minFor years I’ve mostly understood the value of building “calendar blocks”, but I’ve always resisted. I know some people that use them and use them well, but something just didn’t work for me. However, a few weeks ago Jason Blumer presented them as calendar containers instead instead of calendar blocks, and it all suddenly clicked […]
Handwriting isn’t necessarily better
Reading Time: 3 minAs I’ve experimented with tools like the Full Focus Planner and the reMarkable tablet, I’ve seen a number of reasons for why “handwriting is better then digital”. The reasons are fairly solid, but I’ve found ways to bring most of the benefits of handwriting to digital. From what I’ve seen, it’s not the act of […]
Getting started with Roam Research
Reading Time: 9 minYou may have heard about Roam Research as the hot new note-taking app, which it certainly is right now. I’m using it and I love it — but why? Let’s dive in. Structured organization vs fluid information At its core, Roam is yet another note taking app. You type stuff in and it saves it. […]
Some tweaks to my daily learning
Reading Time: 3 minThis is an interesting time we’re in right now. While I certainly miss much of the weekly chaos of dance practice and soccer games, a bit of a break is kind of nice too. While I’ve been using the time to do a lot of reading (in the past month I’ve read Marketing Made Simple, […]
Highlights from “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande
Reading Time: 4 minThe Checklist Manifesto is a book that I’ve been meaning to read for quite a long time. Many have suggested it, and I’ve finally read it. It wasn’t really what I expected, but it was excellent. The focus of the book was on surgery and airplanes, and how checklists are critical to both. In building […]
Highlights from “How to Take Smart Notes” by Sonke Ahrens
Reading Time: 4 minI just finished reading How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens. It interested me because over the past month or so I’ve really begun to focus better on my note-taking. This applies to books I’ve read, sermons at church, meetings with clients, videos I watch — any situation where I want to gain knowledge, […]