productivity

Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts | Oliver Burkeman

Starting this today for one of the November discussions on The Big Read. I need to be careful. I‘ve started a lot of books lately!

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ImperfectCJ

The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future | Ryder Carroll

I am an avid journaler, but apparently an even more avid journal purchaser. At my current rate of journaling, this is 3.5-4 years' supply. I have decided that I am not allowed to buy any more journals until 2027 (unless I start using them faster and need another sooner than that).

JenlovesJT47 Can relate! I have a box full of empty journals 😆 2mo

Sace I can‘t seem to resist buying them either…and I don‘t even journal on a daily basis. I love jotting notes about my day, but one page can easily have 5 or more days on it. 2mo

TheBookHippie Feel free to join us in #journalingprompts 🤣🤣🤣 I also have this problem… 2mo

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ImperfectCJ @TheBookHippie This is tempting! I also have consistent intentions to follow this book. I'll do it for a few days/weeks then set it aside.

A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life

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TheBookHippie @ImperfectCJ oh that looks good! 2mo

Suet624 I‘m with you all. 2mo

Anna40 This is wonderful. Do you have a set time when you write? Do you write every day? 2mo

DogMomIrene What brand do you like best? I bought some Moleskin journals and I was surprised how much my pen bled through. I did a pen test in the back and every pen I own showed through. I remember Moleskin being better quality, but that would have been years ago. 2mo

ImperfectCJ @Anna40 I do a check-in each morning and evening, and then I try to log a few things throughout the day. It's pretty Bullet Journal-inspired. 2mo

ImperfectCJ @DogMomIrene I agree about Moleskines. I used to use them a lot, but I wonder if they changed their paper. I can only use ballpoints without gel ink in them. I like Leuchtturm best overall these days, but Rhodia and Clairefontaine also have awesome paper and a lot of color options. 2mo

DogMomIrene @ImperfectCJ Thanks! I‘ll be checking those out. 2mo

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Bevita

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout | Cal Newport

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I skimmed this because of course I am no good at slow. Good ideas here — allow twice as much time for projects as you think you need because you actually need that long.

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REPollock

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout | Cal Newport

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I have read three of this author‘s books and I am surprised that this one has some ideas I want to bring up at work.

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CRR

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout | Cal Newport

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I enjoyed this book as I have the few others of Newport‘s I have read. I like his reframing of ideas and reevaluating cultural norms. His writing causes me to think more about the topics he covers. This one considered the influence of different things on knowledge based jobs. I liked how he wrapped up the second half sharing helpful ways to incorporate the information into real life.

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Suchethaaahh

Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction | Chris Bailey

#Motivation
#xoxoAllTheWayFromIndia

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ImperfectCJ

The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work | Simone Stolzoff

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I can't remember how this book got on my radar, but overall I like it a lot. There's a lot here that resonates with my recent experiences working full-time after a long, long break then choosing to go back to part-time. I think I'm less prone to define myself by my work, but I'm not immune to our culture's take on the virtue of labor. I wish I had a better roadmap for influencing systemic change, but the book provides welcome validation.

Aimeesue Stacked! I‘m working a good enough job that I mostly like, but the pressure to excell! and do more! and advance! Is relentless. I just want to have enough $ and time to enjoy my actual life, thanks. 7mo

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Suchethaaahh

Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction | Chris Bailey