Published in Process Notes: The Personal is Political·Jan 17Member-onlyThink you’re doing yourself a favour by celebrating small wins? Think again.If you feel like you’re not getting anywhere, one common piece of advice is to stop beating yourself up and celebrate your small wins instead. Not everything that’s worth celebrating has to be amazing and earth-shattering, the theory goes. …Productivity5 min readProductivity5 min read
Published in Process Notes: The Personal is Political·Aug 22, 2022Member-onlyDo A Personal Energy Audit So That, Even When You Just Can’t, You Still CanPersonal productivity is not about doing more with your time. It’s about doing the things you’re already doing, but better. You don’t need better time management, you need better energy management. In fact, you need to do your own personal energy audit, so that you’ll know how to match your…Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
Feb 12, 2022Why “What If This Were Easy?” Is Such a Hard Question to Answer“What would this look like if it were easy?” This “mind hack” is supposed to cut through the obstacles we put in the way of taking action on the things that matter. It’s a sequence of short words, strung together into a simple sentence. …2 min read2 min read
Jan 16, 2022Member-only3 Ways New Writers Can Cut the Fluff and Make Their Writing Stronger and More EngagingSticking to the word count is one of the hardest things about writing Atomic Essays, but it’s one of the most useful skills you can learn. Why you should learn to keep it short 250 words is the perfect length to explore a single idea in some depth. Writing up that one idea will help to clarify your…2 min read2 min read
Feb 20, 2021Member-onlyGet More Things Done by Drinking Lots of TeaYour tea-drinking habit is your secret superpower. The Two-Minute Rule was popularised by David Allen in his bestselling book Getting Things Done. It’s very simple: if a thing will take you less than two minutes, you should do it immediately. It’s an easy way to clear away some physical and…Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
Feb 8, 2021Member-onlyI Hate Labels.In their bios on blogging platforms like Medium or Quora, people tend to put things like Writer, Mother, Business Owner. Technically, I am all of those things, but I don’t feel comfortable sticking those labels on myself. The only label I’ve ever felt happy to acknowledge is Translator. When I…Bio3 min readBio3 min read
