Stop Working Harder. Add Leverage to your Intention.
On Focused and Mac Power Users, Mike Schmitz likes to quote Dawson Trotman “Thoughts disentangle themselves through lips and pencil tips.” Which he always follows with “And I’d add clicky keyboards”. This is simultaneously very clever and yet also very annoying because he says it every episode, with the same pause and intonations. Regardless of … Continue reading Click Clack Comes the Ideas
There's an oppressive weight to unclaimed time, a paradoxical burden of freedom. I could be writing a book, working out, or earning a dollar, yet all I want is to sit and read. We lionize reading, but when dishes need doing, bills need paying, and self-improvement looms large, it feels downright hedonistic. I've always been … Continue reading The Paradox of Unclaimed Time
I’ve suddenly had a lot more free time in my life… and no longer have to follow company restrictions about data protection. It’s been a psychologically strange journey, taking some time to unwind and think about what I want to do now, and how I want to do it. While I could use Things again, … Continue reading Pick whatever you want…
I almost bought a new iPhone 15, because it would be very cheap to do so, given the AT&T trade ins. There were a few available at the Apple Store on launch day, which has been a trend every year. Then I paused and thought about myself and what I’m trying to do here. I’ve … Continue reading iPhone sleeves, new iPhones and less use overall
You may have seen this meme making the rounds recently. I’ve started trying to move to the right and walked away from my Readwise and Obsidian stack. Why I stopped using Obsidian I’m spending more time these days thinking about a simple toolkit, so that I can spend my time present with my kids or … Continue reading Make it as simple as possible, but no simpler
Time-blocking feels like the “new thing” in productivity circles, but it’s really been a concept for years; I remember seeing Richard Branson talk about how everything in his day is scheduled years ago. Cal Newport and David Sparks have both been advocates, and it’s something I’ve been doing off and on. One thing I find … Continue reading Time-Blocking Two Ways
I seriously considered getting a series 0 Apple Watch - it was the first product I didn’t get at launch in a while. The apple vision pro will be the second. A few years later, I got a Series 3, and my wife liked it and got one, and I used it for a few … Continue reading So-Long Apple Watch
Even thought I have a shiny, new iPad Pro 12.9” wonder machine, I try not to use it in meetings. Instead, I take notes hand, currently a Kindle Scribe. This is, perhaps not suprisingly, something I used to change up fairly often - because, even thought I know it’s not true, in my heart I … Continue reading Why I don’t use an iPad (or laptop) in meeting
As I said, I don’t use ToDo just because it’s the most supported solution for me - although that certainly helps. Why I use Microsoft To-Do To-Do has a few really useful functions: importing flagged emails, list and area support, tagging support, and Siri integration. Flagged emails: This is the big one for me - … Continue reading How I use Microsoft To-Do
Why To-Do? I’ve been a long-term user of Omnifocus, and consider it to be the most comprehensive and complete GTD based software in existence. I used it all the way back when it was “Kinkless GTD”, a heavily customized OmniOutliner outline that eventually became it’s own product. However, for the last year or so, I’ve … Continue reading Why I use Microsoft To-Do
Leveraged Intention 