How to design a system that works for you.
We don’t have to power through everything that’s difficult. In fact, most things don’t have to be difficult at all. If we take a moment to step back and think about why something isn’t working, we’ll often find there’s a much easier way to do it. Continue reading Balance: Modular Systems
Reflection is a core facet of our ability to adjust to changes in our environment. We live out a large portion of our lives on autopilot — and that’s necessary in order to conserve our energy — but a regular habit of reflection can help us identify areas within that autopilot program that could use improvement. Continue reading Balance: Reflection and Adjustment
All of these “little obstacles” pile up quickly and can make an otherwise simple task seem incredibly overwhelming, especially if you’re already feeling anxious about it and only looking at it out of the corner of your metaphorical eye. Continue reading November Review
Neurodivergent people are way more likely than Neurotypicals to lose sight of those things and therefore lose motivation and/or direction while we work, resulting in us falling into a slump that can range from somewhat annoying to completely debilitating. Continue reading October Review
Imagine the collective learning power our communities and interest groups could have if we were a bit more intentional about our consumption and our sharing of knowledge. Continue reading September Review
Remember, balance is not a state but an activity. Continue reading Balance Within Chaos
This is the newsletter I sent out to my mailing list at the beginning of October. These are some of the things I was thinking about in September. If you want to receive my newsletter and have a direct line to chat with me about these ideas, sign up here! I’ve been consuming a lot of interesting content in the last month, including digging deeper into Tiago Forte’s “second brain” concept by watching many of the videos created during “Second Brain Week”. The more I consume and thoughtfully take notes on, the more ideas start to connect. It’s often while … Continue reading September Review
This is the newsletter I sent out to my mailing list at the beginning of September. These are some of the things I was thinking about in August. If any of these topics interest you, and you’d like me to go more in-depth, let me know in the comments! Continue reading August Review
The Ideal is a carefully crafted, compound definition of what exactly we want out of our life. It is a complex and layered representation of the life we want to live. Continue reading Crafting Your Ideal Future
Taking the time and effort to identify and define our values can help us consciously build a life we can be proud of. And it can help us fight feelings of dissatisfaction and doubt around what we’re doing and whether or not it’s “worth it.” Continue reading Discovering Your Values
