chocolate mousse, sustainable change, and the back-to-business season

Last week we talked about why productivity systems fail. It's not you, it's the mismatch between how systems are designed and how you actually work.  It's easy to think that means it's all bad. But we don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater... productivity tools exist because they DO help. We just need to adapt them to work with our wiring.  I went through this exact thing when I wa...

There's a graveyard in my notes app... (and at least a few drawers in my office.) Maybe yours too? 📓 Bullet journals that lasted exactly 13 days. ⏰ Time-blocking calendars abandoned after the first sick day. ☀️ Morning routines that died the moment daylight saving hit. 📱 Productivity apps downloaded with hope—and then deleted in frustration. Subscribe to keep reading this post n...

I always get sentimental this time of year. Maybe it's all those years of back-to-school conditioning or maybe it's because my birthday sits right at the threshold between summer's permission and fall's structure...  Either way, August often ends up feeling more like a fresh start than January ever does. I'll be turning 36 at the end of the week and I've been reflecting more about what I've bee...