Productivity

Self-directed learning requires a good dose of motivation to begin with. But motivation alone won’t keep you there, because there are always other interesting things to do, many distractions to avoid, and less favorable circumstances to overcome. I’ve found a few strategies to remain focused in my independent studies, and I’ve been using them for the past two and a half months: scheduling and tracking learning time. In this article, I’ll show you how I’m using them to improve my productivity and focus, despite having a variable work schedule at the moment. ...

Every time I’d open my email app, I would feel a pinch of despair. With over 3000 messages, I felt discouraged about how I could solve this. Processing a few messages at a time wasn’t working. Inspired by Mischa van den Burg’s video The Importance of Digital Housekeeping, at the end of July I decided to challenge myself and clean my email inbox in one sitting. Problems I had three major problems caused by a poorly managed email system: ...