Life
Project-focused productivity: the path to consistent progress
Working on many projects at a time can feel overwhelming. Project-focused productivity is the principle of focusing on making progress on projects, rather than getting lost in tasks. One project at a time, one day at a time.
The Ultimate Personal Finance System in Coda
The Coda Personal Finance Tracker is a comprehensive system to help you manage your wealth, budget, record transactions, review dynamic charts, and minimize the friction of data entry. It includes features such as monthly review and budgeting, categorizing transactions, and graphical representation of data.
Attention, not time, is your most valuable resource
Memento mori, as the Stoics would put it. Remember you are going to die. Life is finite, and so is your attention in the era of information overload and context switching. This post explores time management as philosophized by Oliver Burkeman in his book, 4000 Weeks. Notion template included.
Do What’s Urgent, Skip What’s Important - The Urgency Trap
This is one of the existential conundrums of time management and life itself: how might we discern what’s truly important from what’s “seemingly important” (urgent) in the short term? Drawing from the organizational philosophies of Basecamp, this post explores the possible root causes of the urgency trap.