Know Your Limits
This post is (mostly) for introverts. Everyone has limits. Your mind and body can only handle so much before you become useless to the world. Across the introvert-extrovert scale, people’s limits vary. Introverts “may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas.” (Susan […]
Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Create Templates
At a lot of jobs and in life, there are tasks you will have to do over and over – emails to send, meetings to run, presentations to write, events to plan. Often these tasks will be months apart from each other. As you design the meeting or event in the present, it’s obvious how to do […]
You’re More Productive Than You Think
I had a client scheduled today, then woke up feeling like a knife was wedged in my throat. I rescheduled my client, and I found that I had an entire day with no plans! I briefly imagined jumping on the productivity wheel and producing results for hours and hours. But when you’re sick, it’s hard to […]
Are Your Dreams Actually Goals?
I recently said the following: “I’m leaving my position at this company to pursue my dream of starting a business.” Then I read Bullish: Some Dreams Are Stupid and realized that starting a business isn’t a dream. It’s a goal. People say dream when they mean goal. Maybe it’s because dreams are unintentional – you can’t […]
Think Big AND Small
Conventional wisdom is to set small, achievable goals. It’s great advice, and it works. You need goals that are attainable soon. These can be chores like laundry or steps for setting up your website. It’s satisfying to check things off your list. As you accomplish each item, you feel good about your progress and motivated to keep going.
Just Keep Swimming
It’s week 3 of structure, work, and schedule as I make them, and it’s still weird! There’s no regularity or rhythm unless I set them up. It can be uncomfortable. From school to most traditional jobs we are told by others what to do and by when. When you strike out on your own, all of that changes.
I Spend a Stupid Amount of Time Searching for Things on The Internet
Today I did it again. I remembered a tiny phrase from an article I read within the last week, and now I want that article. I want to reference it. I want to reread it. I have no idea what it was called or where I read it.
