I still remember as a very young artist being shocked to find out that many of the pieces that were a big influence on me–Sampson, All the Submarines, 5 Day Locker Piece–were all by the same guy. I must not have been a very close reader. (And I had the same experience years later with […]
Blog: taking back your day
Update on Our Progress
We’ve crossed a lot of small milestones lately and when you gather them all in one place it makes the momentum tangible. Try putting together a quick list like this for your own projects–it’s a good feeling. Since mid December, we’ve… Launched our first niche version of DayBack for our FileMaker customers. This is letting us […]
Your Calendar is a Horror Movie
You look at your calendar, and while you can see your appointments, you know there is something ominous just off-screen. You’re not sure exactly what it is, or when it’s gonna bite you, but you know it’s just a matter of time. That’s how most people experience their schedules: as ominous obligations soon to confront them. But a […]
Do Less
Perceived vs Actual Freedom The problem we’re all wresting with can be stated in many ways… “I’m too busy” “I don’t have time” “I’m making commitments I can’t keep” …but another way to think about the problem may be the difference between our “perceived” freedom and our actual freedom. That is, we perceive—we believe—that we […]
Jeff Atwood
Like a crazy hoarder, I mistake the root cause of my growing mountain of incomplete work. The hoarder thinks he has a storage problem when he really has a ‘throwing things away problem’. I say I am ‘time poor’ as if the problem is that poor me is given only 24 hours in a day. […]