One reason New Year’s Resolutions are so hard is because they involve making time for a new activity in your daily routine. It’s difficult to find time to go to the gym or learn a new skill because you’ve already got a tight schedule. Since you’re likely already devoting at least 40 hours to work […]
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If you’re like 68.8% of the US population, you could stand to lose a few pounds. Or, perhaps you’re part of the 20% of the population that gets under 6 hours of sleep a night. Chances are, there’s (at least) one substantial change to your lifestyle that you’ve meant to make, but have never gotten
Last month, we ran an experimentย with the help of over a hundred writers attempting National Novel Writer’s Month.ย We wanted to understand what it takes to tackle a challenge like NaNoWriMo and actually stick with it. So we asked writers to use RescueTime to track their time for the month of November. The writers were able
Do you have problems setting new goals and sticking to them? I do. I’m downright terrible at it. Going to the gym, sleeping more, eating better. I have all the good intentions, but just not enough of the follow through. That’s why I’m pretty intrigued by Beeminder. They’re a service that keeps you focused on
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I’ve been watching The Men Who Built America on the History Channel this week, and it’s gotten me on a bit of a history kick. I started thinking about how our opinions about work and productivity have changed over time. It’s so easy to think of workplace productivity in exclusively modern terms, given that so
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Moving fast can be really exhilarating. It feels good to sprint to meet a tight deadline or get a project done with half the resources. It feels really good to manage all the incoming streams and keep things moving, despite the odds. At least it does at first… If you keep your foot on the
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I’ve been thinking a lot about sticking to goals this week. (I’m sure the fact that I’m already slipping behind on my NaNoWriMoย word count has nothing to do with this). Here are some articles about finishing what you started, why it may be tough to stay on task, and some tools you can use to
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It’s Halloween, so that means time to tell scary stories. (cut the lights and cue the spooky music). A few days ago, we wrote about productivity zombies, but let’s be honest, those guys are probably just going to shuffle around and drool a lot. They’re not all that scary. Robots, however… those dudes can be
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Lifelogging is one of those things that I’ve heard talked about for years, seen lots of clunky attempts at, and never really been impressed by. It’s a huge bummer, really. Ever since I read Total Recall, by Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell, I’ve beenย fascinatedย by the idea of being able to offload my memories and experiences
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Working at a small startup can get pretty crazy. Awesome, but crazy. It’s way too easy to get pulled in a thousand different directions and end up feeling totally scattered and drained. Some would say that’s doing a startup right, but it can get downright exhausting. I felt this way recently, and I stumbled on
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