Productivity & Organization

Anki Deck: Oblique Strategies

I’ve added an experimental deck to my Anki Decks page called Oblique Strategies. This deck is based on the Oblique Strategies decks of physical cards first created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt in 1975. The cards contain aphorisms to help with breaking creative blocks and encourage thinking differently, such as “ask your body,” “retrace […]

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Anki Deck: Get Motivated

Anki Decks

I just added a new deck to my Anki Decks page: . This is an experimental deck for getting yourself motivated using the advice from The Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel and my corresponding How to Get Motivated poster. How to Use It Grab it here: . (You’ll need Anki. If you’re new to Anki you might find my Anki Essentials guide […]

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My Pomodoro Project

Update: Added weekly log, and updated some project details. The Pomodoro Technique is a productivity technique which can be summarized thusly: Work for 25 minutes. Take a 5 minute break. Repeat. Occasionally take longer breaks. There’s a little more to it than that, but that’s the core idea. I first heard about it at my recent CFAR minicamp. I […]

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How to Get Motivated: A Guide for Defeating Procrastination

Productivity & Organization

Followup to: How to Generally Reduce Procrastination and How to Stop Procrastinating Right Now Jump down to the end if you want the download links. Two of my recent posts were meant to highlight clear, actionable things we can do to defeat procrastination – whether it’s general life and environment changes or things that can […]

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