Productivity
Doing the right things
Not about doing more, but doing the right things. Focus, rhythm, consistency.
What is real productivity?
Productivity isn’t filling up your calendar or multitasking ten things.
Real productivity is:
- Focus - Do one important thing at a time
- Rhythm - Find a sustainable pace
- Consistency - Long-term accumulation beats short-term bursts
Not about doing more, but doing the right things.
Posts in this collection
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Going to the gym to listen to podcasts
I'm not going to the gym to work out. I'm going to listen to podcasts. The workout is just a side effect.
April 2, 2026
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What does level 99 even mean
Should we measure mastery by effort or by outcomes? Both sides make sense. Both sides fall apart.
March 31, 2026
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A day of catching up on sleep and doing nothing
I had plenty of time to write today, but zero energy. Some days are just like that.
March 30, 2026
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The ideal day: making every 1440 minutes count
Thinking of a day as 1440 minutes instead of 24 hours changes how you see your time.
March 27, 2026
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The ideal way to be sick
When you're sick, all your effort resets to zero. But Epictetus said: be a person who is sick well.
March 15, 2026
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Frieren's prerequisite for slacking off
When you're strong and you slack off, that's personality. When you're weak and you slack off, that's just being a slacker.
March 9, 2026
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Are you drinking the water or the cup?
Don't skip the water just because you don't like the cup.
January 15, 2026
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Maybe you're not afraid to start
Experiments have endpoints. Habits don't. You're not afraid to start. You're afraid of 'forever.' Endpoints make starting possible.
January 2, 2026
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You don't trust science that much
If you have the time and know the benefits of sleeping early, exercising, and meditating, but still don't do them—you don't trust science that much.
October 28, 2025
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Pretty Number Syndrome
Our brains want to round everything to nice round numbers, but this habit becomes an excuse for procrastination and bad habits.
October 21, 2025
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Maybe you're not the protagonist
Media loves to brainwash us into thinking we're the main character of our own movie. But maybe accepting we're not the protagonist is actually liberating.
October 16, 2025
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Explore, but also maintain
While pursuing novelty, don't forget to maintain what you already have. True growth isn't just about how far you explore, but whether you can hold your ground.
October 14, 2025
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How to prioritize what inspires you
Transforming Lean Learning's Inspiration Matrix into the practical PACE framework for managing passion and priorities
September 22, 2025
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The expiration date of ideas
Why my computer became a graveyard for ideas, and what I'm doing about it
July 5, 2025
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Perhaps we are all geniuses buried by the entertainment of the digital age
Imagine if Newton had been addicted to mobile games or Mozart had binge-watched Netflix...
April 29, 2025