Productive
At the core of balance, energy, work-life balance, and habits is being productive. This page is my hub for productivity - the concepts that fuel it, and the kryptonite that kills it. Most of the ideas are big enough to get their own posts, so treat this as a map with links.
Concepts
The fuel of productivity, is energy.
Match task to energy
No point spending “my high energy/willpower time” on a low energy activity. It’s funny, my strongest energy is when I wake up, which seems like a waste to spend on the gym, except when I don’t spend that on the gym it makes a mess.
Stay balanced
Shape the path, leverage habits
Motivation
Momentum is emotional gravity. The feeling of shipping, completing, moving forward—it compounds. When you’re making progress, everything feels lighter. When you’re stuck, everything feels heavier than it is. Forward motion creates its own fuel.
Related Positive notes
- Getting things done - A system for productivity
- First things first
- Habits
Productivity’s Kryptonite
The Resistance
Anxiety/Fear
Addictions
Procrastination
Sayings
- The perfect is the enemy of the good
- It’s 99% perspiration, 1% inspiration
- Gotta do the reps
- Practice makes permanent, only perfect practice makes perfect.