Do you have a notebook or something that lets you know what your current projects are? You mentioned your calendar, but I sometimes forget some of my writing projects and will find them partly finished weeks or months later — especially if the deadline was self-imposed. Thanks for all the great advice and insight into your work life.
Yep. Caladar app helps me with specific deadlines. My dastardly plans pocket notebook is for big picture projects and progress on them and policies I take toward each project. It's a red smythson of bond street notebook just like Moriarty's from Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows lol it's where he kept track of his evil empire
I'll post it as soon as it's live. I made it the other day but haven't listen any zines yet because they're still in transit. So the store is live but won't show up until the first listening. I think the zines are due here the 19th and I'll list them ASAP 😁 thanks for asking Cheryl!
Definitely needed this information now as I work to launch my new Christian company while working full-time. Question for you — how to do keep track of all the stacks of commonplace books? If you’ve answered this in a podcast, please let me know which one.
I mention it in videos here and there but this is largely why I used leather covers. It helped me remember which is which and the cost make me want to actually use the notebooks inside 😅 now I write on the topic of the pages or use my own stickers to make notebooks that aren't in leather covers.
Appreciate the humility in this post as well as the advice you give! Looking forward to the coming installments of How to Use A Notebook series - especially Self Mastery in no.5!
Looks like you have the receipts for your productivity. Stacks of notebooks, towers of books, and a laptop mid-draft. I like that you are not selling a sterile “10x your life” hack but actually working inside the beautiful chaos of real projects. The part about procrastinating by doing something else productive is gold. Most people would call that a distraction, but you have turned it into a survival strategy.
This is a great post! Not only are these useful productivity tips, but the way you talk about your projects is really refreshing and is helping me mentally reframe how I think about my projects!
Oh, yeah. Those productivity guru’s are alluring once you register they don’t talk about anything but how they are so productive talking about how they are so productive, their shine fades.
The only “productivity hacks” I found useful are from Ryder Carroll, the Bullet Journal guy, but bullet journaling is more about accountability for me than about productivity.
Thanks you for your post. It's actually helpful and lucky to able to read this post .
I found the way you make your own productivity tips is actually really helpful for an ADHD person like me . I have a lot of interests and things I want to good at .I've been learning and doing multiple things at once , so most of productivity tips and routine , time tables and never fit with me. So thanks again it's really cool to read.
There’s a lot here that I’m discovering works for me. It’s helpful to know that the many projects at once thing actually works, and that notebooks are worth it! I’m slowly figuring out the system that works best for me, but there’s a lot here that gives me hope I’m heading in the right direction. Thanks man!
I enjoyed this one! I used to catch trouble from mentors because I didn't stick to *one* thing and focus on their area of expertise. But as I have gotten older, I draw from ALL of that background - it seems less hodgepodge now than it did (to them) all of those years ago.
The idea of working on multiple projects, if it works for you, keeps everything moving forward. It's also interesting that when I move multiple balls down the court, they often reach their respective baskets at about the same time (whether they need to or not). I then take my time starting up new ones, or I have planned my foci, but leave a spot for serendipity.
I love that you likened "playing video games" as giving other people's projects time. That's so true. I hadn't thought of it like that, but yes, that's exactly what it is.
Do you have a notebook or something that lets you know what your current projects are? You mentioned your calendar, but I sometimes forget some of my writing projects and will find them partly finished weeks or months later — especially if the deadline was self-imposed. Thanks for all the great advice and insight into your work life.
Yep. Caladar app helps me with specific deadlines. My dastardly plans pocket notebook is for big picture projects and progress on them and policies I take toward each project. It's a red smythson of bond street notebook just like Moriarty's from Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows lol it's where he kept track of his evil empire
So much practical and useful info shared, thank you!
How can we find your Etsy shop?
I'll post it as soon as it's live. I made it the other day but haven't listen any zines yet because they're still in transit. So the store is live but won't show up until the first listening. I think the zines are due here the 19th and I'll list them ASAP 😁 thanks for asking Cheryl!
Definitely needed this information now as I work to launch my new Christian company while working full-time. Question for you — how to do keep track of all the stacks of commonplace books? If you’ve answered this in a podcast, please let me know which one.
I mention it in videos here and there but this is largely why I used leather covers. It helped me remember which is which and the cost make me want to actually use the notebooks inside 😅 now I write on the topic of the pages or use my own stickers to make notebooks that aren't in leather covers.
Appreciate the humility in this post as well as the advice you give! Looking forward to the coming installments of How to Use A Notebook series - especially Self Mastery in no.5!
Looks like you have the receipts for your productivity. Stacks of notebooks, towers of books, and a laptop mid-draft. I like that you are not selling a sterile “10x your life” hack but actually working inside the beautiful chaos of real projects. The part about procrastinating by doing something else productive is gold. Most people would call that a distraction, but you have turned it into a survival strategy.
This is a great post! Not only are these useful productivity tips, but the way you talk about your projects is really refreshing and is helping me mentally reframe how I think about my projects!
Another great write-up, Parker.
The idea of using the procrastination time from one project to work on another is immense.
I’d need a break for switching context though. But no less valid a concept.
Oh, yeah. Those productivity guru’s are alluring once you register they don’t talk about anything but how they are so productive talking about how they are so productive, their shine fades.
The only “productivity hacks” I found useful are from Ryder Carroll, the Bullet Journal guy, but bullet journaling is more about accountability for me than about productivity.
Thanks you for your post. It's actually helpful and lucky to able to read this post .
I found the way you make your own productivity tips is actually really helpful for an ADHD person like me . I have a lot of interests and things I want to good at .I've been learning and doing multiple things at once , so most of productivity tips and routine , time tables and never fit with me. So thanks again it's really cool to read.
Excited to read your book next year, I have great high hopes! Don’t disappoint, my brother!
Very helpful!
There’s a lot here that I’m discovering works for me. It’s helpful to know that the many projects at once thing actually works, and that notebooks are worth it! I’m slowly figuring out the system that works best for me, but there’s a lot here that gives me hope I’m heading in the right direction. Thanks man!
I enjoyed this one! I used to catch trouble from mentors because I didn't stick to *one* thing and focus on their area of expertise. But as I have gotten older, I draw from ALL of that background - it seems less hodgepodge now than it did (to them) all of those years ago.
The idea of working on multiple projects, if it works for you, keeps everything moving forward. It's also interesting that when I move multiple balls down the court, they often reach their respective baskets at about the same time (whether they need to or not). I then take my time starting up new ones, or I have planned my foci, but leave a spot for serendipity.
I love that you likened "playing video games" as giving other people's projects time. That's so true. I hadn't thought of it like that, but yes, that's exactly what it is.
Great post! Thanks for sharing!