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The Luxury of Simplicity
Apr 2020
Everything is an Ad
Jan 2020
The Manual and the Guide
Dec 2019
Who Cares About Your Workflow?
Nov 2019
What's the Time?
Nov 2019
I See Clary St From My Window
Oct 2019
Who Collects Your Trash?
Sep 2019
The Box with Blue Tape
Aug 2019
The Power of Time Capsules: Capturing How Mundane Events Make You Feel
Jul 2019
Would the Amish Ride Electric Scooters?
Jun 2019
What Can You Measure?
May 2019
Saba Ghole's Travel & Packing Checklist
Apr 2019
That's My Seat
Mar 2019
Write for Yourself
Jan 2019
Order Matters
Dec 2018
Doing It Now or Later
Nov 2018
Enjoy the Repetitive Parts of Your Day
Sep 2018
The Growth Mindset: How to Measure Your Own Success
Jun 2018
When Nobody is Listening
Apr 2018
The Resistance to Finish
Mar 2018
Welcome to The Getting Simple Podcast
Feb 2018
Love What You Own (And How Disasters Might Help)
Jan 2018
Getting Ready to Sell Your Art
Dec 2017
The Chaos of Taking Pictures
Nov 2017
Boredom Versus Failure
Oct 2017
Freeze Your Goals
Sep 2017
Where is Your Manual?
Jun 2017
Whenever Resolutions: How to Use Temporal Landmarks to Pursue Your Goals
Feb 2017
Let Your Mind Do Nothing
Nov 2016
An Impending Deadline
Aug 2016
The Price of Free Online Services (And How They Steal Our Attention)
Aug 2016
The Size of The Paper Sheet: How Having Less Could Make You More Efficient
Jul 2016
Your Personal Storefront
Jun 2016
A Distraction-less Way to Share What You Produce
Jun 2016
Two Ways to Approach Your Desk
Apr 2016
On Drafts
Mar 2016
What Hides Behind That Uniform
Mar 2016
Stories to Disconnect
Mar 2016
The Stress of The Internet and 6 Steps to Slow Down Email
Mar 2016
The Joy of Less
Feb 2016
When Many is Better Than Good
Feb 2016
Collateral Distractions: Your Unnecessarily Busy Day
Feb 2016
Peace
Nov 2015
What Else?
Nov 2015
6 Books To Create And Simplify Your Life
Oct 2015
Please, Wait Here
Oct 2015
A Big Business Mistake: Let Them Pay You
Oct 2015
Efficiency And Creativity
Oct 2015
Time and Money
Sep 2015
William Morris on Minimalism
Sep 2015
Time Fusion: A Simple Rule To Get More Done
Sep 2015
Ephemeral Disconnection
Aug 2015
11 Points of Swiss-miss
Aug 2015
Gaining Experience To Succeed
Aug 2015
Happiness
Jul 2015
To Produce or Not To Produce
Jul 2015
Do A Bit Everyday
Jul 2015
A Busy Person
May 2015
Be Ready To Go
May 2015
Gretchen Rubin on Habits
May 2015
What Do We Produce For?
Mar 2015
Living Today or Tomorrow
Mar 2015
A Regrettable Click
Mar 2015
Magic
Mar 2015
The Gandalf Syndrome
Feb 2015
The Ceremony, Not The Tea
Feb 2015
Markdown, A Focus On Content
Feb 2015
The Importance of Deleting Old Stuff
Jan 2015
Those Who May Listen
Dec 2014
The Reason To Excel On Tools
Dec 2014
Facts or Stories
Nov 2014
The Complexity Of Committing to Oneself
Oct 2014
A Definition Of Success
Oct 2014
The Project Of Your Life
Oct 2014
The Train And The Office
Sep 2014
Garbage On The Cloud
Sep 2014
What You Get For $2.99
Aug 2014
Priority Is Not Importance
Mar 2014
Everything Has A By-Product
Feb 2014
The False Sense Of Productivity
Feb 2014
If You Dont Want To Be Criticized
Jan 2014
A Week Without Email
Jan 2014
The Reason To Finish
Dec 2013
Disconnect
Dec 2013
Take Deliberate Breaks When You Work
Nov 2013
Scott Belsky On Insecurity Work
Nov 2013
Scott Belsky on Organization
Nov 2013
Cesare Pavese on Stubborn Concentration
Jul 2013
Robert Reid on Information Overload
Jul 2013
It's Time To Archive And Delete
Jul 2013
What Would You Do If Money Were No Object?
Jun 2013
David Caolo on How to Process Your Email
Jun 2013
Skip Your Inbox to Compose Mail with Gmail
Jun 2013
How To Avoid Getting Distracted With Email
May 2013