Almost exactly a year ago, I shared a post titled 18 Uncommon Statistics to Set Your 2018 Perspective. It's still eye-opening to revisit that post and remind myself of some of the stats (note: sources are included in the original post): … [Read more...]
A “Short” Summary of Everything I Learned in 2018 from Sloww’s First 100 Posts
“Learning without doing is wasted.” — Derek Sivers Sloww just recently crossed the 100-post mark. Cue: celebratory music! As the sun sets on the year, it's a good reminder to pause—take a look in the rear-view mirror and reflect. This post is … [Read more...]
Too busy? 10 Tips for Slowing Down & Becoming Unbusy
I recently wrapped up a post series on busyness that investigates the research, root causes, and realities of busyness. You can check out those posts here: Research Says We’re Not Busy — So Why Do We FEEL So Busy? Busyness 101: Why are we SO … [Read more...]
Research Says We’re Not Busy — So Why Do We FEEL So Busy?
“The difficulty of describing things for Western ears is that people in a hurry cannot feel.” — Alan Watts Isn't it interesting how that works? We can't feel when we are too busy. But, "too busy" is often just a feeling itself. This is a … [Read more...]
Busyness 101: Why are we SO BUSY in Modern Life? (7 Hypotheses)
This is the first post in a 3-part series. You can jump to the next two posts here: Busyness 201: A Brief History of Work & BUSY in America Busyness 301: The Future of BUSY, Work & Leisure It wasn’t too long ago that keeping up … [Read more...]
Busyness 201: A Brief History of Work & BUSY in America
This is the second post in the 3-part series on busyness. You can read the other two posts here: Busyness 101: Why are we SO BUSY in Modern Life? (7 Hypotheses) Busyness 301: The Future of BUSY, Work & Leisure The first post took a … [Read more...]
Busyness 301: The Future of BUSY, Work & Leisure
This is the third post in the 3-part series on busyness. You can read the other two posts here: Busyness 101: Why are we SO BUSY in Modern Life? (7 Hypotheses) Busyness 201: A Brief History of Work & BUSY in America Status symbols have … [Read more...]
5 Themes from “In Praise of Idleness” by Bertrand Russell (Essay Summary)
“The first principle of all action is leisure.” — Aristotle Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.¹ In 1932, at 60 years old, he wrote In … [Read more...]
Mental Bandwidth Management is the New Time Management
I've always believed that all 40-hour workweeks are not created equal. On the surface, the quantity of hours is the same. But, a 40-hour workweek that allows you to think, breathe, and do your best work is not the same as a 40-hour workweek that's … [Read more...]
Why Busyness is the Current Status Symbol, According to Research
Yesterday's post summarized an important piece of busyness research: “Conspicuous Consumption of Time: When Busyness and Lack of Leisure Time Become a Status Symbol” Today, I'll distill the research a bit further and also include some additional … [Read more...]
