If you’re the type who often sees 5 p.m. on the clock and wonders where the day went, you may need a little bit of a reset to boost your productivity. But rather than heading to TikTok for some mind-bogglingly complicated morning routine, opt for a few simple strategies from time-management experts that’ll set you up for …
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I am, without a doubt and unequivocally, what you would describe as a Type A person. I am the big planner in our home, an Excel sheet extraordinaire, the chief organizer of our friend group, and a list maker to the max. My morning begins with a cup of coffee, my favorite pen, and my planner (which …
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Many people assume that everyone should be able to work toward their goals with ease and consistent motivation, viewing this skill as a standard “strength” that everyone should possess. However, for many of us, especially those who are neurodivergent, it is actually a significant challenge that requires an entirely different approach than the one taught …
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Success largely boils down to a simple distinction. It’s glaringly obvious once you see it, but also easy to find ingenious ways of ignoring it: do the real thing and stop doing fake alternatives. Consider one person who wrote to me saying she turned down a job working in French. She didn’t feel her French …
As far as goals go, hiking the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is one of the more ambitious ones. When you ask people how they did it—something I’ve been doing for the past two years as a journalist—they don’t credit willpower. Instead, they say that pursuing the goal made them feel fully alive. Perhaps you …
Good morning, You’ve been staring at that blank document for three days now. Waiting for inspiration. Waiting for the perfect opening line. Waiting for your brain to feel sharp and creative and ready to produce genius-level work. Meanwhile, that project deadline is getting closer and your anxiety is getting louder. Here’s what nobody tells you …
The direction of our lives is decided more by the daily choices we make than anything else. And these choices are more influential to the person we are becoming than we often realize. Habits become ingrained, automatic, and often slowly creep into your life so subtly that they become routine. So if you want to …
Think about the ideal version of yourself: the one who reads every day and sticks to a perfect morning routine, and maybe even completes big craft projects or writes novels. When you have lofty goals like these — ones that require a lot of work or a major lifestyle overhaul — they can seem impossibly far …
A “Sprint Month” Can Help You Lock Into Your Goals Read More »
I’m a big believer in the power of setting ambitious, long-term goals. Not so big or unrealistic that they’re demoralizing, but significant enough to stretch us a bit beyond what logic might lead us to think is possible. Big goals draw things out of us that we would not otherwise achieve. And in a faith …
January often brings nothing more than a huge sense of pressure, combined with residual festive fatigue. It’s not the best combination for becoming your best fitness self. So, if your January didn’t quite get off to the start you intended, fear not. February might just be your time. “January always comes with the stress and …
