David Kadavy is author of Finish What Matters; Mind Management, Not Time Management; & Digital Zettelkasten.
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It seems even the most devout techno-utopiasts carry around a Moleskine notebook. They appreciate the way writing longhand on paper alters their thought processes. Yet the same people think writing on a typewriter is absurd, performative, pretentious, or a deliberate troll.
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January’s income was $8,490, down from December’s $10,130. Profits were $5,059, up from December’s $5,008.
There’s a reason the expression, “unfinished business” has such provocative power. Unfinished projects stack up like skeletons in our cluttered mental closets. We know if we crack open that door, we’ll be reminded of our failed intentions, our foolish optimism, and our broken promises – to others and to ourselves.
But unfinished business doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Unfinished projects are a valuable and necessary part of the creative process. They build skills and plant seeds of ideas for future projects. And even when a project seems as if it’s unfinished, sometimes it’s not.
There’s something I want to talk about, but frankly, I’m a little embarrassed to do so. However, I write with my former self in mind, and my former self would want to know about this. So here I go.
I want to talk about how to be somebody.
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December’s revenues were $10,130, up from November’s $9,949. Profits were $5,008, down from November’s $7,322.
Systems save energy. Especially if the system helps you with something you do every day. This is why I have a system for cooking. When you’re hungry, you make bad decisions, such as grabbing the quickest food you can find – which often happens to be unhealthy food. My cooking system ensures I never have to think about what to eat, or how to prepare it. It frees my time and my mind, so I can focus on creating. keep on reading »
An audio version of this income report is available to Patreon backers of certain levels »
November’s revenues were $9,949, up from October’s $6,760. Profits were $7,322, up from October’s $5,381.
One year after the debut of Mind Management, Not Time Management, I have released a hardcover version! keep on reading »
Many people think our hunter-gatherer ancestors lived short and miserable lives. In fact, that’s what most anthropologists thought. Until the 1960s, when they looked more closely at how foragers got by.
The way foragers “worked” can tell us a lot about the way we, as creators, work.
