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2.15 Achieve Your Dreams Brick by Brick
This method has quickly become one of my faves. In fact, I'd rate it up there alongside the Must-Do Method, which I use on the daily. I heard about the "brick by brick" method in motivational speaker Mel Robbins's Audible original, Take Control of Your Life. In this...
2.14: Quarterly Reflection
the purpose of a quarterly reflection is to check in on your short-term changes and as a result make short-term, actionable plans. This week’s post guides you through the process!
2.13: Give Yourself Permission
Prioritization is really just choosing to do one thing and not another. Sounds so simple when you put it that way, huh? Don't worry, my fellow recovering workaholics, mental illness-experiencers, and super busy pals: I of all people understand how daunting making a...
2.12: How to Revise (part 2)
Even more revision! Welcome to part two of my How to Revise series! Last week’s post, 2.11: How to Revise (part 1), taught you how to tailor a revision plan specific to who is evaluating your revision and based on what they (and you!) value. I also discussed the...
2.11: How to Revise (part 1)
Ah, revision. We know it is essential for improving our creations. We know it works. Yet... we struggle to actually do it. I'm not here to shame you, because Goddess knows that is the opposite of my jam (PS: did you know that "jam" is a term gay people used to use...
2.10: Build a Path that Serves You
When you’re on a path, you make choices that move you in particular directions. You likely know the Robert Frost lines, “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” You also have the opportunity to make large and small decisions that affect how your path will develop.
2.9: Why You Should Aim for “Good Job”
Doing the good job I’m talking about requires identifying explicitly what good work means in a particular context, and doing only that and no more. Limiting your output to a good job will help you save time, energy, and focus, and will help you redistribute those resources to other parts of your life.
2.8: Batchotasking
If you do it with intention, batchotasking will help you to shift your habits, enhance your focus, and set boundaries around your productivity, which will earn you more confidence and allow you to reserve energy for down time activities (which you can also batchotask).
2.7: The Magic of Routine, Rhythm, & Ritual
I’ve been planning to talk about these three things since I started The Tending Year, but I wanted to do so with a purpose that extended beyond a performative “Hey MTV, welcome to my crib, this is a list of my routines.” In hindsight, I also see that I needed the entirety of last year to practice building habits and learn how much I love routines, including why they can help and hinder me. I like thinking of them as magical, because they enable me to change my life via intentionally adjusting my perspective and my actions.
2.6: Momentum & Writing
Momentum really only has two steps: start and keep going. It sounds ridiculously simple when put this way, yet remains incredibly complicated because it assumes starting and keeping going are habits we just have by some grace of luck or skill. In what follows, I’ll break down the start and the keep going of momentum into practical, achievable steps.
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