Fewer Things, Better
Inspired by Cal Newport · Slow Productivity Go to the source ↗
Doing less is not the same as doing little. Every card here is a way to carry fewer things at once, work at a pace you could hold for years, and make the few things good.
What am I actually carrying?
I list everything I have genuinely taken on and look at the length of it. Then I put one thing down honestly rather than carry it half-done, and finish one before letting anything new begin.
What pace is honest?
I plan for the real length rather than the hoped-for one, asking what this looks like in a year rather than by Friday.
I leave part of the day unspoken for, and let a slower week be slow rather than find something to fill it.
I end while I still have something left, and rest because rest is part of the work rather than because I got through enough.
What would make this good?
I spend some time with work in my field that is genuinely good and notice why, then make the version I would put in front of someone I respect — and take something out to see whether it improved.