Sometimes Productivity Means Working On Other Things

In my look ahead goal setting post at the start of the month I mentioned I might need a break writing for this site and I while offered some reasons in that post I thought I should explain in a little more detail.

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Think Longer Term to Be More Productive With Creative Work

Last week I told you how I break down my writing process and how I think about the different steps in the process in terms of the energy level and focus I need in order to work on them. I also told you how I use these energy levels to manage my tasks for the day.

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How I Manage My Creative Projects and Tasks

On and off throughout the year, I’ve been talking about my struggles with creativity and productivity, specifically about the difficulty fitting creative tasks into a productivity system along with some thoughts for how you might go about it.

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How To Productively Manage Your Creative Work

Last week I expanded on some of the reasons I find it difficult to fit creative work into a productivity system given the fuzzy nature of creative work as well as my own peculiarities in how I work best.

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Can Creative Work Be Managed By A Productivity System?

A couple of months ago I told you how I worked without any kind of productivity management for all of 2017. That followed several months at the end of 2016 where I didn’t find it helpful to manage my tasks and projects.

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