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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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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My Productivity Gone Awry

We all want to get more done and to be able to look back at the end of the day, week or month and note how much we accomplished. We might learn systems to make us more productive and buy apps that help us manage our time and our tasks. Do they really help?

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How To Fit Creative Work Into A Productivity System Like Getting Things Done (GTD)

Creativity and productivity thrive under different conditions. What improves one, hinders the other. How then do you incorporate creative work into a productivity system like Getting Things Done (GTD)?

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