Clock next to white text on red background: "The real breakthrough isn’t finding more hours in a day, it’s making sure your hours are spent on what matters." Todd Henry on Time Anxiety

Productivity vs Efficiency: Spending Time on What Matters
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A whale diving into blue water so that only the black tail is visible. Quote from Paula Chaffee Scardamalia: To increase your productivity along with creativity, observe your routines and how you might use a routine to your creative advantage, and then design one or two simple rituals to connect you with inspiration and help you dive into the writing waters.

Using rituals vs routines for writing: a guest blog post by Paula Chaffee Scardamalia
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Quote from author Jen Breach on not setting daily writing goals: "... I am not a rudderless ship, a stringless kite, a spiral-flying balloon with the air thpthpthpthping out of an uncinched neck. I just keep a longer creative view than day to day. Month to month suits me better." Pictured on a blue sky background with a colorful stringless kite.

There isn't one right way to approach productivity and creativity. Author Jen Breach talks about their long road approach.
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Blogging vs newsletters -- how do you separate content?
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Hello, Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life a book by Fumio Sasaki Fumio Sasaki changed his life when he became a minimalist. But before minimalism could really stick, he had to make it a habit. All of us live our lives based on the habits we've formed, from when we ...

It's interesting to consider the intersection of #productivity & #creativity. By productivity, I don’t mean efficiency, but ways to make creating easier. In Hello, Habits Fumio Sasaki synthesizes lots of info from other books & studies. #productivityforcreatives
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Photo of a child looking longingly out a raindrop-splattered window, with a quote from Yvonne Ventresca's blog about using a "waiting for" list

Waiting doesn't have to be the hardest part (to track).
#productivitytips for writers: how to use a "waiting for" list
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Quote from guest post by Taryn Haas. "I don't use checklists for writing projects anymore. Why? Because one task is not equivalent to another in time and emotional drain."

ICYMI, Taryn Haas from @thestorywilds.bsky.social guest-posted on my blog about compassionate planning for writing #productivity.
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