Thank you for your kind words! I do find it really useful to have time that is intentionally free from obligation. I do still track my time, but I have an “endorsed chill” category (which I absolutely did not circa 2018).
You might enjoy the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown. It’s written in a standard business-psych tone, so expect lots of inspiring anecdotes of corporate success and bolded subheadings, but/and it has a number of useful strategies for prioritizing. It also frames a bunch of things I was deficient in― e.g. dropping unnecessary commitments, sleeping adequately, accepting trade-offs― as difficult skills that high-achieving people should master, which made cultivating those skills feel more appealing on an ego level.
Thank you for your kind words! I do find it really useful to have time that is intentionally free from obligation. I do still track my time, but I have an “endorsed chill” category (which I absolutely did not circa 2018).
You might enjoy the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown. It’s written in a standard business-psych tone, so expect lots of inspiring anecdotes of corporate success and bolded subheadings, but/and it has a number of useful strategies for prioritizing. It also frames a bunch of things I was deficient in― e.g. dropping unnecessary commitments, sleeping adequately, accepting trade-offs― as difficult skills that high-achieving people should master, which made cultivating those skills feel more appealing on an ego level.