How to set life goals with a napkin plan
The start of a new year is a great time to check on your life goals, and maybe set some new ones. Here’s how to do it on a napkin
How to live by your values with help from your calendar
How we spend our time is how we spend our life, so let’s make it count, hey?
How to stick with a new habit
This is how I use t-shirt sizing, habit stacking and data tracking to make my habits stick!
The ‘work self’ vs the other self
Do you ever think of your ‘work self’ as a different person? I try not to, but it happens. Lately I’ve been trying to bring these two people closer together.
Using emoji: In Life and On Slack
Taking a break? Working from home? Do not disturb? Which emoji says it in one tidy character? Should we use emoji at all?! (tl;dr: yes)
Black Lives Matter
We’ve been prompted to examine our place in the systemic racism that exists, and to seek out actions we can take to make meaningful change.
Setting boundaries in a digital workplace
Taking inspiration from the “right to disconnect” law passed in France, I’ve reset my own boundaries for a healthy work-life balance in a digital workplace. Here’s some steps you can follow to do the same.
What we’ve learned about taking lunch breaks
If you have the luxury of choosing when to take your lunch break each day, you might sometimes find it appealing to cut it short to “get more done”, or worse… just work through. We set out to take our full lunch break every day to see what would happen. So what did happen? Read on…
What happened when I had an untouchable day
In this era of uber-connection, it’s not often that you’re completely unreachable by anyone. So I gave it a go.
Reflections on starting a side project
Let’s just call them projects, because “side” or otherwise, we’ve learned that to do well takes a lot of work!