Category: Productivity

  • Evernote? More like Evernope!

    After a year and a half romp with Evernote, I am kicking it to the curb. You may remember last year when I broke away from the Apple ecosystem and moved from an iPhone to an Android device. That’s when I added Evernote to the mix as it was one…

  • I deleted all of my email and it was GLORIOUS!

    As glorious as it has been, it started out as an absolute struggle. Ya gotta get through the ghetto before you get to the meadow, amirite? So what led me down the path of total email annihilation? There were a few contributing factors. Before I talk about that, let’s talk…

  • Find time to be creative every single day

    In my youth I was creative. I would draw for hours. I would decorate the walls with my paintings. I would write songs, sing poorly and even made noise. I thrived on creation, yet something happened along the way. My creative pursuits narrowed until the bulk of my creativity was…

  • Start your day with morning pages

    In an attempt to improve my writing capabilities, I have been trying to read and write more regularly. Since I don’t always have something to blog about and because I don’t want to stress myself out by trying to blog every day, I have been seeking alternative ways to stimulate…

  • The power of a morning routine

    After some recent research I realized that people I consider successful are generally quite scheduled. Not necessarily through their entire day, but at the very least they have a morning routine that occupies the first 90 minutes of their day. I’m going through a bit of a personal growth spurt…

  • Staying motivated with streaks

    I’m having one of those weeks where I zero motivation to sit down and write a blog post. Spent part of the week in Austin with the work fam. Haven’t even unpacked yet. Still getting back into the swing of being at home. In the middle of a major redesign…

  • Start your day with a list

    I’ve been seeing these “how productive people start their day” posts on my social feeds a lot more recently. It got me thinking, “hey, I consider myself successful, how do I start my day?” A while back I started to make mental notes about how I started my day, or…

  • Blogging from your phone

    Why an I blogging from my phone? Well it’s been a very busy weekend and I wanted to give this a shot. It’s amazing that we have the technology to be able to do what I am doing right now. My rig consists of a Nexus 5 running the latest…

  • My top 10 tips for new bloggers

    I’ve been blogging every single week for over a year and a half and have been constantly egging my peers into jumping on the wagon. Within the last month both my friend Justin Davis and Francis Suarez started up blogs. I’m full of advise on the matter and have been…

  • How I schedule my time

    Being my own boss has some definitely advantages, like being able to take a beach day on a whim or go to watch one of my daughter’s dance classes. The unfortunate side of that is that you still have to manage your time if you want to get shit done….