Gamification borrows the sticky bits of game design—points, badges, leaderboards, streaks—and layers them over real life. The promise is seductive: a little external nudge, and…
Why the Best Productivity Advice Is to Do Less
We’ve been handed a story that more is always the answer. More tasks ticked off, more habits stacked, more hours squeezed for every drop of…
The Evening I Realized My Journal Had Become Another To-Do List
I bought the notebook at a stationery shop in the town where my mother lives. The kind of shop with a resident cat and a…
Why the Best Productivity Advice Is to Do Less
I used to wear my to-do list like a Girl Scout sash—every checked box a little badge of honor. The longer the list, the more…
How I Handle the Urge to Document Every Good Moment
I used to write three pages every morning. Not because I had something to say — because I’d read somewhere that morning pages open up…