3 days agoMember-onlyA Week of PlayAll of what follows was shared in my weekly email newsletter, Notes by Martine. Today’s round-up includes play, sleep, planners, workcations, digital detoxes, and much more… Housekeeping First, a quick housekeeping note: I’m celebrating my graduation next weekend 🎉 Due to travel and the subsequent (anticipated) energy expenditure, there will not…Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
Mar 12Member-onlyReading TogetherAll of what follows was shared in my weekly email newsletter, Notes by Martine. Today’s round-up includes: Lists Tools Books Systems Planners And much more… Fancy Reading Together? Reading gives me so much joy. But, lately, I’ve not been prioritising it. There seems to be so much else to do. I tend to…Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
Mar 5Member-onlyA Wellbeing Work-in-ProgressAll of what follows was shared in my weekly email newsletter, Notes by Martine. Today’s round-up includes: Mental and physical wellbeing Slow productivity Mindful planning Garden fun Pancakes And much more… A Wellbeing Work-in-Progress Over the past few years, I’ve worked hard at prioritising and improving my mental wellbeing, but honestly, it was…Wellbeing4 min readWellbeing4 min read
Feb 26Member-onlySunsama Review: How This Calendar Blocking App Solved All My Productivity Problems in Just Seven DaysMy Problems Just when I thought my productivity system was close to perfect, something happened. It was a simple thing, really, and something that my system should have been able to handle. It couldn’t. In short, my workload (across my day job, personal, and business life) increased. Not just in one area…Productivity6 min readProductivity6 min read
Feb 25Member-onlyCalendar TetrisAll of what follows was shared in my weekly email newsletter, Notes by Martine. Today’s round-up includes: Workload and calendar management System experiments Chronotypes Finitude Tools And much more… System Experiments I’ve had a week off, so alongside some magnificent Lego building, I’ve been conducting a few productivity system experiments. …Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
Feb 19Member-onlyTwo Points of Truth?All of what follows was shared in my weekly email newsletter, Notes by Martine. Today’s round-up includes productivity experiments and systems, ChatGPT (I’m obsessed), Simon Sinek on ADHD and much more… Productivity Experiments There have been multiple productivity system experiments happening at Ellis HQ over the past few weeks because — I’ll…Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
Feb 11Member-onlyNotes by Martine: The Sound of ProductivityAll of what follows was shared in my weekly email newsletter, Notes by Martine. Today’s round-up includes: Mechanical keyboards Whole body health Weekly reviews Worrying Noticing And much more… Clickety-Click This week, I treated myself to a beautiful mechanical keyboard. …Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Nov 15, 2022Member-onlyHow to Understand Your Personal Energy Levels and Why it is Important (Especially if You Are Neurodivergent)Being neurodivergent in a world designed for neurotypicals is exhausting. Constantly adjusting your behaviour to suit the expectations of others takes considerable effort. Sometimes you’re amping up; sometimes, you’re holding back. Most of the time, you’re just winging it because who knows what the rules are? It’s not surprising neurodivergent…Neurodivergent3 min readNeurodivergent3 min read
Oct 26, 2022Member-onlyThe (Only) Three Tools You Need to Be Productive Every Single DayI love a shiny, new tool as much as the next productivity nerd. How can anyone turn away from the promise of improved organisation and efficiency? This new app/journal/planner will make you the best version of yourself. Who wouldn’t want that? But there’s a problem. New productivity tools enter the…Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
Oct 25, 2022Member-onlyIs Your Read-it-Later App Fuelling Your Procrastination Problem?Read-it-later apps (such as Pocket, Instapaper, and Matter) were designed to promote procrastination… weren’t they? Rather than read an article now, you send it to your read-it-later app so you can (quite literally) read it later. Invariably, articles pile up, and your list becomes a guilt-inducing archive of things you…Read It Later2 min readRead It Later2 min read
