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Why Your Brain Needs Waves, Not Straight Lines
Focus and rest tend to come in cycles. When you plan for that rhythm, work can become steadier and less punishing.
10/01/2026
10 min read
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Notes on what might help
A growing library of notes on productivity, goal tracking, and approaches worth trying. We read papers, revisit books, and share patterns that still seem useful in ordinary life.
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Goals That Think: Designing for Distributed Reasoning
Most apps treat a goal as a static record. What changes when each goal can keep context, notice patterns, and suggest one useful next step?
20/06/2026
8 min read
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Why Starting Is the Hard Part
The hardest part of any task is the first thirty seconds. Here is what the research says about starting, staying, and protecting deep work, and how a one-tap Doing flow is built around it.
20/06/2026
8 min read
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Cognitive Load: Why Simplicity Wins
Working memory is limited. A quieter goal system can reduce decision fatigue and leave more attention for the work itself.
09/01/2026
8 min read
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Bouncing Back Without the Drama
Resilience is less about never missing and more about how you recover. Positive emotions, growth mindset, and self-compassion all have something useful to add.
08/01/2026
12 min read
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Tips & Tricks
Morning Routines That Survive Real Life
A grounded way to make mornings easier: less deciding, less friction, and one small first win.
01/01/2026
6 min read
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Academic Review
Grit: What Duckworth's Research Says
A close look at Angela Duckworth's research on grit: what it shows about long-term goals, and where the popular version oversells it.
01/01/2026
12 min read
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