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Organizing My Life With Things 3 in 2025

July 2, 2025

An updated look at my streamlined Things 3 productivity system after four years of refinement. Discover how I've evolved my task management approach with a focus on Life Admin+, structured Internal Fridays for business development, and maintaining a trusted system that actually works in practice.

Apple Notes & NotesCmdr

April 10, 2025

NotesCmdr is a simple app that brings Markdown and slash commands to Apple Notes, making it way more efficient for your daily note-taking. It's not "true" Markdown, but honestly? It's just enough to be awesome without complicating things. 🙌

No, I (Probably) Won’t Reply to Your Email Right Away

January 19, 2024

For a balanced approach to client communication, steering away from constant email checking is important. The key is to be responsive without being instantly available, fostering healthier client relationships.

Work-Life Harmony, Not Work-Life Balance

February 10, 2023

Work-life balance isn’t about separating work and non-work areas of your life. It’s not about having equal, counteracting parts (i.e. work and non-work). And it’s certainly not about pitting the two against each other.