Archiving Todoist projects so I can see my week again
I archived three Todoist projects, moved everything into one, and set a weekly five-task limit so I can see my week again without deleting anything.
Productivity
Productivity systems that survive real work. Less GTD theory, more flat setups that ship client work, side projects, and life without weekly reviews.
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Scheduling 38 volunteer umpires with one spreadsheet
Scheduling 38 volunteer umpires is a constraint puzzle, not a software problem. A simple spreadsheet and a few hard rules often beat a fancy app.
Two Macs, One SSD, and the Sync I Stopped Trusting
I juggle a Mac Studio, a MacBook Air, and a T9 SSD by giving each type of file a single source of truth instead of trusting sync to do everything.
The 6:40 AM Morning Kickstart protocol
At 6:40 AM the Morning Kickstart stops being about vibes and starts being about routing. It looks like wellness, but it behaves like project management.
Running a baseball weekend with Heja, iScore, and WhatsApp
A simple workflow for a five-team baseball club using Heja, iScore, WhatsApp, a 4-inning rotation PDF, and Instagram batching instead of heavy sports software.
Why I finally deleted NotePlan
NotePlan looked perfect on paper, but the interface kept getting in the way. Dropping it for a simple 4‑app stack made work feel lighter and tasks easier to manage.
Gamifying Cardiac Rehab with Habitica
How I use Habitica to turn cardiac rehab and daily routines into an RPG: a 6:40 circuit as a Daily, WHOOP recovery as XP, and a shutdown ritual quest.
The Make automation that was slower than manual
A Make scenario that cross-posted Ghost articles to Dev.to looked efficient. API churn, broken canonicals, bad timing, and key exposure made manual faster.
A tiny script that adds my internal links
A 40-line Python script adds internal links to my Ghost drafts via a shell alias. It is crude, fast, and only saves minutes, which is exactly why it works.
A publishing system is not a writing system
Automation can move your words into Ghost with perfect formatting. It cannot notice what mattered this week or decide whether it is true.
Why my posts now start with five bullets
I stopped asking my automation to invent posts from topics and started feeding it five ugly bullets from real life instead. The system did not change much, but the writing did.
The Most Productive 15 Minutes Of My Day: Folding Laundry At Night
My most useful daily habit is not an app, a supplement, or a new framework. It is folding laundry at night, on purpose, every single day.
Killing CalendarBridge and RankPill: An Honest Audit of My Setapp Stack
I killed CalendarBridge and RankPill, then audited my entire Setapp stack. This is how I trimmed the bloat without losing any real capability.
Running Family Logistics Like a Sprint Board in a WhatsApp Group
My partner and I run family logistics like a sprint, but our board lives in WhatsApp. No fancy app, no Notion setup. Just one group called “Fam” with a few simple rules.
My Sunday Planning Ritual: Why I Plan On Paper Instead Of Apps
My entire week lives or dies on a 30–40 minute Sunday planning ritual done on paper. The friction is exactly why it works.
How I Actually Time Block a Week Without Burning Out
I tried to engineer the perfect calendar. Then I watched it get wrecked by reality every single week. This is the version of time blocking that actually survives contact.
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