Jamie Thingelstad

Productivity

We head out on vacation tomorrow. I setup my email auto-responders on both work and personal accounts. Created Vacation deferral folders for Sanebox to use. And a new thing, I decided to make my own DIY Vacation mode for Feedbin to mark all new items as read.

Feedbin Vacation Mute rule card showing a wildcard search across any feed to mark articles as read, with an Edit button.

“Not being busy is a competitive advantage.

Most people are so strapped for time they can’t take advantage of lucky opportunities or quickly resolve unexpected problems.

Maintain a bias toward action, but leave room for the unexpected.” — James Clear, 3-2-1 Newsletter on July 22.

There is a lot of wisdom here. Managing your time, and not being fooled into thinking that business is value, is critical to making progress on the goals that really matter for you. This is true in all aspects of life.

I’ve been testing the new calendar integration with Craft and after a week have decided to upgrade and keep exploring. I’ve been using Agenda for a couple of years and it is great. But I’m finding Craft’s environment more productive. Both are great apps though.

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.” — Atomic Habits (p 38)

I made four votes for the person I wish to become in my 60-min zone spin class this morning. See blue circles for digital version.

Analog version.

Peloton power zone ride output chart showing four circled peaks reaching Zone 6 and 7 during a 60-minute cycling workout Peloton stationary bike pedal close-up in a home gym with a rack of hex dumbbells in the background.

Noticed in Streaks today that I have meditated 700 days in a row. Meditation has become a bedrock habit. It has also become a key component of my #FitByFifty missions.

I have wanted folders in Shortcuts since it was called Workflow. It is a huge help to have that in iOS 14. I rediscovered shortcuts I had forgot about because they were lost in the flat library! I also love that I can group project specific shortcuts like the Weekly Thing.

iOS 14 Shortcuts app showing 116 total shortcuts organized into folders including Project Generators, Weekly Thing, Calendar, Email, Music, Tools, Secrets, and Sandbox.