Justin Reinhart

Re: I want to get back into the habit of doing

Jan

15

2014

From: N To: Justin Reinhart Subject: Retrain the brain N writes, Do you have references on how one in a way retrains their brain? I want to get back into the habit of learning and not being distracted by my phone or social networks etc. I have a list of science books I want to get ...

Agile Pomodoro Autofocus Scrum GTD Combo 2

Jan

9

2014

What productivity techniques work for me? I use a combination of Agile, Autofocus, Pomodoro, Scrum, and GTD. Each one of these disciplines is its own religion that each take months or years to study and master. Each of them also have their own cult following. Like Bruce Lee, I absorb what is useful and discard ...

Chatting Online With Babes

Jan

3

2014

Welcome to Chatting Online With Babes. I’ve been collecting online conversations for years (when I’m mindful enough to capture them for later use.) This first installment has been saved as a draft in my WordPress since Jan 2011, and I’ve been migrating it around from text file to text file prior to that. It is ...

Dropbox by Area

Jan

2

2014

I spend a considerable amount of time thinking, strategizing, and testing certain organizational habits. Every once in awhile a light bulb goes off and an axiom may surface here or there. Let’s see if I can iron this one out: Organization is the restructuring of parts or steps resulting in a desired measurable benefit. E.g. ...

New Years Karma Attempt 1

Jan

1

2014

This morning, soon after the New Years countdown, I saw a woman in her 20s crying while walking down the side of the road, in the cold, with at least another mile to the nearest residential area. Trying to pick up some good karma, I drove well ahead of her, parked against the curb, pulled ...

Merlin Mann

Dec

31

2013

Merlin Mann has been a real pal of mine lately. I’ve never met Merlin Mann, but I listen to the archives of his podcast Back To Work, which he records with Dan Benjamin. To me, the podcast is more than just productivity tips and GTD mentalities, or the genius insights about people. Merlin’s abundant energy, uncaged ...

Things I learned making a mixtape

Dec

28

2013

Things I learned making a mixtape 1. The slower the build-up a song has, the better suited it is to follow songs that seem impossible to follow. Longer silences can help too. 2. After the first 3-4 tracks, the mixtape will fade into the background and doesn’t need to be too heavily scrutinized beyond that ...

Productivity Measured Correctly

Dec

24

2013

How I track my time: I keep productivity strictly defined as an activity that produces results. For example, if I were to spend 1 month learning how to core apples, but I have yet to core a single apple, my productivity score should be 0.00% If I was to spend a year reading novels, and ...

Save Plastic Forks for Eggs

Dec

22

2013

Here’s a little +1 advantage at breakfast time: Bringing a take-out order home? Use a metal fork for the take-out and save the plastic fork for making eggs. Plastic forks won’t scratch the non-stick surface of your cookware, you can toss it when you’re done eating, and it saves you from washing a spatula.

Embracing Superstition

Dec

19

2013

Once, while having a conversation about wingsuit diving, it occurred to me that there was an important element to my life that has gone missing for a long time. The presence of this element is critically important, or is at the very least directly related to happiness. As much as it pains me to say it, ...