Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Maybe many of us are able to say “give it a try”, but most of us don’t know how, ending up trying everything, doing many things, trapping in the negative feedback loop of failure/frustration and resulting in burnout. The author Anne-Laure Le Cunff gives us solid ideas.
My road to productivity
I am now here to share how the value of productivity gradually shaped my life since attending schools, how I live with this attitude and find ways to make my life easier.
Why one-time purchase is always better than subscription on productivity apps?
Now there are three main kinds of productivity apps in terms of business models: totally free, purchase once and subscription. For me, apps with one-time purchase are better than subscriptions.
Sorry, Evernote has not improved.
Evernote was my first note taking app, and after 9-year subscription, I was determined to settle on Apple Notes for at least 3 years. Even though I tried to come back to Evernote, I was always back to Apple Notes.
_____ and sketching
As a sketcher for more than decades, I would like to share some of my thoughts and observations regarding drawing.
“When I am productive, I am no longer creative!”
Is productivity the enemy of creativity? As we know if we can live 80 years, we will have 4,000 weeks. As we ain’t robots, it’s impossible to keep the best performance throughout our life. We, of course, can reach the peak performance, and it’s okay our performance can drop to an unacceptable level.
Lessons on my recent long-term illness
I got serious flu which lasted for three weeks, and I was too ill to work. But without the long period of illness causing me to stay at home doing nothing, I will never learn something from my life.
On productivity and misery
And I wonder why we must always be productive, and why we must always be fast. Why can’t we slow down or even stop for a while? Why getting things done? Why do we have to feel miserable when things are falling behind?
Why are we reluctant to sketch (sometimes)? How can we cope with it?
In this article I am going to show why sometimes we are hesitant to sketch. Is hesitation or procrastination a bad thing? How can we deal with the situation?