Why Does Reading Fiction Feel Productive?

“If an obligation is taking up too much time: I quit. No one really cares what you do on a small scale. In the end, you’re judged on your large-scale...

Happiness—we’re all after it, but how do we really find it? Related post: Life Without Envy I recently came across this study and want to summarize it—mainly for myself, but...

I recently came across a fascinating concept Cal Newport calls the “notebook fallacy.” It’s the idea that professional thinkers don’t obsessively track their ideas because the real work, the real...

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the usability of my notes, especially since I’ve started moving my personal content over to Day One, as I mentioned here and here. My knowledge...

Over the past three weeks of vacation, I’ve poured a lot of energy into organizing my journal in Day One. I wrote about this before , but my journey with Day...