Posts Tagged ‘emails’

Episode 289: Feeling Okay About What You’re NOT Doing – Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Posted: February 25, 2023 in Uncategorized
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Dilan and Nick recording this episode on Youtube – there is a link to this YT video below.

You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (58mins, 36MB). This discussion is also available in video form on Youtube here and embedded below. Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

Nick and Dilan discuss the book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. We cover: what drew us to Getting Things Done (GTD), how it has benefitted us, some tips from the book and finally critiques of GTD.

Additional resources covering similar issues:

Empty email inbox.

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Clips:

GTD – Life Hacking on The Office, Confidence by Oscar Scheller and Ashnikko.

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Episode 272: Finding Time for Ice Cream among the Broccoli with Comedian Myq Kaplan

Posted: October 5, 2021 in Uncategorized
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Image from Myq Kaplan’s podcast Broccoli and Ice Cream: https://broccoliandicecream.libsyn.com/

You can listen to this episode above, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, add us to your favourites on Stitcher and follow us on Spotify. You can also listen to it on Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (70mins, 32MB).

Comedian Myq Kaplan gives advice on finding time for ice cream (things you want to do) among the broccoli (things you have to do). He discusses how he makes time for the things that are important to him, including creativity, activism and much more!

This discussion is also available in video format here and embedded below:

Recommendations from Myq:

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown.

Boomerang for Gmail.

Recommendation from Nick:

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen – also available as an audiobook.

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Clips:

Dollar Signs ‘Hi, Anxiety’, Zach Sherwin ‘Circumcising Wolverine’.

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Episode 260: Apathy and Exhaustion

Posted: January 4, 2021 in Uncategorized
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The episode title is taken from this album from The Lawrence Arms.

You can listen to this episode above, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and add us to your favourites on Stitcher. You can also listen to it on Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (61mins, 46MB).

We discuss the constant tension in activism and life generally of feeling like you’re not doing enough versus way too much. We also cover advice on getting on top of your email inbox, playing the metaphorical keyboard and nonsensical analogies about call out culture.

Links:

Us saying fuck off to 2020. If you haven’t already had enough of 2020, you can check out a bunch of comedy recaps of the year, such as The War on 2020 by The Chaser (YouTube), Death to 2020 by the Black Mirror creators (Netflix), Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell Pagan Holiday Special (ABC iview) and The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2020 (ABC iview).
  • Listen to Nick’s 3CR Summer Special ‘Music for Change’ on Sunday 10 January 2021, 1-2pm Melbourne/AEST time – listen in live via 3cr.org.au.
  • The health risks of drinking alcohol even at low levels – see breastcancer.org and the video below for more on this. This discussion on alcohol is a continuation from our discussion on the topic on episode 254.

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Clips:

Malcolm Tucker: “I’ve got a to-do list…” – from The Thick Of It, The Lawrence Arms ‘I’ll Take What’s In The Box, Monty’, Blackadder ‘Series 4Series 4Series 4’, Lowkey ‘In My Lifetime’, Frank Turner ‘My Kingdom For A Horse’.

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