How an engineer-turned-yogi stepped outside her comfort zone and learned to love a slower pace of life Besides being a chance to slow down, the extra time afforded to us these past months has provided an opportunity for some of us to instill better everyday health and fitness habits. But many of those who’ve made a…
How digital mindfulness – and calling our friends – can help get us through You might not expect the author of How to Break Up With Your Phone to be telling you to pick one up, but Catherine Price is all about using our devices in more meaningful ways. At a time when the need…
The founder of Unplugged Retreats on why simplicity is the key to wellbeing during times of stress Have you viewed your screen time stats lately? If you’ve been brave enough to check in on your digital habits in the era of #StayAtHome, it’s probable that (much like the half of humanity on lockdown) your online…
Our lives have changed irreversibly in the past couple of months. While we search for some semblance of normalcy in our day-to-day, it can be a struggle to follow the usual routines that we use to help keep our minds and bodies healthy. It might be your regular morning workout that’s gone flying out of…
With his new book Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less—Here’s How hot off the press this week, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang generously sat down with us to answer some questions about the book. We’re big fans of Alex, and his brilliant Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less was on our reading list…
The most effective way to study or do deep work is to focus on one thing at a time. Freedom’s Block All Except feature helps you to do just that.
What makes a coffee shop or library an effective place to work and be productive? Is it the fact that we’re surrounded by peers – caffeinated creators at laptops who are also hammering out code, a blog post, business plan or studying for that life-changing exam? That’s part of it – community is indeed powerful.…
5 NaNoWriMo Tips to Help You Write 50,000 Words in November Writing 50,000 words in 30 days sounds crazy, right? However, it’s a feat that over 400,000 people attempt every November during National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo. The goal is to write a novel in a month – giving thousands of writers…
