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…
So you know you spend too much time on your phone – but what are you actually going to do about it? For most of us, the options are all-or-nothing. You can bury your phone and do a digital detox for a weekend or you trade in your smartphone for the “dumb” equivalent. For most…
Meet Curt Steinhorst. Curt is a productivity expert and founder of Focuswise, a consultancy that aims to help organizations overcome the distinct challenges of the constantly-connected workplace. After spending years studying the impact of tech on human behavior, Curt is on a mission to rescue us from our distracted selves. He is a leading voice…
Meet Tamara Lush. As a correspondent in Florida with The Associated Press, she covers everything from alligator attacks to hurricanes to executions to feature stories on cold case homicides. And as if that wasn’t enough, when she’s not covering the news, she’s writing romance novels. Her debut novel, Hot Shade, was published in September of 2015…
Post updated on September 16, 2019. What is NaNoWriMo? As the month of November draws nearer, you may start to hear buzz surrounding NaNoWriMo or NaNo. Officially known as National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, (or NaNo,) is a month-long event that encourages participants to write a novel (at least 50,000 words) in the month of November.…
Blair Badenhop: Finding Focus as an Entrepreneur At Freedom we love our users – not just because they use our product, but because they’re cool – cool people working on cool stuff. Academy Award-nominated screenwriters, best-selling authors, editors, designers, star TV actors & writers, academic researchers, explorers, and entrepreneurs – the Freedom community is packed…
Alastair Humphreys: Finding the Focus to Live Your Dream Life At Freedom we love our users – not just because they use our product, but because they’re cool – cool people working on cool stuff. Academy Award-nominated screenwriters, best-selling authors, editors, designers, star TV actors & writers, academic researchers, and entrepreneurs – the Freedom community…
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How Distracted Are You? Let’s face it, very few of us can say that we haven’t felt the gnawing frustration and loss of productivity caused by digital distraction. Whether it’s checking email habitually, responding to notifications, bouncing around browser tabs, or using apps. Too often we get distracted and pulled away from doing deep and meaningful…
