Cragg Mooer
Notes on productivity — and quitting it. Plus some paintings.
Latest essay
One thing I learned from 15 years of productivity: it sucks
It sucks you in. It's like alcohol or caffeine — it'll relieve the stress in your life, apparently, if you don't lean on it too hard. Start taking it too seriously, and you're in trouble.
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More to come.
About
I spent fifteen years optimizing my life and most of what I have to show for it is a very tidy inbox. These days I write about doing less on purpose — and I paint, which is the one productivity system that never once asked me to track a metric.
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