Every other week I review the past two weeks. The contents of this review may vary, but among the returning topics are the performance figures of this blog, my progress towards my goals and my experiences with productivity systems and habits. Here I am sitting with my laptop on the couch, trying to come up with [...]

Know thyself ~ Plato Now that’s some sound advice: “Know thyself.” Thanks Plato! Hey, you’re probably right as you’re universally seen as one of the most influential philosophers of all time. But why such a short quote? Why does it feel like such an open door? Why is it important? And why is it so hard… Know [...]

On Sundays I’m looking back on the past week. How did I perform towards my goals? How did my blog do? And how am I keeping up with my productivity habits? As I copy and past this blog post from the previous one, I can’t help but notice that the above section isn’t quite true anymore. [...]

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On Sundays I’m looking back on the past week. How did I perform towards my goals? How did my blog do? And how am I keeping up with my productivity habits? Blog performance Average daily subscribers: 1130 ( 57) Average daily visitors: 277 ( 54) A nice rise in subscribers, welcome all! The stats I’m sharing here are the subscribers of all three [...]

Recently I implemented a new category structure on How to be an Original. That category structure makes a clear distinction between the posts that are on topic for the main topics of this blog, the personal posts that are related to my story and the other stuff like technical announcements. How to be an Original is [...]

Language is the source of misunderstandings. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Language is an art. Most languages are, but especially in the Anglo-Saxon world it is highly valued if you are a proficient artist in the beautiful language that is English. Being eloquent and using prose-like languages full of quirks and subtle jokes or references is a skill [...]

Last week I was interviewed by the University of Manchester about user experiences with Getting Things Done. I’m not the perfect GTD adept, because I’ve changed my system and adapted it to fit my needs. So technically I’m working with a GTD-inspired personalized productivity system. During the interview it dawned upon that I could only [...]

On Sundays I’m looking back on the past week. How did I perform towards my goals? How did my blog do? And how am I keeping up with my productivity habits? Blog performance Average daily subscribers: 1073 ( 2) Average daily visitors: 331 ( 63) Blog statistics are slightly down this week. The subscriber numbers are back to normal levels after last weekend’s [...]

If you’re a long time visitor to How to be an Original, you might have noticed that I’ve changed my categories this week. This was a job I wanted to do for a long time, but I have been procrastinating it for a long time. Yes, even productivity bloggers procrastinate at times. That’s partly because [...]