productivity Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/productivity/ Funding the Adventurous Life Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:33:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 productivity Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/productivity/ 32 32 150809980 A Therapist on Satisfaction in Sport, Life, and Love https://clippingchains.com/2024/03/28/lincoln-stoller/ https://clippingchains.com/2024/03/28/lincoln-stoller/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9973 If you haven’t noticed, the concept of achievement and even competitiveness has weighed heavily on my mind as of late. A gift of the nontraditional life is the opportunity to step back and see the world around us with a degree of unusual clarity, far from the treadmill. For years I valued athletic and professional …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/03/28/lincoln-stoller/feed/ 0 9973 The Power of the Four-Hour Work Day (even in retirement) https://clippingchains.com/2023/02/06/four-hour-work-day/ https://clippingchains.com/2023/02/06/four-hour-work-day/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9199 We live in a distracted world where depth of investigation is discouraged. Despite increases in scientific spending, the number of publications, or the amount of PhDs being awarded, major discoveries in science and engineering have declined significantly in recent decades. The new-music market is shrinking, and old hits are dominating. We are working more days …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2023/02/06/four-hour-work-day/feed/ 4 9199 The Simple and Complicated Life on the Road https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6342 We’ve been back in a house for just over a month, which feels like a good time to reflect on our five-month 2020 life on the road. We’ve all heard the myriad benefits of a life of full-time travel: a new and ever-changing environment, chasing good weather, meeting new people, and abundant nature. And certainly, …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/feed/ 3 6342 Contentment: The Greenest Grass of the Them All https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/26/contentment/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/26/contentment/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5960 I’ll admit. I thought that quitting my job would lead to hours of newfound productivity. I will write for hours. Now I’ll double down on web design skills. I’ll climb more, and I’ll rest more. I’ll dust off my 15-year-old gear and start writing and recording music again. Once I don’t have a job I’ll …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/26/contentment/feed/ 2 5960 On Being a Slave to the Schedule https://clippingchains.com/2019/07/29/on-being-a-slave-to-the-schedule/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/07/29/on-being-a-slave-to-the-schedule/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:00:59 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=2479 I must admit: I’m more than a little obsessed with keeping a schedule. When I started this website, my plan was to post semi-regularly, but with no specific frequency in mind. It took no less than two weeks for me to fall right into my old ways, landing a militaristic regimen of a Monday 7:00am …

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