Ev Chapman &#x27;The Daily Creator&#x27;

Sep 15, 2021

Before work from home life, a nap was simply an indulgence for a Saturday afternoon or holidays. But now I work from home it's an essential part of a productive day for me.

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The Dark Side Of Being A Creator

Sep 14, 2021

Give me a pile of unlinked things and I'll find the pattern and be able to give them order AND make them look stunning at the same time. But if you know me, that's no surprise.

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The Ultimate iPad Note-Taking App That You're Probably Ignoring

Sep 13, 2021

I use the iPad as my main content consumption device. And while it's great for consuming content, unless you have a keyboard attached it's pretty rubbish for note-taking. And really if I need a keyboard I might as well just use my 13-inch Macbook Air.

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Stop Overthinking Your Zettelkasten System: How To Get Started Writing Your First Notes

Long Form Articles

Sep 12, 2021

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How to Stop Overthinking Notes & Why The Best Tool Is the One You're Using

3x3 Newsletter

Sep 12, 2021

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Your Secret Weapon In The War Against Screen Addiction

Sep 11, 2021

Self Improvement

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Put The Shiny App Down and Read This Instead

Sep 10, 2021

You don't actually need a fancy note-taking system to get your notes and ideas organised.

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This Will Make You A More Prolific Reader

Sep 8, 2021

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How to Actually Generate Ideas Using The Zettelkasten Method

Sep 7, 2021

What makes Zettelkasten such a different note-taking system? Is it the structure of the notes? The interconnectedness of the notes? Perhaps. But maybe it's something more. Maybe it's the practices that accompany the system.

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Writing Has Never Been Easier Since I Started This Practice

Sep 6, 2021

I've come up against a few of those days since committing to the daily pace of writing. As much as I have a library of ideas that are brewing, some days it's just not a hell yes on any of them.

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Weekly 3x3 Newsletter: Slow Reading, Lag Measures & Our Brain At Rest

3x3 Newsletter

Sep 5, 2021

Self Improvement

This week I've been working hard on my creator habits of reading & note-taking as well as working on some new and exciting products coming out throughout September. Plus lots of writing about How I Work. So...

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Rest: The Most Underrated Productivity Hack

Sep 4, 2021

Hustle, productivity, grind, doing, busyness, more, bigger, better. We glorify people who are busy, hustling on the weekends, building their side hustles. Cause after all, if you're not hustling on the weekend then what are you doing with your life?

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The Only Notebook You Need For Life

Sep 3, 2021

A few years ago I started a company called The Daily Page where I designed daily pages templates for the iPad. There is something really simple about focusing on a single day.

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How To Plan For A Successful Eight Week Cycle

Sep 2, 2021

After running 9 cycles in the last 18 months I've learned a thing or two. Here's how we plan for our cycles:

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Forget Quarters... Start Planning In Cycles

Sep 1, 2021

We had tried ALL the things. Quarterly planning days, 90 Day Years, Yearly planning retreats. Nothing worked. We would start off gung-ho and ultimately fizzle out and accomplish very little.

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This Is Why You Are Unproductive...

Aug 31, 2021

Productivity gets kind of a bad wrap these days. And I struggle most of the time to describe what I write about because I don't want to be seen to feed into 'productivity culture.' I started calling it Anti-Productivity, but the truth is I'm not anti-productivity.

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Due Dates Are Dumb. Why You Should Manage Your Week Instead

Aug 30, 2021

I work in the context of weeks. Most of my tasks can be done within that date range. We set due dates because task managers make us. But this means we either make up an imaginary date & procrastinate...

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Weekly 3x3: Productivity workflows, Conversations on Consistency & Leverage

3x3 Newsletter

Aug 29, 2021

I'm not sure if I was super productive or super procrastinative this week. Because I wrote about my productivity workflows A LOT. I also got some great feedback from the new format, so the weekly 3x3 is here to stay!

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How To Double Your Writing Output

Aug 28, 2021

I remember sharing an office with my best friend when we worked together. On my first day, I was banging away on the keys writing out an email. When I finished, I turned around and she was just sitting staring at me with her mouth wide open.

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How I Get More Done Each Day With 'The Breadcrumb Method'

Aug 27, 2021

In a perfect world we know we shouldn't task switch, but we don't live in a perfect world. Have you ever experienced this scenario? You're working on a project but have to close down on a Friday afternoon. You shut your computer down, go enjoy a beautiful weekend and when you log back on Monday you can't exactly remember where you left off.

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How One App Forged A Generation Of Note Takers.

Aug 26, 2021

In June 2010 I signed up to a random elephant app that kicked off my love affair with note taking

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My Five All-Time Favourite Podcasts

Aug 25, 2021

I shared an essay a while back about my favourite female Aussie podcasts, today I wanted to share simply five of my all-time favourites.

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This ONE PAGE will instantly make you a more productive person

Aug 23, 2021

Every day we do things that we've done a hundred times before. We write emails, plan our weeks, write these essays, research, write newsletters. And most of the time we stare at a blank screen and start from scratch.