On focus, decisions, and doing the next thing.
Essays on the craft of choosing what to do next. Finds worth your attention. No schedule, no noise.
Why the list is the problem, not the answer
Every todo app optimizes capture. None optimize the decision. The list grows faster than you can work it, and the app that promised to help becomes the thing you avoid.
Read →How Tiimo handles single-task focus
Tiimo is built around one-thing-at-a-time scheduling. Worth studying for the commitment it makes — and where it diverges from the GTD instinct of keeping options open.
Andy Matuschak's notes are a living system
Andy Matuschak's notes are a living system — emergent structure over folders. The case for notes that reorganize themselves around what you actually use.
A calm GTD setup in 15 minutes
Inbox, triage, one goal, one project, one task. The minimum viable system, and why it's enough to start. No five-step seminar required.
Founding 100 — lifetime Pro, for the first hundred
A one-time tier for the people who show up early. Lifetime Pro, capped at 100 spots, retires for good when they're gone.
The capture trap
Writing things down feels like progress. It isn't. Capture is free; the decision is what costs. A working triage practice, and why most people skip it.
Working memory is the real bottleneck
You don't have 97 problems. You have four slots, and 93 things competing for them. What executive-function research says about prioritization — and why a single-task surface is an accessibility feature, not a preference.