Daily Musings with Allysia

As a creative person who does her best work with large blocks of uninterrupted time, email has been a challenge for me for years, especially as my business has grown. I share my frustrations here, and some solutions I've tried in order to make email fit into my life.

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"If you're not paying for the product, you are the product." Social media and internet usage fragments focus, which I'm passionate about defending. The ability to focus for long periods is crucial for any creative person, which is basically every person.

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I took a week off from my digital life to re-connect with real life. In this episode, I share what the experience of completely disconnecting from the internet was like.

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Focus is one of the best skills any creative person can develop or hone, especially as it becomes increasingly rare in our modern world. These are some tips for sharpening the saw.

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For at least the last six years, I've read an average of 52 books per year. Reading a book each week is one of the best habits I've ever adopted, and has improved my life in almost every conceivable way. Here are some of my top tips on reading more!

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If habits become your life, then setting yourself up with good habits is one of the most important and foundational things you can do.

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One of my weaknesses is consistency. I tend to live in bursts, with a flurry of energy on whatever project it is I'm embarking on, followed by more passive periods. In this episode, I explore the habit of consistency.

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I'm not always great at managing my priorities, especially when I'm making quick decisions on the fly. So I decided to create my own priorities chart, ranking life categories in order of importance.

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