In this, our last episode, Rose and Scotty discuss finding stability in changed or uncertain times.

Thank you so much for your support and for listening. We sign off with gratitude and appreciation.

Some things we mention and love in this show:

Scotty's blog post about stopping podcasting

Nested Folders post announcing our finale

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Wikipedia)

Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy: the towel

Hemispheric Views podcast

Rose and Scotty discuss how they manage through periods where systems and practices aren’t working for them.

Some things we mention and love:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Wikipedia)

Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy: the towel

The pot roast story

How to Train Your Dragon (Wikipedia)

About the KonMari Method | The Official Website of Marie Kondo

Decluttering at the Speed of Life, by Dana K. White

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Rose and Scotty discuss how they approach productivity when environments, contexts, or other factors take them out of their norms.

Some things we mention and love:

Die Hard (many times)

Finding Nemo, just keep swimming

Month Python and the Holy Grail, counting to five for the holy hand grenade

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Rose and Scotty discuss how to productively persevere when prevailing circumstances might risk getting them down.

Some things we mention and love:

Rainy Days and Mondays, by the Carpenters (not Blondie, but we've fixed attribution here!)

Lose Yourself, by Eminem

Enemy, by Imagine Dragons x J.I.D

CTRL^^^, by MONOWHALES

Light boxes

Mark Twain on eating a live frog

Monty Python's Crunchy Frog

The Shining (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy)

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Rose and Scotty discuss how they both identify and balance the various parts of their lives.

In this episode, we mention and love Cal Newport's How to Become a Straight A Student.

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Rose and Scotty discuss habits, both good and bad, and identifying and caring for them.

Some things we mention and love:

The pot roast story

Getting Things Done - What is GTD?

Horizons of focus

Yes, there was an issue with Scotty's local audio for the first part, and so we had to sub in our backup audio for the first few segments. Sorry about that! Those whø were responsible have been sacked.

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Rose and Scotty discuss how they think about their strengths, consider what they mean, and how to best employ them.

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Rose and Scotty discuss goal setting practices, how they think about them, and how they conduct them.

Some things we mention and love:

12 Week Year

Nested Folders episode 3: Building Bookends

Mike Schmitz’s Personal Retreat

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Rose and Scotty discuss ways of demonstrating productivity in cases where one might not feel so productive.

Some past episodes that expand on ideas mentioned here:

Nested Folders Episode 83: High Flips, Competing Priorities, and Fast Switching: Snowball effect

Nested Folders Episode 2: No(n) Zero Day

Nested Folders Episode 66: Background Thinking

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Rose and Scotty discuss the state of flow, getting in to it, and keeping it sparked.

Some things we mention and love:

Rubber ducking

Pixar's Soul, the ocean

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