In this episode I clarify a point I raised last episode about reducing the scope of my work, and mostly talk about news and some of the reflections and adjustments I've been making to how I seek out, process, and act on news.

In this episode I share some of the challenges I've been having with minimalism and how I've been feeling that my efforts at both minimalism and productivity have plateaued.

An update on what I've been up to, and why it has been so long since I put out an episode.

In this episode I share my ideas about how I plan on organizing my work so that I can stay focused on my priorities and ensure that I have enough space and time to do good work.

After roughly a month hiatus, I decided it was time to put out a new if short episode to give an update on the reason for my absence and to renew my commitment to putting out this podcast on a regular basis.

The title of this episode refers to the fact that after a month or two of being in crunch mode to get a major project out the door, I’m finding myself having to rework and rebuild the habits I had been working on to minimize the clutter in my life so that I focus on what matters. I’ve decided to see the last two months not as a failure or as a set back but rather as a learning opportunity, one that has helped me to identify the shortcomings in my systems. Over the coming weeks I’ll be putting things back in place and sharing my experiences in future episodes.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I share a few updates about work, explain why there was no episode last week, and explore some of the insights I've had about how minimalism can be applied to my work.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I talk about some of the challenges I’ve been facing at work that have left me feeling overwhelmed much of the time. I’ve also been thinking what I said about purpose in the last episode, and share some of the doubts I’ve been having as a result.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I talk about purpose, about how having a sense of purpose relates to minimalism. I share some of what I've been going through as I struggle with finding my own sense of purpose at work. I explore the role of purpose in helping me to work towards tenure, my use of minimalism to try to get things back on track, and the role that I feel purpose and minimalism will play in helping me to move forward with my work from here.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I talk about how although we likely see each ourselves as part of the solution, each one of us might in fact be part of the problem. I think this is a topic that I'll be coming back to every once in a while, because while self-improvement is a laudable goal, it shouldn't come at the expense of the people around us. More importantly, the best way to bring about lasting change is to change not only ourselves but the culture of the our workplaces and communities in which we live.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I continue the discussion on minimalism at work, focusing on the pushback that you are likely to get when you try to adopt a minimalist approach. I want to share some of the questions and ideas that I've be thinking about as I try to understand where this pushback is coming from and what I can do to deal with it.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.