The Effective Minimalist

In this episode I take a step back and share some of the issues and questions that have come up as I've been reviewing the past few episodes. I talk about some course corrections that I need to make and why I do believe that what I'm trying to do can be called minimalism. I also start to unpack the topic of privilege as it relates to having the power or agency to be able to make decisions required by minimalism, specifically at work.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I talk about taking a minimalist approach to my commitments, to "declutter" the things I've currently committed to and to make sure that going forward I'm spending as much of my time as possible  making a real impact on the things that matter.

I also provide a short update on where I'm at in terms of improving my email and task management, and what my next major area for improvement is.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I talk about using minimalism to reduce the amount of time and energy I spend on so-called overhead activities at work, so that I can focus on the things that matter to me and to my organization.

I also provide a short update on my (lack of) progress in making improvements over the past week, and how I plan on addressing that.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I discuss how I’m applying the concepts and approaches of minimalism to improve my efficiency and effectiveness with the various applications that I use to carry out my work.

I also give an update on my efforts to improve my effectiveness, which in the past week has had me focusing on trying to fix performance issues with my laptop. Here again, I’m turning to minimalism to help guide my efforts, and the results so far have been positive.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I wrap up my overview of the tools I use at work and describe how I currently use Feedly (news reader), Instapaper (reading), and IFTTT (integration) to keep of track of news and developments in areas that are important to me.

The purpose of these overviews (see Episode 3 for a discussion how I manage email and tasks) was to describe how I handle some of the key areas to my work so that going forward you will have some context when I talk about how I need and am trying to become more effective in these areas.

What that done, I think we can expect the coming episodes to get back to talking about the practices of minimalism and how I am trying to use them to improve my life.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I give an overview of how I currently handle my email and keep track of all the things I need to do. I also talk about a few ideas that have come out of recent conversations about minimalist, as well as an update on some improvements I've made towards being more intentional and productive at work.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

In this episode I talk about the events and situations, both at home and at work, that led me to adopting a minimalist approach to life.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

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The Effective Minimalist isn't yet in iTunes or any of the podcast directories, so if you want to subscribe to it, you can right-click and copy URL for the show's RSS feed and paste it into the subscribe function of your favorite podcasting app.

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In this episode I introduce myself and more importantly the ideas that I have for the Effective Minimalist podcast.

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Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve.

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The Effective Minimalist isn't yet in iTunes or any of the podcast directories, so if you want to subscribe to it, you can right-click and copy URL for the show's RSS feed and paste it into the subscribe function of your favorite podcasting app.

If you have any feedback or questions, you can leave a comment under the show notes for this episode below or or send me an email at [email protected].