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On Breaking the Twitch
Greater awareness of the Twitch — an impulsive, unproductive, repeated response to a feeling of discomfort — and the ways it shows up in our lives can help us better love our attention.
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The Pomodoro Technique: A Deeper Look At The Simple Productivity System
There is more to that little plastic-tomato timer than meets the eye. A deeper look at why the Pomodoro Technique really works, and the one mistake that quietly undermines it.
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Things That Matter with Joshua Becker
Joshua Becker joins me to talk through the ideas behind his book Things That Matter, and to catch up after a two-year podcast hiatus.
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What Your Emotions Are Asking For (And How To Answer The Call)
Most of us were never taught how to work with our emotions, yet they shape everything. A look at what those feelings are really asking for, and how to answer the call.
Read article →My Thoughts on Superhuman — A Super Fast, Premium Email Client
I used to love email. Here are my honest thoughts on Superhuman, the fast and premium email app, and whether it is actually worth the hype (and the price).
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15 Ways A Minimalist Lifestyle Makes Your Life Better
Curious on how minimalism can change your life? Here are 15 ways how living a minimalist lifestyle makes life better!
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5 Reasons To Embrace Slow Living & Stillness In Your Life
Slow living is not about doing everything at a crawl. Five reasons to make space for stillness, and why it matters more than ever.
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2022 (2)
2021 (19)
- What Your Emotions Are Asking For (And How To Answer The Call)
- My Thoughts on Superhuman — A Super Fast, Premium Email Client
- 15 Ways A Minimalist Lifestyle Makes Your Life Better
- 5 Reasons To Embrace Slow Living & Stillness In Your Life
- Break the Twitch Building Blocks of Self-Compassion
- Seeing The Problem Beneath The Problems
- Creating A Compassionate Personal Productivity Plan
- Keep Good Habits Going With Intentional Readiness
- Overcoming Procrastination With The Habit Rule Of Half
- Helpful Tools For A Focused Workspace
- How Aspirational Clutter Holds You Back
- How To Identify and Deal With Aspirational Clutter
- Working At Home With Your Partner
- Minimally Viable Action: How To Build Habits By Thinking Like An Entrepreneur
- Embrace Minimalism and Get Your Mojo Back
- Having Trouble Focusing? How Emotions Can Impact Our Attention
- Thinking of Quitting Social Media? 4 Things To Consider First
- Facing My Discomfort & 3 Mindset Goals for the New Year
- It's Okay To Turn It Off
2020 (34)
- Choose One Of These Two Ways To Change
- How I Drink More Water: DIY Water Carbonation System
- 5 Effective Ways to Add More Movement to Your Day
- How Minimalism Builds Consistency for Personal Growth
- Break the Twitch Day on Nov 14th, Origin Story
- A Minimalist Productivity System For Improving Your Attention Span
- How To Know If Meditation Is Working
- Minimalism Is Not The Answer
- The Focus Launch List
- The Only Two Ways To Change
- 7 Ways to Use Focus Group Sessions to Increase Productivity
- Thoughts on Attention, Dialogue, and Taking Action In Anti-Racism
- How Group Focus Sessions Improved My Focus (Even When I'm Not In Them)
- This Can Help - Simple Way to Eat Better
- This Can Help - Low Information Diet
- This Can Help - Benefits of Music
- This Can Help - Daily Declutter
- This Can Help - Move More
- This Can Help - Doing Things For No Purpose
- This Can Help - 10 Second Easy Mindfulness Exercise
- This Can Help - A Short Habit Series
- Simple and Helpful Strategies for Working From Home
- Owning Our Attention During Uncertainty
- Bullet Journaling Basics: Should You Try It?
- 6 Steps To A Focused Morning Routine For Night Owls (Who Work From Home)
- 4 Common Twitches That Steal (And Profit From) Your Attention
- Strategies to Manage the 4 Most Common Twitches
- A Quirky Mindfulness Practice Inspired By Japanese Train Conductors
- So... You Wanna Get That?
- Why Intentional Friction Is A Game-Changer
- Updates To My Workout Habits Video From One Year Ago
- Am I A Minimalist Yet?
- The 70-30 Principle: How Minimalism Actually Improves Your Life
- Why We Should All Live The Portfolio Life
2019 (35)
- Learning To Play Like Yourself In 2020
- Why We Do Things with Kristin Wong
- Own Your Clarity with John Poelstra
- She is the Universe with Laura Peña
- Powerful Storytelling with Mike Pacchione
- Why Things Don't Get Finished and How To Start Finishing
- Intentionally Connecting with Pamela Slim
- The Business of Art with Cory Huff
- Epic Experiences with Marli Williams
- Three Important Reasons To Slow Down (Even If You're Overloaded)
- Start Finishing with Charlie Gilkey
- Simple Self Care with Randi Kay
- What We Really Miss About The Things We Let Go
- Create Mindful Moments In The World With A CeMental Break
- What Is Minimalism? A Practical Guide to a Minimalist Lifestyle
- What Is Minimalism? A Practical Guide to a Minimalist Lifestyle
- Designing Your Life Based On Intentional Living Values
- An Intentional Decluttering Guide
- Why You Should Stop Donating Your Stuff (and Do This First)
- Lessons Learned From Moving Across the Country
- Choose Your Story with Stephanie Domrose
- No Happy Endings with Nora McInerny
- Conscious Consumption with Julie Kearns
- Fueling Creativity with Don Ball
- Why You Shouldn't Start A Business
- How to Make Everything with Andy George
- Bring Gratitude - A 30 Day Challenge
- Becoming Minimalist with Joshua Becker
- From Passion to Business with Gigi Berry
- 30 Days of Biking with Patrick Stephenson
- Solving Problems with Alex Pagliere
- How To Start and Keep Healthy Habits
- Building Community with Joel Zaslofsky
- The Greater Good with Thompson Aderinkomi
- One Life with Matt Bray of Project One Life
2018 (43)
- Advice For 2019 Goal Planning (and how to avoid my own mistakes)
- Intentional Holidays with Amy & Anthony Ongaro
- 5 Quick Ways To Start Decluttering Today
- Demystifying Creativity with Amy and Anthony Ongaro
- Slow Your Life with Brooke McAlary
- 10 Helpful Habit Guidelines
- Courage Through Action with Nick Knutzen
- Simplifying Habits with Amy & Anthony Ongaro
- 10 Simple Minimalism Guidelines
- Letting Go Intentionally with Cait Flanders
- Embracing the Present Moment
- Planning For Flexibility with Jessica Chung
- Awareness and Vulnerability with Aneela Kumar
- Let's Talk About Minimalism
- Aligning Money and Happy with Sarah Von Bargen
- This Could Help with Patrick Rhone
- On Doing Stuff with Jamey Erickson
- One Bite At A Time With Lucia Hawley
- What We Used To Launch A Podcast
- Things To Consider When Starting A Podcast
- The BTT Origin Story
- A Minimalist Perspective, Pros And Cons Of Getting A Dog
- Start Creating And Share The Dang Thing
- Visualize Your Personal Values With A Board of Directors
- Practical Minimalism Tips For Beginners
- Why We Designed A Creative Space
- New Office Tour & Upcoming New Project
- Practical Minimalist House Tour
- Some Very Uncomfortable Things You Need to Start Doing for Yourself
- 5 Habits That Changed My Life
- Minimize The Pressure of Consumer Culture
- How To Build Habits Like An Entrepreneur
- Why Minimalism Is Essential To Doing More Of What Matters
- The Tiny House Sauna That Started A Movement
- Behind The Scenes, April 2018
- Does Anyone Actually Want This In Their Daily Routine?
- This Matters More Than Good Habits
- A Helpful Guide To Lifestyle Experiments
- Book Recommendations On Minimalism, Habits, and Creativity
- How Minimalism Helps You Create A Personal Dashboard
- How To Start A Blog In 2021 (And Why You Should)
- The 2017 Annual Review
- A Morning Routine Can Change Your Day (or your whole life)
2017 (17)
- Slow Down and Keep Going
- Break The Twitch Book: Introduction
- How to Transform Your Life Without A Fairy Godmother
- Alarming Statistics That Show How Addicted We Are To Mobile Devices
- Why You Should Write Daily (Even If You're Not A Writer)
- A Simple Guide To Reducing Inbox Overwhelm
- What I Learned While Writing My First Book
- How to Be Focused and Productive Amidst All The Noise and Distractions
- Refusing A Gift From Your Past Self
- Different ≠ Broken
- Decluttering Inspiration: Ideas to Keep You Going
- Why We Should Bring Back Boredom
- These Are The Moments We're Missing
- Minimalism Just Looks Like This
- Morning Routine Essentials That Pass The 80/20 Rule
- How To Use Newton's Third Law To Make Habits Last Longer
- How We're Using Social Media Wrong
2016 (35)
- The Best of Break the Twitch, 2016 Edition
- Ideas For A More Intentional Holiday Season
- How To Get Habits Back On Track After Time Off
- What It Means To Be A Minimalist
- 25 Simple Habits You Can Build From Scratch
- If Life Isn't A Sprint, It's Definitely Not A Marathon
- Are You Taking The False First Step?
- Identifying the Twitch That's Keeping Us Distracted and Stagnant in Life
- 6 Popular Minimalist Decluttering Methods
- What I Learned from Making a Daily Video for 30 Days
- 9 Ways to Overcome Facebook Addiction
- 7 Strategies for Effective Daily Habits
- The Exponential Benefits of Minimalism
- Pokemon Go Is Ground-Breaking, But Not Why You Might Expect
- How Trying To Be A Good Writer Made It Difficult To Write Well
- How Buying One Thing Can Ruin Your Life
- Weekend Reads & Resources, May 2016
- Minimalist Couple: Meet My Wife, Amy!
- Thoughts on The More of Less, by Joshua Becker
- Creating Checks Points for Living Well
- An Adventure Below The Surface
- How to Meditate and Why You Should Try It
- Five Things I Learned from Sourdough Bread
- The Four Types of Personal Growth: Which One Do You Need Right Now?
- How An Early Failure Jumpstarted My Intentional Living Journey
- Make One Small Change to Create Massive Results
- A New Chapter Begins
- Why I Became A Minimalist
- Allow Space to Screw It Up
- The 2 Types Of Daily Action and Why They Matter
- Benefits of Doing The Same Things Every Day
- 9 Steps To Help Visualize Your Ideal Day
- How I Created Daily Action Steps to Achieve My 2016 Vision (And You Can Too)
- How Minimalism Lights The Path To Vision
- Happy New Year, Let's Talk About Vision
2015 (63)
- Three Places To Put Away The Smartphone
- Observations from Tracking Smartphone Use
- A Simple Approach To Long-Term Goals
- The Black Friday Experience
- Minimalism Tips + The Power of Community (Week 2)
- What Is Intentional Living?
- It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better (Week 1)
- Intentional Weekend Inspiration Vol. 5
- Five Reasons We Kicked TV To The Curb
- Three Benefits of Decluttering
- Intentional Weekend Inspiration Vol. 4
- The Best Way To Start Minimizing
- SimpleREV, Minimalism & The Quickest Way To Happiness (With Special Guest)
- Intentional Weekend Inspiration Vol. 3
- How We Spend Our Days
- How I Pack For a Three Day Business Trip
- Intentional Weekend Inspiration Vol. 2
- TEDxCapeTown Follow-up with Angela Gaye Horn
- Why Minimalism Shouldn't Intimidate You
- Intentional Weekend Inspiration
- Sixty Minutes In A Sensory Deprivation Tank
- Our Intentional Saturday Morning
- Exercise 1: Intentional Observation
- 5 Simple Ways To Make Life Less Convenient
- Musings On The Real Currency
- Entering a Creative Flow State Using Minimalism
- Get to Know Anthony: Part 1
- Supporting The Hope Effect for My 30th Birthday
- 10 Minimalism Tips To Kickstart Your Decluttering
- The New York City Hustle
- 20 Questions To Start Living More Intentionally
- Preserving Our Memories in Things
- Mowing the Lawn & The Art of Mental Reframing
- On Running Away
- A Social Experiment
- 10 Free Chrome Extensions That Reduce Distractions
- How Constant Distractions Create Big Stress
- Intentional Living Space Decisions
- Calming The Desire For More
- Stepping Away: 60 Days Without Social Media
- 6 Things Real Minimalists Always Do
- Consumerism: What Is Lost When We Buy?
- Why Minsgame Works
- Minimalism is a Journey, Not a Destination
- SimpleREV: The Event That Changed Everything
- The Digital / Screen-Free Sabbatical
- Without Failure, There Is No Success
- I Deactivated My Facebook Account, For Now
- Get Rid of These 5 Things To Reduce Household Clutter
- Amazon Dash: The Button We Don't Need
- 7 Proven Strategies to Reduce Distractions and Get Things Done
- The Intersection of Minimalism and Luxury: When Does Spending Make Sense?
- Why Just Getting Rid of Stuff Misses The Point
- How I Learned To Enjoy Doing (Minimalist) Laundry
- The First Hour: A Meaningful Morning Routine
- Three Inspirational TED Talks On Minimalism
- It's Hard To Get Rid Of Stuff
- Build The Right Choice Into Your Environment
- Moleskine Ramblings #1
- The Weekend Trip: Living More By Packing Less
- The Minimalism Effect: Three Benefits to Getting Rid of Stuff
- Book Review: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
- Playing the Minsgame