Articles tagged "Personal productivity"

How to Use Pocket

The web is full of fascinating things, most of which you really shouldn't be looking at during your workday. You could email them to yourself, keep way too many tabs open, or you could just use Pocket.

How to Organize Your Articles in Pocket

Pocket is a great app for saving articles you want to read eventually, but those articles can add up quickly. Here are a few tips for how to organize your Pocket app.

What Is Your Time Really Worth?

It's rare for companies to pay freelance writers by the hour; instead, you're typically paid a per-piece or per-word rate. If you estimate poorly, you can end up earning a much lower hourly rate than you anticipated.

Productive Procrastination: How to Get Things Done by Putting Off Other Things

Not to brag, but I'm pretty good at procrastination.

The Guilt-Free Way to Take Time Off from Work

The benefits of paid leave—for employers and employees alike—are well-documented, but even if your employer has a generous leave policy, it's not always easy to take advantage of it.

When Perfect Is (and Isn't) the Enemy of Good

Perfect is the enemy of good. Done is better than perfect. The best is the enemy of the good. You've heard some version of this, whether it was in your college philosophy class or, more likely, from your Silicon Valley boss.

Self Care 101: Reward Yourself with Negative Reinforcement

TL;DR: It’s important to reward yourself by getting bad things out of your life. Doing that is just as valid as bringing good things into your life.

Your Commute Is Bad for You, Here's How to Make It Better

We've all been there: You tell people your commute is 45 minutes each way, but every day, there's a delay. An accident. A broken down train. Inclement weather.

What Preschoolers Can Teach Us About Productivity

Play is famously known as "a child's work." Play is the best tool children have to learn about the world and connect with the people around them—it's the most productive way they can spend their time.

How to Push to GitLab

To get started with GitLab, you'll need to create a repository and push code to it. Here's how to push to GitLab. How to Create a Project (Repository) in GitLab Because of their larger potential in GitLab, repositories are called projects.