Time management
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From Overwhelmed to Organized: Designing a Freelance Routine that Actually Works
The dream of the gig economy is beautifully simple: work in your pajamas, set your own hours, and be your own boss. But if you have actually taken the plunge into freelancing on platforms like Fiverr, you already know the… Continue reading
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Stop the Guilt: Finding Accountability for ADHD Success
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me to “just try harder,” I could probably fund my own neuroscience lab (or my in vitro plants lab). Traditional productivity advice often fails people with ADHD because it is… Continue reading
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The Science of Paying Attention: Why I Stopped Scribbling and Started Using Fathom AI
I remember sitting in a meeting with my thesis supervisor while we were planning our next steps. As she spoke, I lowered my head to scramble some annotations in my notebook. Suddenly, she stopped and said: “Pay attention! Don’t write.… Continue reading
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Bloganuary 2026. Jan 7. I should sleep more in 2026, and so should you.
I write this with a total of beautiful 8.7 hours of sleep. Yesterday I was extremely tired, and I had to use all of my willpower not to take a nap in the afternoon. I went to bed at 10… Continue reading
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I use these tools every day to increase my productivity :)
Here I share productivity tools that enhance time management, including Fathom for AI note-taking, Grammarly Premium for grammar and tone-checking, Gemini for expense tracking and script creation, and Stayfree for app usage management. These recommendations are personally tested by me,… Continue reading
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Why I Stopped Multitasking and What Happened Next: A personal reflection on a productivity experiment
As a biology student, juggling multiple tasks led to exhaustion and poor work quality. This changed with The Fabulous app, which introduced focus blocks and deep work concepts. The realization that multitasking is a myth helped reduce cognitive costs and… Continue reading
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I would love if my little blog helped someone.
I started blogging in 2023, and my goal was to use this blog as a lead magnet. That failed miserably, but I was lucky to find a community where one can share their thoughts. Now I just hope that my… Continue reading
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