How to make more time for what’s really meaningful.
If you’ve tried as many time management techniques as I have, you’ll know that, sometimes, the Pomodoro Technique is just what you need. Sometimes, you need to switch it up. The latest craze is the 75/33 Rule, and it’s taken the world by storm.
Here’s how it’s saved my Sunday planning as a teacher. … More How ditching the Pomodoro Method saved my Sunday Planning as a Teacher
By understanding brain chemistry, we can resist short-term pleasures and enhance our well-being sustainably, optimising for high-serotonin routines which go against these new dopamine detox trends. Here’s how. … More How to build a high-serotonin routine in a distracted world
Sometimes, all we need is a little Digital Sabbatical. 90 days of R&R, away from a digital sphere of influence, to see how your brain and body responds.
Here’s how a 90-day reset helped me to become more creative than ever. … More The 90-Day Reset: How 3 Months Offline Reinvigorated My Creativity
Preparing healthy, hearty meals is hard work. Doing that as a teacher is even harder, and it’s so easy to devolve into junk food. What if there was another way? What if you could get everything done during the day and still have time to kill it in the kitchen? … More Reclaim your evenings: A Busy Teacher’s Guide to Healthy Meal prep
I want 2025 to be the best year of my life, and I’m sure that you want the same for yourself, too. There are three actionable steps that I’m taking to ensure that 2025 is the best year of my life: reflection, goal setting, and consistent action. … More How to Make 2025 the Best Year of Your Life: 3 Steps to Transform Your Year
I’ve tried my hand with ChatGPT to write blog posts, but it just doesn’t work that well. How does Ali Abdaal’s VoicePal work with your voice to help produce a pretty good first draft? … More VoicePal review: Does Ali Abdaal’s AI app work for blogging?
With the right strategies, you can create a balance that’ll help you to excel in your career while also doing the things that you love. Here are five that you can start using right now. … More Strategies for Balancing Work and Life
In the five years that I’ve been teaching, I’ve noticed a massive rise in the term ‘toxic productivity’. It’s emerged as a significant challenge, regardless of your job, where the relentless pursuit of productivity can actually hinder wellbeing. Here are some strategies about embracing positive downtime instead. … More Are you suffering from Toxic Productivity or Embracing Positive Downtime?
I’ve put together three simple strategies to ensure you can get the most out of your evenings – and to make sure that your time is finally yours. … More How to take back your evenings
Here are the most productive things that you can spend your summer doing as a teacher. I’ve broken this into two halves, with some actionable steps in the second half of the article. … More How to spend your summer as a teacher
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