Habit Apps and 11 Reasons Why We’re Not Like Other Productivity People

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💭 ONE THING WE’RE THINKING ABOUT

When we started evaluating the standard productivity advice, we found a lot of it unhelpful, unrealistic, and not necessarily applicable for creative, anxious, distracted people like ourselves.

So we wrote our own Productivity Manifesto 😌

In case you missed it the first time around, we’re throwing it back to the 11 reasons why we’re not like those other 🔥💪 Productivity People 📈💯

🧪 ONE THING WE’RE TESTING

James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) came out with a habits app!!! It’s called Atoms — has anyone tried it yet? Let us know if you have!

Thoughts from MJ:

I downloaded the app, set up one habit, and was impressed by the beautiful interface. But have I touched the app since? No. Has a habits app ever helped me develop long-lasting behavior change? No.

BUT I will say that the principles behind Atoms are very Spacetime-coded as it really encourages you to lower the bar and take it slow, so I’m going to give it an honest try over the next few weeks and report back 🫡

Wanna try it with me?

🎧 ONE THING WE’RE LISTENING TO

Somehow we ended up on the Australian podcasting side of the internet and there must be something in the water down under, because these Aussie girls are podcasting legends 🙌

One of our all time favorite “Professional Opinion Havers” is out with a new podcast, and we think you’ll love her as much as we do:

🤔 ONE QUESTION FOR YOU

⭐️ ONE LAST THING

This feels like a personal attack but okay????

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