Jonathan Stark

So I have a really novel way of managing my time or like being productive, which a student referred to as ruthless simplicity, which I liked. Pretty much every year, basically every year in January, I set a theme for the year. Like what is going to be my theme for this year? Because as a soloist, I can't do everything.

So I have a really novel way of managing my time or like being productive, which a student referred to as ruthless simplicity, which I liked. Pretty much every year, basically every year in January, I set a theme for the year. Like what is going to be my theme for this year? Because as a soloist, I can't do everything.

Since I'm a software developer, I can automate a lot of things, but that takes time, too. So at the beginning of the year, I think this sort of theme and then I rough out what some experiments might be to explore that territory and see if I can, with the ultimate goal being to spread the mission to more people. My ultimate goal is to spread the hourly billing as notes mission to more people.

Since I'm a software developer, I can automate a lot of things, but that takes time, too. So at the beginning of the year, I think this sort of theme and then I rough out what some experiments might be to explore that territory and see if I can, with the ultimate goal being to spread the mission to more people. My ultimate goal is to spread the hourly billing as notes mission to more people.

Since I'm a software developer, I can automate a lot of things, but that takes time, too. So at the beginning of the year, I think this sort of theme and then I rough out what some experiments might be to explore that territory and see if I can, with the ultimate goal being to spread the mission to more people. My ultimate goal is to spread the hourly billing as notes mission to more people.

What am I going to do in 2025 to make that a reality? And that'll be my focus for the year. And then I just keep it really simple. I have a to-do list with recurring to-dos on it and I put daily to-dos. So like every day, like 15 or 20 to-dos that come back every single day. Got to do all these things. And it's a mix of personal and business.

What am I going to do in 2025 to make that a reality? And that'll be my focus for the year. And then I just keep it really simple. I have a to-do list with recurring to-dos on it and I put daily to-dos. So like every day, like 15 or 20 to-dos that come back every single day. Got to do all these things. And it's a mix of personal and business.

What am I going to do in 2025 to make that a reality? And that'll be my focus for the year. And then I just keep it really simple. I have a to-do list with recurring to-dos on it and I put daily to-dos. So like every day, like 15 or 20 to-dos that come back every single day. Got to do all these things. And it's a mix of personal and business.

100 pushups, practice my forms, send my daily email, check the Teardowns channel in the community, stuff like that. These little tiny tasks, like very much atomic level tasks that I do every day and almost like a, it's like a gardening metaphor. Plant this garden and you just tend to it and produce it. After a while, it produces a whole bit more tomatoes than you can eat.

100 pushups, practice my forms, send my daily email, check the Teardowns channel in the community, stuff like that. These little tiny tasks, like very much atomic level tasks that I do every day and almost like a, it's like a gardening metaphor. Plant this garden and you just tend to it and produce it. After a while, it produces a whole bit more tomatoes than you can eat.

100 pushups, practice my forms, send my daily email, check the Teardowns channel in the community, stuff like that. These little tiny tasks, like very much atomic level tasks that I do every day and almost like a, it's like a gardening metaphor. Plant this garden and you just tend to it and produce it. After a while, it produces a whole bit more tomatoes than you can eat.

So that's my overall, I guess my overall philosophy is to have a gardening metaphor instead of a hunting metaphor where you go out in the morning with a spear and try and come back with a buffalo. So I keep the gardening model of marketing, sales, delivery.

So that's my overall, I guess my overall philosophy is to have a gardening metaphor instead of a hunting metaphor where you go out in the morning with a spear and try and come back with a buffalo. So I keep the gardening model of marketing, sales, delivery.

So that's my overall, I guess my overall philosophy is to have a gardening metaphor instead of a hunting metaphor where you go out in the morning with a spear and try and come back with a buffalo. So I keep the gardening model of marketing, sales, delivery.

It requires a lot of little touches every day or every weekday to keep the ball rolling, keep the momentum going, to keep that flywheel spinning and increasingly spin faster. I don't really do time blocking. If you looked at my calendar, you'd see I maybe have one or two appointments a week and the rest of it's just open time for me to do my to-dos. So that's pretty unusual.

It requires a lot of little touches every day or every weekday to keep the ball rolling, keep the momentum going, to keep that flywheel spinning and increasingly spin faster. I don't really do time blocking. If you looked at my calendar, you'd see I maybe have one or two appointments a week and the rest of it's just open time for me to do my to-dos. So that's pretty unusual.

It requires a lot of little touches every day or every weekday to keep the ball rolling, keep the momentum going, to keep that flywheel spinning and increasingly spin faster. I don't really do time blocking. If you looked at my calendar, you'd see I maybe have one or two appointments a week and the rest of it's just open time for me to do my to-dos. So that's pretty unusual.

The ruthless part, it's very simple. I keep it very simple. It's get off a phone call. Let's say I'm going to get off this phone call with you. I'm going to look at my phone and see if there are any emergencies with my kids or anything. There's not going to be. And then I'm going to go to my calendar. I'm going to say, do I have another appointment? The answer is no.

The ruthless part, it's very simple. I keep it very simple. It's get off a phone call. Let's say I'm going to get off this phone call with you. I'm going to look at my phone and see if there are any emergencies with my kids or anything. There's not going to be. And then I'm going to go to my calendar. I'm going to say, do I have another appointment? The answer is no.

The ruthless part, it's very simple. I keep it very simple. It's get off a phone call. Let's say I'm going to get off this phone call with you. I'm going to look at my phone and see if there are any emergencies with my kids or anything. There's not going to be. And then I'm going to go to my calendar. I'm going to say, do I have another appointment? The answer is no.