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Where’s Your Solitude?
This past weekend, I moved into my new fancy-shmancy apartment. Aside from finally moving out of my mom’s house, the biggest perk has...

Dillan Taylor
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Social Media Pro
This morning, in a “Practices/Advice” chapter of Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism, I read a tip which I absolutely loved: Use social...

Dillan Taylor
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Should I Be Using This?
After several years of suggestion, I finally started reading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. In the opening chapter, he addresses...

Dillan Taylor
Oct 23, 20203 min read
Optimal Dosage
The concept of optimal dosage can be applied to almost anything. You need enough food to ensure you are nourished and satiated, but not...

Dillan Taylor
Oct 14, 20201 min read
My Social Dilemma
In the past 10 days, since watching The Social Dilemma, I have limited myself to only checking social media in the morning–right after...

Dillan Taylor
Oct 13, 20202 min read
Tricks
To live a healthy, creative, and productive life, you don’t need talent or skill. Those may be helpful, but all you really need is the...

Dillan Taylor
Oct 12, 20201 min read
The Bible of Productivity
You know those books you seem to pick up at the absolute perfect time in your life? That’s how I feel currently about Getting Things Done...

Dillan Taylor
Oct 9, 20201 min read
Back to Work
I got back home from Arizona last night. Jesus Christ…I’ve never been so happy to be back in my own bed. The jet-lag has done a number on...

Dillan Taylor
Oct 6, 20201 min read
What is Personal Development?
In the past 3 years, I’ve read numerous books, listened to endless podcasts and audiobooks, and had countless conversations on the...

Dillan Taylor
Oct 3, 20201 min read
Day 8: Working Backwards
8/30 – Work backwards from your someday goal to what you can do today: Someday: Support myself with my content. 3 years: Cultivate an...

Dillan Taylor
Sep 2, 20201 min read
Willpower is B.S.
Exercise willpower…Be disciplined… These statements are often misunderstood. A few months ago, I began giving life coaching sessions. One...

Dillan Taylor
Aug 14, 20202 min read
Talking is Fun
Talking is fun. It’s easy. What you would do. What you’ve been thinking about doing. What you should do. That would be awesome. In the...

Dillan Taylor
Aug 11, 20201 min read
I’m Stupid and Lazy
There’s a misconception about disciplined and driven individuals. While I’ve worked hard to create strong systems and habits in my...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Bag of Resistance Bands
One of the most difficult things about traveling–or even waking up in a bed other than your own–is the disruption of your routine. Here...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 4, 20201 min read
Process > Events
“Process makes millionaires, and the events you see and hear are the results of that process.” MJ DeMarco It took me years to step out of...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Willpower is finite
In the past few weeks, I have been doing client work and web design in the first half of the day, then podcast and video editing in the...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 12, 20202 min read
50% Rule
Human beings are reliably awful at predicting how much time something will take. “We all know that person who thinks it takes 5 minutes...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Multitasking
…is the bane of getting shit done. Our brains are not designed to focus on more than one task at a time. Even people who claim to be...

Dillan Taylor
May 25, 20201 min read
3 Questions
These are questions I ask myself and write down at least once a month: • What are the most important things in my life right now? • What...

Dillan Taylor
May 23, 20201 min read
No Hurry, No Pause
I started writing this at the top of pages of my notebook. It’s a beautiful reminder… “No hurry; no pause.” Creating a better life for...

Dillan Taylor
May 19, 20201 min read
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