productivity Productivity Tips: Time Blocks As I've started my freelance machine learning consulting [https://rolisz.com/] business this year, I found I need better ways to organize my time. When I was employed as a software engineer, there was a task board I would choose what to work on. The tasks would be mostly decided
productivity Note taking with Obsidian After starting to use spaced repetition more actively [https://rolisz.ro/2019/12/30/cracking-the-human-memory/] and being more consistent with my journaling [https://rolisz.ro/2020/05/24/bullet-journaling/], now I've tackled improving my note taking skills. Over the last couple of months, I've read about various note-taking methods, different
tech Productivity Tips: Pomodoros I sometimes have periods when I find it very hard to concentrate. When I was working in an office, this was made worse if there were many conversations going on around me. With the popularity of open offices, even if two people are talking 20 meters away, you can still
personal Evaluating 2018 goals Another half a year has passed from my latest goals [https://rolisz.ro/2018/02/23/goals-for-2018/] and this is what seems like one of my worst performances so far. Turns out transitioning to a full time remote job is quite hard and time
personal Evaluating goals - 2017 edition Another half a year has passed, so it's time to review my goals from January [https://rolisz.ro/2017/01/07/new-year-old-goals/]. Around March something came up, so I dropped some goals or reduced their intensity. That something is called setting a wedding date for July [http://roda.rolisz.
personal New year, old goals My attempt a year ago to set public goals was quite successful. I achieved most of them and the average completion score was 0.7. I took a break in the second half of the year, but now I'm well rested and I want to start again. I learned some
goals Evaluating goals The first half of the year has passed, so it's time to see how I did on my goals that I had set out [https://rolisz.ro/2016/01/02/setting-goals/] for it. Sorry the post is late, I was travelling for the last two weeks. I described using
personal Setting goals While this may seem like a New Years Resolution kind of post, I assure you, it's just a coincidence. In December I read two books about productivity. The first one is by Tim Challies, a Christian pastor and very prolific blogger, Do More