3 Minutes Of Timecrafting With Mike Vardy

Rest comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes it's hidden in plain sight and other times it's hard to find anywhere.

"Take it slow and things will be just fine. You and I'll just use a little..." These lyrics came to mind this week as I prepared this episode of 3MoT.

"What should I put on my calendar and what should I put on my to do list?" This is a question I get asked a lot. So today I'm going to answer it.

I’m trying to make WAVES every single day. I’ve covered that a bit in my first IGTV video.

You can only have so much control of your time and surroundings. On some occasions you need to do something and the resources just aren't ideal.

There’s a difference between doing the bare minimum for the day and making sure that you’re doing the right things before the day comes to a close.

The title of this episode is a quote I throw around as often as possible. Why? It’s because many people consider frameworks to be a source of friction rather than freedom.

It's no secret that I've got plenty going on and I've dropped the ball on things from time to time because of that. That's why I have been asked one question more often than not about this new podcast: Why are you doing it?

Have you ever felt your week get away from you before it even really got started? You’re not the only one.

One of the questions I get asked a lot is how someone get started with Daily Theming. It’s not all that hard to do, but it does require commitment and an openness to a new way of thinking.

When I started to theme my days I didn’t realize the indirect ways it would help me in my life. For example, the notion that it would help in the realm of parenting.

You wouldn’t think that Friday would be a good day to get deep and focused work done. But I’ve managed to make that day work for me in that way.

As I begin recording these episodes on a new audio device, I had a thought: Do I even need to be doing this? Can't I just outsource the production? Why am I spending time discovering instead of simply delegating this kind of thing?

I looked out my window and it sent a single message to my mind. But that’s not how I left it.

There are only so many things you can control when you travel. Yet sometimes we fret over the things we have no control over and that affects how we deal with those things we can control.

Traveling can be stressful. (I’m actually penning this after one such travel experience.) But you can mitigate some of that stress if you’re willing.

The email app I used to use has risen from the grave. This doesn’t happen very often in the world of apps, so I wanted to draw attention to that.

If you’ve ever found yourself spending more time setting up than you’d like, so much so that you feel it’s taking up valuable executing time, then you should consider adopting the mindset used by many professional chefs.

No matter where you look, you'll find news. Some of it is imperative for you to know in order to make your way through the day while a portion of it actually keeps you from doing that altogether.

Boundaries are a critical component when you're trying to craft your time and shape your days. But not everyone knows how to create them in a way that works over the long haul.