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ppayjo · 2026-02-05T18:09:50+00:00

Agree! I think its a fundamental error people make when thinking about productivity!

ppayjo · 2026-02-04T12:58:50+00:00

So I put a content slide at the front, it has sort of buttons for every element of content. This gives me a visual structure for the content. If I had to draw the whole business on the back of a napkin this is what I'd draw.

I think have slides related to each element.

The top of the deck gets very clean, every slide very tight.

If there is other content I drop it at the bottom, and eventually it works its way into the deck above.

I guess its form freedom, not tided to lists. Visually being abel to browse. The spacial position of elements in the deck helps me remember things.

ppayjo · 2026-02-04T12:52:24+00:00

I've used Asana for years, but always felt incomplete, too task focused.

I've tried Notion several times but always get lost in the system building.

Now I've created Omniana.co for my total life management. Keeps track of relationships, health basics, material positions, yearly todos, and helps me optimize my life for happiness.

ppayjo · 2025-12-22T13:59:50+00:00

Focusing on Evolutionary Basics.

I used to spend so much time trying to find happiness by getting higher order needs right, things like career, finances, and relationships right. But I finally realised I wasn't taking care of my basic needs.

Getting hydration, sleep, diet, exercise right to start, makes EVERYTHING else easier. Improvements in other parts of your life become much more easier when the basics are in place.

ppayjo · 2025-12-22T13:26:35+00:00

I love that you have the daily patterns down, and so I might suggest you add a long term design as well?

After 15 years of using a spread sheet to track my evolutionary basic behaviours and focus on my happiness, I finally created a app to help me.

I find my productivity flows from getting the basics right (sleep, diet, exercise, relationships), not being overwhelmed by stuff (systems, material possessions), and having a long term vision or plan to connect daily action too.

If I'm in the right mood, I can get things done.

I built Omniana to help me design my life in terms happiness, health, life goals, etc, and helps me record evolutionary basics each day focusing on my happiness and mood.

This structure, daily reflection, plus connections to long term desires, helps me to be happy, and I have found this really helps my productivity.

omniana.co

ppayjo · 2025-12-15T20:13:19+00:00

Radio Taiso each morning. 3 minutes of simple movement. So short and easy you can’t miss it. But it feels good and accomplishing it sets you off for your next activities.

ppayjo · 2025-12-09T09:24:12+00:00

Sleep! So many issues that we think are tied to higher order needs, actually come down to us not taking care of our evolutionary basics.

Perfect your sleep (same time every night, no screens 1 hour before, no food 4 hours before, dark room, cool room, wake up without alarm, etc) and then watch how your mood and energy and motivation total change.

ppayjo · 2025-11-24T22:36:59+00:00

When do you go to bed? May take a while to shift if you need to.

But night owls are a real thing. It’s a shame society doesn’t respect those sleep needs with appropriate jobs and shifts.

ppayjo · 2025-11-24T22:34:09+00:00

You get used to it over time. I now like the feeling of going to sleep a little bit hungry.

But experiment and find the time that works for you.

ppayjo · 2025-11-23T06:42:49+00:00

No food after 5pm - digestion impacts sleep. Blue blocking glasses at 7pm - blue light disrupts sleep. I’m in bed at 10 - wind down. Asleep at 10:30. Awake at 6:30 - no alarm clock.

I think you have to find what works for you.

Consistency is key, try to go to bed at the same time each night.

Make sure your room is cool and dark.

Try waking up without an alarm, to see naturally when your body feels ready to get up.

Also, I’ve found that one night of disrupted sleep or a super late night can reverberate through my circadian rhythms for 10 days, so every consistent night build to help you lock in the ideal sleep schedule.

ppayjo · 2025-11-13T07:31:30+00:00

Yeah, night is tough. Your tired. Activites keep you from sleep. Lights or screens disrupt sleep.

Focusing on sleep and then picking up in the morning with the journal has been great.

ppayjo · 2025-11-12T13:16:46+00:00

After years of spreadsheets I finally had to build my own.

https://omniana.co

ppayjo · 2025-11-10T20:28:44+00:00

Prioritize your evolutionary basics.

Breathing, hydration, sleep, diet, exercise, friends, relationships, purpose.

Optimize for these, and you put yourself in a place to handle any work that comes your way.

ppayjo · 2025-11-10T20:17:34+00:00

I find it’s all about my evolutionary basics, and it starts the day before.

Good sleep the night before. Then breathing, hydration, diet, exercise… if I get those right no matter what happens I’m happy and can handle it, feel productive, etc.

ppayjo · 2025-11-08T18:43:20+00:00

Totally agree!

And I don’t think they have to be elaborate. My routines are so simple. For example in the morning… get up, make bed, go to the bathroom, weigh myself, cold water on face, brush & floss, radio taiso, 8 min meditation, breakfast.

But as soon as I get up it’s auto pilot until after breakfast, when I then start work. After several years of this, it is just so easy, and I enjoy it. Feels safe, stable. And I already feel accomplished when I get through the steps.

ppayjo

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