In which I celebrate the chances I’ll have to be together with people, even if I’m too shy to really be there.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I explore the idea of gifts — and give examples of the worst and best gifts I’ve given.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which, I consider what I’m missing, and what might cause it to come back.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I regret only that I cannot hold a key in a bucket. If you want your very own copy of the lyrics to A Very Scary Solstice, visit the HP Lovecraft Historical Society and pick up their very professionally done CD as well. (reposted because it seemed to be missing from the mondo feed; sorry about the duplicate for everyone else..)…

In which I regret only that I cannot hold a key in a bucket. If you want your very own copy of the lyrics to A Very Scary Solstice, visit the HP Lovecraft Historical Society and pick up their very professionally done CD as well.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I muddle through a description of why I think everything is made of story.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I celebrate the unexpected twist of positive delight.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I consider the habit of repetition…By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I remember the one tree that we really owned for year after year…By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I explore the dark feelings which point me to wanting lighter feelings with more meaning.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I consider all the ways I appreciate the battle between shadow and brilliance…By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I celebrate a new source of learning and exploration for my hobby of making edible things for others…By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I say nice things about the season.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I tell you about the plans I think I have for the upcoming Dog Days of Advent.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Just a quick note to say: the holiday season has begun!By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which I sail adrift on the strong gusts following a decent theatre experience.By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Intention, Filtering Input Data, Hygiene for Information/Removing Stale Data, Data Hoarding, Finding Information, Gamify/Gamification, Pens & Pencils, Folders, KPIs, Owning The Inputs, Verstehen (German: to understand)... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

For the month of August, I'm participating in the Dog Days of Podcasting, a challenge to podcast every day. There are many participants; this one is mine. I call it "An A-Z of My (Dis)Organized Journey". Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Zen, Zeroing In, Zones, Zigzagging, Zeitgeist, Zero Waste, Zooming Out, Zest, Zoning Out, Zipping Through, Zzzs (get some sleep), Zero expectations, Zero Inbox, Zettelkasten method (and Zettels)... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Yearly Planning, Yielding, Yes or No, Yardsticks, Yin and Yang, You-Time, Yesterday’s Lessons, Youthful Energy, Yarn, Yield, Yearly Cycle, Your own system, You (it’s all about you), You’s (the multiple), Yearly review, Young/Youthful Energy, Yet to do, Yes (sometimes)... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Xerox Syndrome, eXit Strategy, Xenial Organization, Xenodochial, eXpansion, Xenon Flash, eXceptional, eXecution, eXamination, Xenobiology, Xenophrenology, Xenophilosophy, X-ray Vision, X Marks The Spot, X Factor... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Workflow, Willpower, Work-Life Balance, Wants vs. Needs, Wins, Workspaces, Winding Down, Weekly Reviews, Weekly Cycle, Write things down (as much as possible), Where is anything?, Waste of Time/Wasting Time, Wear and Tear, Wrappers, Weaving the day, Western Idealism, Wrestling control, Wavering, Whitespace, White paper, Wipe the Slate Clean, Wearin…

Velocity, Virtues, Volume Control, Vitality, Verify/Verification, Validity/Validation, Values/Value your values/know what’s valuable (to you), Verbing, Versioning, Variety, Vital Statistics, Visualizing/Visualization, Vivid, Vulnerable, Virtual Overlay/Virtual Spaces, Versatility… Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Urgency, Usability, Upskilling, Uncluttering, Unfinished Projects, Uplift, Universal (or not!), Underestimation, Use Cases, User, Usefulness, Utility/Utilities, Update your system periodically, Upkeep, Ultimate Goal/System/Aim, Ubiquitous, Understanding... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Time Management, Templates, Tools, Technology, Timelines, Teamwork, Triggers, Transitions. Tidying Up, Term Cycle, Trackers, Theorize, Test your system (even when it lets you down), Try again, TTRPGs, Try different things, Tackle larger things, Triage, Tasks/Task Management, Theorize, Teach... Continue reading →…

Self-Care, Stress Management, Storytelling, Stakeholders, Storage Solutions, System of Systems, Summaries, Structure, Seasons, Slips, Stamps, Stencils; Sort things into separate bins; Selves (not Self!); Simplify; Sleep, Scheduling, Sleep, Say No, Standard Operating Procedures, Service, Solid/Sound/Supported, Seasons, Similes, Safety, Secure, Silly…

Routines, Resources, Resilience, Relationships, Redundancy, Results, Resetting, Risk Management, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reminders, Rest regularly, Refine the process/system, Review, Redundancy, Reflection on Lived Experience, Regret, Round Filing, Reset/Recharge/Refocus, Reinforcement, Redundancy, Readiness, Reel it in, Reference Files, Regression…

Quick Wins, Quotas, Queries, Queue Management, Quitting, Quality Control, Quirks, Questions, Quests, Quick, Quiet working space; Quiet the Mind; Question everything; Quality over Quantity, Quotidian, Quietude, Quotient, Quotes... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Planning, Productivity, Processes, Purpose, Paperwork, Problem Solving, Persistence, Projects/Project Management, (everything has a Place), Personal/Personalized; Produce reports; Prove the system; Prune/Purge the system; Process the Inbox and everything else, Pomodoro Technique; Past Self; Parkinson’s Law (Tasks expand to fill the time available; …

“þe” (the) and “þorn” (thorn). Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Opportunities, Optimization, Overwhelm, Outcomes, Options, Organizing/Organization, Organic, Out-of-Sight-Out-of-Mind, Overview, Observe how you work/how work works, Odd/Oddity/Odds-n-Ends, Outstanding, On/Off, Outsourcing, Outdoors, Obtuse, Obstruction, Oculus, Orthogonal, Odyssey, Obfuscate, Objectives, Objectivity, Object, Ombudsman, Ontology, O…

Networking, Navigation, Narrowing Down, Necessities/Necessary, Negotiation, Nesting, Nuance, Next Actions, Notifications, No: learn how to say it strategically, Neat, Needs; Necessary, Nag, Night, Negative, Navel-gazing; Nearby, Notes/Note-Taking/Notebooks, Nearly Everything... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Milestones, Minimalism, Metrics, Multitasking, Meetings, Management, Mentorship, Mindfulness, Monthly Cycle, Monthly Review, Mind mapping; Minimize distractions; Many selves, Music, Mentor, Mind Palace, Mastication, Mind Over Matter, Madness, Models, Mood, Mistakes, Mobile, Memory, Motivation, Momentum/Motion, Mindfulness, Miscellaneous... Continue…

Learning, Leadership, Logistics, Long-Term Planning, Legacy, Limitations, Leverage, Location, Listen to yourself and your system, Little Steps, Lists... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Keep it Simple, Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Management, Kickoff Meetings, Kinetic Energy, Kindness, Key Resources, Kits, Kanban, Know yourself; Knotted Information, Kill your darlings... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Judgement, Job Management, Just-in-Time (Learning), Journey Mapping, Joint Efforts, Jumpstarting Projects, Jack-of-all-Trades; Jog (not Sprint); Justify; Jury-rig; Jigsaw; Jarlsberg; Jam-Packed; Juggling; Journaling,; Joy; Journey, not a destination... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Intentionality, Inspiration, Implementation, Information Overload, Innovation, Impact, Iteration, Integration, Improvements, Invest time (in dreaming, developing, testing & refining your systems); Idleness, “I", Inference, Ideas/Ideation, Illustration, Isolation, Interest, Interconnectedness/Interdependence, Ice (cool), Inbox, Inbox Zero, Infinite …

algæ, Cæsar, archaeology, vertibræ, æther... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Hierarchy, Humour, Highlighting, Hurdles, Hybrid Work, Hobbies, Home Office, History, Hope, Handle, Hard Deadlines, Hard Tasks, Health, Hardcore mode, Hardware, Hacks, Habits (Habit Stacking, Habit Tracking), Handy, Here and Now... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Growth, Group Projects, Grounding, Graphs and Charts, Guidelines, Guardrails, Gratitude journaling, Getting Things Done (GTD), Goals & Goal Review Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Feedback, Filing Systems, Flexibility, Follow-Up, Financial Organization, Frameworks, Failure, Future Planning, Forage for systems that work, Freedom, Fretting, Forgetting, Forethought, Fresh, Focus, Flow... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Efficiency, Email Management, Evaluation, Energy Management, Execution, Environment, Empowerment, Estimation, Evernote, Easy, Experimentation, Equipment, Effort, Everything, Everywhere... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Delegation, Digital Organization, Decision Making, Discipline, Documentation, Daily Planning, Decluttering, Deadlines, Data Management, Daily Log, Decoration, Divide & Conquer, Dream, Document everything, Decision-making, Decision Fatigue, Daily Cycle, Distraction Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Clarity, Calendar Management, Consistency, Creative Organization, Communication, Collaboration Tools, Constraints, Cleanliness, Course Correction, Categorization, Cycles, Capture, Colour, Colour coding, Coding, Customizing, Custom-made solution, Chunking, Calendars, Collecting (info), Close things, Creativity, Coherence, Challenge, Calm, Cool & Col…

Brainstorming, Balance, Boundaries, Backlogs, Batching, Breaks, Bookkeeping, Benchmarks, Buffer Time, Bullet Points, Bind projects & like things together, Blocking, “Busy” and Bullet Journaling. Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Automation, Alastair Method, Ask others about what they use, Annotation, ADHD, Accountability, Adaptability, Aesthetics, Agility, Ambition, Analysis, Apps, Archives, Articulation, Assessment... and AI Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

Where to start? Probably best to start somewhere in the middle... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

I'm very proud to share with you the 2023 holiday audio drama: This is the AIA: The Case of Care Packages. Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which John Christopher Kringle comes out the other side of this experience with a little wisdom, and a lot of appreciation. Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE

In which John Christopher Kringle attempts to conclude this series, speaking now to the assembled crowd in a general meeting room on board the Arcship... Continue reading →By Mark the Encaffeinated ONE