productivity

I am trying my best this summer to become more productive. I’m not a serial doomscroller or anything, but I like small, incremental self-improvement. I figure I’m going to start keeping a timeline of my systems and routines to see how things change over time (some of this will be backfilled; I’m starting this in July of 2025).

Timeline

• July 2025: started using FlashSpace
  • I initially setup Aerospace but found it a bit clunky for my liking.
  • I’m more of a one screen, one task guy, so I didn’t care at all about tiling and just wanted the space control. FlashSpace does this faster and more efficiently.
• July 2025: blocked (most) social media on my laptop.
  • It was becoming way too easy to open a twitter or reddit tab when I was bored, so I blocked both of their home feeds.
  • I can still search for a youtube video or specific subreddits.
• June 2025: mapped Ctrl + H/L to Mac spaces navigation.
  • I was sick of having to swipe on the trackpad or use Alfred to switch apps.
  • Unfortunately it was still a bit slow.
• September 2024: downloaded ScreenZen.
  • This is probably the single best decision I’ve ever made. Thank you Drew Gooden.
  • Limit: 5 opens/app, 7 minutes each (for all social media).
• May 2024: started using neovim.
  • After using vanilla vim for a few months, neovim was a nice upgrade.
  • I still use the same base (kickstart) config to this day. I try my best to keep my config files clean and keep my config minimal.
• March 2024: started using vim.
  • It was recommended by my professor for Introduction to C programming. Glad I stuck with it.
• March 2024: stopped meditating daily.
  • Don’t have a great explanation for why other than it became less of a priority.
  • (Vim became my meditation.)
• January 2024: started meditating daily.