Aditya DarekarinNotion Galaxy·Jan 31Me & Notion #2: My New Habit Tracker for 2023I agree, I am a bit late to jump on the train. I did not plan anything for New Year Resolutions or how I was going to track my habits. …Notion3 min readNotion3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jun 25, 2022I am doing 100 Days Of Swift…PS: By Swift, I mean the programming language and not any type of art form. I have been coding since the age of about 15. Its been almost six years now and I have some amazing projects and knowledge of new language in my portfolio. Especially, during the lockdown I…Swift3 min readSwift3 min read
Aditya DarekarinNotion Galaxy·Jul 31, 2022Me & Notion #1: How I Use Notion for tracking my Daily RoutineHey Everyone! That time of the year is back when students try to hustle more than ever to set up a new routine as the “Back to School/Uni” season arrives. And what better way to set up a new routine than to use a Second Brain or some form of…Notion4 min readNotion4 min read
Aditya Darekar·Aug 23, 2021Top 3 Myths to bury off before you start your journey with productivityOver the years, I have realised there are a few myths we live by trying to have a productive day or week. These myths often haul our progress in a way that we might not even be aware of in the first place. …Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Aug 9, 2021What does it mean to put on a thinking hat?So recently, I came across this book called ‘The Six Thinking Hats’ by Edward de Bono. De Bono is a physician and writer, well-known for being the originator of the term ‘Lateral Thinking’. The summary of this book on StoryShots really caught my attention. So this idea about the six…Six Thinking Hats3 min readSix Thinking Hats3 min read
Aditya DarekarinILLUMINATION·Jul 30, 2021Member-only3 Tips For An iPhone User To Help Save Time and Be a Power UserDISCLAIMER: iPhones or any other smartphone for that matter, are not distracting. It is the user that suffers from these symptoms. In this post, we have found ways to use iPhones more efficiently to reduce distraction. We are not going to talk about Do Not Disturb (DND) or any of…IPhone6 min readIPhone6 min read
Aditya DarekarinILLUMINATION’S MIRROR·Apr 2, 2022How a single non-fiction book confirmed and connected all my ideas about productivityIt’s been a while since I wrote something on Productivity. This was mostly because I was long engrossed in a book mentioned above — The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. …The Shallows10 min readThe Shallows10 min read
Aditya DarekarinNotion Galaxy·Jan 11, 2022Notion: A workspace for every productophileSo I discovered this beautiful app during lockdown and has been my constant virtual companion since then. I noticed my favorite YouTubers using it and was hell-bent on trying it once. It is none other than Notion itself. Notion is like an all-in-one workspace for absolutely all kinds of things…Notion3 min readNotion3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Apr 4, 2021‘Atomic Habits’ Takeaway: Why setting goals isn’t going to help boost your productivity?I felt like writing about this as soon as I finished James Clear’s ‘Atomic Habits’. There are some things that you have to write down to remember and I felt this one should be right at the top. …Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Apr 6, 2021The Power of AccountabilityHave you ever felt more motivated to do something after talking about your commitment to people? Social media is usually flooded with such kind of posts and stories where people talk about their present or future commitments. …Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jun 15, 2021Distraction Journal: The First Step to reduce distractions while workingI finally stumbled upon a technique that can now help you procrastinate less by focusing on what makes you procrastinate in the first place. Quite confusing, but no worries I will explain. I came across this a few days ago in one of Thomas Frank’s YouTube video (by the way…Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jun 16, 2021Forgetting targets and remembering to focusI came across Goodhart’s Law in a book called SuperThinking. It says that: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good target. Let’s take the commonly cited example: When a factory worker is asked to reach a target of making 1000kgs of nails (that he usually…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jun 17, 2021Pomodoro Technique: Taking Breaks to FocusTry to answer this honestly: the last time you sat down to study or do some work, how many minutes were you able to focus before getting distracted by some external factor (emails, Insta notifications, TV noise, etc)? For most, its somewhere around 15–20 mins. …Pomodoro Technique2 min readPomodoro Technique2 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jun 26, 2021The need of the Hour: Alarm Clock!Recently, while I was re-reading Chris Bailey’s ‘The Productivity Project’, I came across this study that felt like a sudden reality check: A recent study from IDC, a U.S. market research company, found that 80 percent of eighteen-to forty-four-year-olds check their smartphones within the first fifteen minutes of waking up. …Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jun 28, 2021The Pareto Principle: Using 20% efforts to get 80% resultsYou might have heard of this 80/20 principle on a lot on blogs, YouTube videos, and podcasts and how this principle is applied across various fields from business to film-making and many more. For those who are not aware, let me brief you up. The 80/20 rule or the Pareto…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jun 29, 2021Newton’s First Law of Motion = Productophile’s Zeroth Law of ProductivityFirst of all, sorry for the confusing title. Productophile is not a word you will find in any of the reputable dictionaries today, it’s just a word I invented for people (kind of like me) who love productivity tips/hacks. …Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jun 30, 2021Trending: What’s on your BrainRAM?I don’t remember the first time, I saw this trend on the Internet. The whole “What’s on your — device — “ trend. When I was reading Steve Jobs’s autobiography by Walter Isaacson, I remember the first mention of this after the iPod’s launch in 2001. Many celebrities were asked…Trending3 min readTrending3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jul 3, 2021A Productophile’s First Love: MinimalismProductophile is just a fun-term I invented to refer to people like me who love productivity hacks Most of you might have come across this term. If not in blogs or books, then definitely in some YouTube videos. Minimalism talks about owning fewer possessions and decluttering the rest to help…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jul 4, 2021Solving life problems with matrices: The Eisenhower Decision MatrixDecision making happens to be a great aspect or let’s say a great prospect of our lifetime. We are forced or obliged to make decisions almost every moment in life. Its a continuous journey and we learn along the way. I am not great at it but I discovered something…Eisenhower Matrix3 min readEisenhower Matrix3 min read
Aditya Darekar·Jul 9, 2021Productophile Experiment #1: Let’s get your phone to sleep for a dayProductophile is a fun-term I invented to refer to productivity-loving people like me and you. “Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.” — Robin SharmaProductivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
