Over the past decade, there has been a lot of attention drawn to the benefits of archaeological fieldwork on the mental health of participants (e.g., Finnegan 2016, Rathouse 2019, Everill et al. 2020, Dobat et al. 2022). And while it is wonderful to see people have such a positive experience with...
I built Purr for a very specific moment: the one when you need a reassuring touch, but your phone delivers a visual and auditory sensory overload, the one when your brain wants rest, but your fingers keep scrolling. Not every problem needs a complex solution. Purr is purposefully simple: a...
When I say ‘note-taking’, it is in connection with Knowledge management. While taking notes, you write for the future (stupid) self (and for others). You read, you understand and then you write (or draw) it for better understanding (and teaching yourself and others). You preserve your...
You don’t have to be productive all the time. Aware of your productivity cycle of Ups and Downs. Keeping your productivity metrics always up is also another form of being monotonous in disguise. It is an easy way to get stressed. Eventually, you’re going to wear fully out of your willpower....