I used to spend Sunday evenings color-coding my calendar events.

Not kidding. I’d sit there for hours, adding emojis to task lists, setting up new automations in Notion, and reorganizing my projects by priority level (again).

I felt so productive.

Look at all these systems! Look how organized I am! Surely this week will be different.

But by the end of the week, I’d be switching to a new system because “this one will finally solve everything.”

I was literally that guy in the middle of this meme.

I was spending more time tweaking my productivity system than actually being productive.

Moving calendar blocks around instead of doing the work those blocks represented.

Building elaborate project databases instead of making progress on the actual projects.

I always felt busy, but never seemed to make significant progress.

Now my days look different.

I write. I analyze data. I record videos. I submit high quality work.

I still use tools, but I’m ruthlessly intentional about it. Does this feature actually help me do the thing, or does it just help me think about doing the thing?

There’s a big difference.

My time now goes toward doing the work, not organizing thoughts about maybe doing the work later.

I get way more done with basic tools than I ever did with my fancy setup.

Pen and paper usually wins over the new app that promises to “revolutionize your workflow.”

Apple Notes beats most $15/month productivity platforms.

Took me way too long to figure out it’s not about the tools—it’s about how you use them.

That’s exactly what I teach in Purposeful Productivity.

How to build a system that actually works for your life, using the simplest tools possible, so you can spend your energy doing meaningful work instead of managing the system itself.

I wish someone had shown me this approach back in the day. Would’ve saved me a lot of Sunday evenings.

​Join the waitlist here. I don’t want you to make the same mistakes I did.

Have a productive week,

Miles