For years, I was convinced the right app would finally fix my productivity.

Notion felt too overwhelming, so I switched to Todoist. Todoist wasn’t aesthetic enough, so I tried Things 3. Things 3 didn't have enough features, so I went back to Notion.

Maybe if I found the perfect task manager, I'd finally be able to stay focused and get everything done.

Sound familiar?

For months, I was treating the symptoms instead of the cause.

I'd sit down to write and stare at a blank screen. I'd plan to work on important projects but find myself scrolling YouTube because thinking felt... hard.

My brain felt foggy. My energy was nonexistent by 2pm. I couldn't hold a complex thought in my head without it dissolving.

Obviously the solution was better productivity systems, right?

Wrong.

The real problem wasn't that I needed a better system.

The real problem was that no system works when you feel like garbage.

I wasn’t sleeping well, eating processed food for convenience, and treating my body like a machine that should just work regardless of how I treated it.

No wonder I couldn't focus.

That’s when I started taking my health seriously:

• Fixed my sleep schedule (7-8 hours, consistent bedtime)
• Cut out processed foods and alcohol
• Started eating mostly meat
• Added basic supplements
• Got sunlight and movement every day

Nothing revolutionary. Just the basics I'd been ignoring while obsessing over productivity apps.

The difference was immediate.

My brain fog lifted.

I could sit down and work for hours without forcing it.

Complex problems felt manageable again instead of overwhelming.

And it wasn't just in my head. I recently got blood work done that measures "biological age" at the cellular level.

According to the test, I'm 17 years old.

I'm obviously not literally 17, but apparently my cells are.

Here's the thing that productivity gurus won't tell you:

Your fancy multi-scale Notion task management workflow database thing is useless if you feel too tired or unfocused to use it.

Simple systems + good health beats complex systems + feeling like crap every single time.

That's exactly what I teach in Purposeful Productivity: how to manage your time, attention, AND energy so you can actually feel in control and make progress on what matters.

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Have a productive week,

Miles

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