Travis McMullen

Author: Travis

  • How I structure my weekdays

    How I structure my weekdays

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    It’s 4:30am. The alarm goes off. It’s time to get up, or in about 10 minutes as lately I’ve succumbed to pressing the snooze button. The alarm wakes me up feeling okay about my sleep, but not amazing and completed refreshed. I’m feeling good, that’s for sure. Perhaps the 100% feeling is elusive. If you…

  • Use Pomodoro’s as part of your day

    Use Pomodoro’s as part of your day

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    Time management is something I geek out about as I’m constantly thinking about how I can free up more time in my day for the things that matter to me and I enjoy – time with family, friends, community, health, movement, learning, hobbies. If you would prefer to listen to this article, you can listen…

  • Hobby Ideas

    Hobby Ideas

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    One of the great things about life our leisure time and the opportunity to pursue various hobbies. Here are a few different ideas. If you would prefer to listen to this article, you can listen on YouTube or through the player below.

  • Choose what to fail at

    Choose what to fail at

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    Lately, I’ve been reflecting on an idea from Oliver Burkeman’s book, 4000 weeks, that we need to decide on the things that we are going to suck at, as we can’t be great at everything. There is only so much time that we have in this world, so if we want to be good at…

  • Do the work

    Do the work

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    I recorded a podcast earlier this year. Halfway through, I knew that it wasn’t good yet I persisted and kept recording. My stubbornness won out on that battle, although I’m not sure what it actually accomplished in the end. The video still ended up in the bin and not published. I wasted an extra 10…

  • What we almost didn’t do

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    Settling down on my beanbag, I unlocked my iPad and loaded up the website of one of my favourite travel bloggers. She had just released a new video was out. I settled in and was mesmerised for the next 17 minutes as I watched this vlogger share tips on the country she was in (details…

  • Five ways to be limitless

    Five ways to be limitless

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    I’ve just finished reading Limitless by Jim Kwok. It’s a great great and I highly recommend it. If you would prefer to listen to this article, you can listen on YouTube or through the player below. To be limitless is to unlock the full potential of our brains so we can learn better and achieve…

  • Seek novelty each day

    Seek novelty each day

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    We headed out on our weekend walk as the sun was starting to rise. The day was starting just that little bit later as we move away from the height of summer. Faint hues of pink were in the sky. Walking for a couple of minutes, the sun started to creep its way in. The…

  • Wake up early

    Wake up early

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    It’s Monday morning. 4:30am. My alarm hums on my phone. I don’t want to get up.  I have this thought most days during the week when my alarm goes off. I’m tired. I want to go back to sleep.  If you would prefer to listen to this article, you can listen on YouTube. Marcus Aurelius,…

  • Back to basics: Stoicism 101

    Back to basics: Stoicism 101

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    I love to read. It’s one of my favourite things to do. I can happily sit for hours and immerse myself into the world the author decides to drop me in. In the mornings I typically read non-fiction works, and night time is for fantasy. Whilst I am now in the habit of capturing notes…