How would you set up a new workspace for ultimate productivity? Justin is moving and we dive into the lessons from Stu's workspace to look for ideas.

Stu is so obsessed with Obsidian he is making up words. Justin hasn't made much headway on his imported batch of writing. We explore Stu's new-found insights into PKM and note-making.

This week Justin and Stu are joined by TJ Cosgrove, host of the 1857 podcast and creator of the YouTube channel "Wood & Graphite". We talk about system switching and try to figure out whether it is productivity or procrastination.

How do you deal with overload? What do you aim for? Justin and Stu delve deep into the depths of overload to determine that we just want to be nicely whelmed.

How do you make time for a personal retreat or a formal periodic reflection? Justin and Stu talk about our processes and remind ourselves to make time for the important things in life.

Stu and Justin figure out how much value the word "no" has. And more importantly, have a doggy interlude!

Sitting on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Justin and Stu disagree on the effectiveness and implementation of Sabbaticals. We have a great discussion about the cultural differences between our two similar backgrounds.

Justin has a problem. His new index card system is working surprisingly well. But a card a day feels ephemeral and he is not sure how to bring a daily notebook back into his workflow. Stu to the rescue with some interest discussion, challenging ideas, and an excellent takeaway for the week.

Can music help deep work? Justin argues that the triggers that music creates can be a valuable prompt for deep work time blocks. He may have convinced Stuart and at least gave him lots of homework. And, of course, we talk fountain pens.

James Clear states "Planning and preparation are useful until they become a form of procrastination", and Stu and Justin discuss how true this is, and how we try to overcome our own tendency to procrastinate through productivity planning.

Prompted by an interesting Austin Kleon blog post, Justin and Stu discuss indexing. Do you index your notebooks? We then discuss Obsidian, an new PKM software, and wonder how we can use this digital tool for our indexing and workflow needs.

Justin and Stu talk about corporate motivation and the differences between the entrepreneurial and corporate environments. Stu has some timely examples of the how the differences affect us.

One tool to rule them all? Justin and Stu discuss our process for looking at some of the more common collaboration tools, refine our decision process, and provide some guidelines in case you are looking to implement a similar tool in your life.

As well as making podcasts, Justin and Stu listen to lots of them as well. In this episode we discuss some of our favourites and you give our suggestions for other listening entertainment.

Accountability. Corporate. Personal. Justin and Stu discuss the pros and cons of personal accountability and give some ideas of how we achieve our own systems.

Justin and Stu take a deep dive in the multitude of stationery items that we routinely use. Notebooks, pens, pencils, holders, oh my!

What gets measured gets done and this week, Justin and Stu examine the things in our lives that we measure and focus on and some of the pitfalls of too many datapoints to juggle.

Justin and Stu go deep on our routines and rituals and explore how they impact our personal productivity. We have similar concepts but execute them quite differently.

Justin and Stuart discuss the use of task boards - from analog to digital. Are they are replacement for email? How easily will organizations accept them? And how can they help new projects at Nero's Notes?

Justin and Stuart discuss interval timing for productivity - in the form of a little, tomato-shaped kitchen timer. The Pomodoro Timer is a great way to dip your toes into productive time blocking, in a way that can fit into almost any work schedule.