Stationery Adjacent

In this episode, Stu and Justin discuss the evolution of podcasting and how our listening has changed. How has your listening changed? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/124

We are back from a few weeks of travel and so we catch up on our lives. Then, we discuss what stationery and systems we are currently rocking for our daily drivers of productivity. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/123

Do you use an assistant? How do you use an assistant? Stu and Justin discuss our experiences with using an assistant and give you our opinion on when you should use one these days. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/122

It's the end of summer, and Stu is cleaning up, organizing his life, and cleaning up his desk. When do you clean up? We discuss our different approaches. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/121

Inspired by a social media post, Justin sets a topic that resulted in both hosts spending hours on homework! Try to list ten bands to get to know you by. Stu and Justin do, and our lists are quite different. Please take a listen, then try it yourself! Links to the songs are here: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/120

Justin is struggling with what his identity should be or whether he needs to identify as anything. We discuss our views on identity and realize that many of our ideas are similar. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/119

How do you start a project? Build the things you know, or tackle the hard stuff you don't? Based on an idea from Annie Duke's book "Quit" we discuss how we approach these common issues. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/118

Grit versus Quit - different sides of the same coin? How do we decide what we stick to or let go? Justin and Stu talk about their experiences. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/117

Summer is in full beat, and Stu and Justin live in warmer climates. How do we deal with the heat and what tips do we have to help you deal with the joys of summer? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/116

Stu runs a training company and loves alliteration in the title. This week, we discuss our different techniques to kill the to-do list. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/115

Consumption versus creation. Is it a war of attention, or does one need the other? Stu and Justin examine our thoughts on this interesting and often championed topic. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/114

Virtual Headsets, AI, and Machine Learning - are all in the news lately. Justin and Stu discuss where we think these will add value and how the future of computing will develop. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/113

Inspired by a newsletter email from Greg McKeown, we discuss the ideas of Problem Finding versus Problem Solving. And present some ideas from our own experience. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/112

Who am I optimizing to become? A question from a book that brought interesting and passionate responses from at least one of the hosts! Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/111

Are you feeling burned out? We deal with it too. And in this episode, we talk about some causes and remedies. In short, retire early, and live in the Mediterranean. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/110

In this final episode in our series on GTD, we discuss reflecting and engaging and sum up our thoughts and takeaways about GTD. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/109

We continue deep diving into Getting Things Done and discuss the critical organizing stage. We talk about our systems and approaches to organizing our tasks. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/108

Stu tries to upset everyone on the internet and give the fussy editor a heart attack! And we carry on our journey along the path of GTD this week, focusing on Clarify. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/107

Stu is reimplementing a complete Getting Things Done system, and we want to discuss best practices. We start this week by talking about CAPTURE. How do we get things out of our minds and into a Trusted System? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/106

What is deep work, and how do you set up for it? In this episode, Justin and Stu discuss our practices for Deep Work. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/105

Two privileged, middle-aged white guys are talking about productivity books. It seems it's a thing. This week, we wonder why productivity books are written mainly by guys and wonder what we are missing from other essential viewpoints. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/104

What will work look like in 50 years? In this episode, we discuss our thoughts on it. One of us is much more optimistic than the other. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/103

This week, we talk about Stu's reality and Justin's fantasy - what would we do if you didn't have to work...interesting and different ideas, for sure! Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/102

101...always a basics course. And in this episode, we go back to the basics of what we are doing with the podcast. Our conclusion - it's a conversation between friends, including you, the audience! Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/101

Stu and Justin celebrate our 100th anniversary by talking about noting and journalling. This topic is how we met and started chatting, and here we are two years later. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/100