MakeWorkWork – a podcast

by Hrefna Helgadottir (Habbi) & Hailley Griffis

You Are an Email Address to Me

The end of a year has the MWW hosts reflecting on their (sometimes strange) New Year traditions as well as top reads of 2017 which includes everything from novels to cook books to self-improvement, to the angriest email Habbi has ever sent.

Shownotes

Shoutout to Canada for this review
The Hague pronunciation
Jackson, Mississippi
Hailley’s new email system
Kerri Provenzano’s affair with Todoist
Todoist
Omnifocus
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (the play)
Colorado weather
Habbi’s musician friend: Charlie Hole  
Charlie Hole’s concert in Habbi’s living room (works best on desktop)
Hailley’s end of year goal setting
Dry January article
Hailley’s process for media contact spreadsheets
Trello 
Rest: Work less to get more done  by Alex Soojung Kim Pang
Paul Graham
Makers schedule, manager’s schedule 
Deep Work by Cal Newport 
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth 
Angela Duckworth’s TED Talk
Angela Duckworth’s grit scale test 
Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series 
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin NosratThe Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday’s rule on buying books
The Green Brothers: John and Hank
Dear Hank & John podcast
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson  
How to Be an Imperfectionist by Stephanie Guise
Daily Stoic journal
Goodreads 2018 reading challenge
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost
Chapel of Unrest by Charlie Hole

Books Habbi likes to dip in and out of:
We Are All Just a Collection of Cords by Chrissy Stockton
Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence by Phil M Jones
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by E Favilli F Cavallo
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

In This Episode

13:30 Travel
18:00 Benefits of staying in one place
23:36 Planning for 2018
34:30 Beginning of year traditions
41:00 Human spreadsheets
50:45 Books