The Daily 5 with Aurooba

Hard Mode

I promise not every episode going forward will be a journal-style one, but right now, this one is also a bit of a journal-esque episode. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Crossroads

Meandering reflection on decision making. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Doing interesting adjacent things

Riffing on doing fun interesting things, but also fair warning, I was a little all over the place in this episode. 😅 (a full transcript is available on the website) Work Clean – amazon link...

New ideas aren't really new

An unfinished reflection on ideas. (a full transcript is available on the website)

On the outside looking in

What we often see about other people's lives is never the whole picture. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Some days are harder than others.

And this was one of the harder days. (a full transcript is available on the website)

All energy is contagious

Today's thoughts are a bit about anxiety, our own and others'. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Sometimes it’s just a grind

It's okay if you need to hustle a little sometimes. You know? (a full transcript is available on the website)

The paper cuts add up

I had an epiphany, a fairly obvious one in hindsight, but isn't that how it goes with most things? (a full transcript is available on the website) Aim to be 1% better everyday – https://thedaily5.xyz/s1/33

Do Dates coupled with Due Dates

What if you knew when you would do a certain task and not just when the task needs to be done by ? (a full transcript is available on the website) How to do great work ahead of your deadline – https://thedaily5.xyz/s1/45 August Bradley on DO Dates – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccjPYkWKM1U

Be a little flexible with how you get there.

Get to the point.

Recounting yet another lesson my teachers taught me about effective writing. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Your first draft is not your best work

A little story about how I learned to revise, and maybe..an ode to some of the amazing teachers I've had. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Enumerate the challenge

You can't conquer a project if you don't know everything you need to do. You know? (a full transcript is available on the website)

On the art of shipping

The theme for March is the art of shipping, aka creating, producing and publicly sharing a project. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Setting up a Daily Review

I walk through the new version of my Daily Review template and the mindset you should approach daily reviews/check-ins from. (a full transcript is available on the website)

The Business of Goal Setting

Did I forget to actually check in with my goals for the past two months? Yes. Yes I did. So let's fix that, yeah? (a full transcript is available on the website)

Building in public and where we go from here.

Thinking about my experience of building in public in the past and how to bring that more into play for the rest of this year. (a full transcript is available on the website)

What 60 days of daily podcasting has taught me.

60 days is a milestone. So I decided to do a reflective but celebratory episode about it. (a full transcript is available on the website)

On the systems that help you and the help they need from you.

A little riff on productivity systems and our relationship to them – this especially applies to knowledge workers. (a full transcript is available on the website) The Simple Genius of NYC’s Water Supply System – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDLkOWW0_xg August Bradley's YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfqj2oq6LVmR3ybC2nfjqKg The Sunday Ritual – https://calnewport.com/follow-a-sunday-ritual/...

What is your time worth?

What if you looked at the tasks you have to do from a different angle? (a full transcript is available on the website)

Planning your day with your partner

Something that's been working to help me keep in sync with my partner despite having very different work schedules. (a full transcript is available on the website)

The typical week doesn't work for a lot of us.

An unfinished thought around how the way we're expected to schedule our lives doesn't really work anymore. (a full transcript is available on the website)

On async communication habits.

Thinking a little bit about habits and etiquette around async comms today. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Boredom is good. Let's seek out boredom.

This is a bit of a ramble but I was discussing boredom in adulthood (or the lack thereof) with some friends and decided to talk it out a bit on the podcast. :) (a full transcript is available on the website)

Scheduling deep immersion time.

My current system is failing me because it's against my nature. What would happen if I leaned into how I naturally work? (a full transcript is available on the website)

On being a teammate.

A little unfinished thought about how to be a teammate at work. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Energetic gratitude

Peaceful gratitude doesn't work for me, but energetic gratitude (a kind of visualization, you could say) does. (a full transcript is available on the website)

It's okay to ask for help.

Reflecting on a situation where I should have asked for help but I didn't. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Keep your door open.

Why you need a collaborator or just..exposure to other people and ideas. (a full transcript is available on the website)