Feb 10, 2022Learn How to Make Meetings Work for Designers in 6 Easy Steps TodayHow can we make sure meetings are not soul-sucking but bring valuable insight into the creative work? Any designer that works in a more conventional corporate environment knows the feeling of having their day interrupted because they just got a notification to join a meeting. And every single time, it just feels like it’s only here to steal precious hours of creative work. For designers, meetings can…Productivity5 min readProductivity5 min read
Jun 28, 2021See How “Fake It” Your Way Into Finally Be Productive All The TimeJust Ask Yourself Right Now: “What Would a Productive Person Do?” A couple of years ago, I was listening to this audiobook, like the good millennial that I am, and in it, they mention the power of mindsets. The book, which I cannot remember its name for the life of…Productivity5 min readProductivity5 min read
Feb 10, 2021Are you scared of never getting the “wake-up” call?What happens when life denies you the call? What is a wake-up call? According to the Cambridge dictionary, “if something that happens is a wake-up call it should make you realize that you need to take action to change the situation.” So, it’s easy to conclude that the purpose of a wake-up call is to…Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
Jan 18, 2021Why do you lose motivation?It happens more than one would like to admit, but why does it happen in the first place? Let me run a scenario by you: You start your day feeling powerful and believing you will be able to reach every single goal you set out. However, sometime later, you start…Motivation7 min readMotivation7 min read
Jul 7, 2020Unshit YourselfAnd I say this with love. Because I work not only in a foreign country but in an international office, I find myself using my Portuguese less and less by the minute — which it’s understandable. But now I’ve actually come to appreciate my native language more, and I’ve realised…Portugal3 min readPortugal3 min read
Published in 8px Magazine·Jun 15, 2020Let’s go for coffee?Or “Vamos beber um café?” in Portuguese As I enter my second year living abroad and far away from my dear country, I’m starting to miss certain Portuguese traditions. I do understand that living in a new country requires certain adjustments to my lifestyle, and I like to think of…Portugal5 min readPortugal5 min read
Jun 8, 2020Having a to-do list that is not anxiety-inducingBecause being organized should never bring you anxiety or stress. Once in a while, you read stories about how successful people don’t need or even have a to-do list. And it doesn’t matter how many times I read those articles; I still don’t understand how they manage such a thing…Organization5 min readOrganization5 min read
Jun 3, 2020Who *exactly* is following your PM system?Implementing a new Project Management can be tricky, especially when dealing with a lot of different personalities. When you are implementing a new project management system in your company, you are bound to deal with a lot of different personalities. Not only that, but each character is guaranteed to react…Project Management6 min readProject Management6 min read
Mar 26, 2020Holding yourself accountable when working remotelyHere’s how you can keep yourself productive during these crazy times… Well, I think it’s obvious why I’m writing this blogpost. Let’s just say that a particular pandemic created a whole new wave of remote workers, and most of them find themselves in a brand-new working situation. I’m one of…Remote Working4 min readRemote Working4 min read
Mar 21, 2020How to organize your to-do list?Too many tasks? Here’s how you can organize them in style… Although I tend to preach the wonders of using multiple to-do lists, organizational methods, planner apps… I sometimes forget that there’s a lot of people out there that, for some reason, don’t spend entire afternoons learning about Bullet Journals…Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
