In this episode I clarify a point I raised last episode about reducing the scope of my work, and mostly talk about news and some of the reflections and adjustments I've been making to how I seek out, process, and act on news.By edward.bilodeau@gmail.com (Edward Bilodeau).

In this episode I share some of the challenges I've been having with minimalism and how I've been feeling that my efforts at both minimalism and productivity have plateaued.By edward.bilodeau@gmail.com (Edward Bilodeau).

An update on what I've been up to, and why it has been so long since I put out an episode.By edward.bilodeau@gmail.com (Edward Bilodeau).

In this episode I share my ideas about how I plan on organizing my work so that I can stay focused on my priorities and ensure that I have enough space and time to do good work.By edward.bilodeau@gmail.com (Edward Bilodeau).

After roughly a month hiatus, I decided it was time to put out a new if short episode to give an update on the reason for my absence and to renew my commitment to putting out this podcast on a regular basis. The title of this episode refers to the fact that after a month or two of being in crunch mode to get a major project out the door, I’m fi ...…

In this episode I share a few updates about work, explain why there was no episode last week, and explore some of the insights I've had about how minimalism can be applied to my work. ⁂ To subscribe to The Effective Minimalist, see the Subscribe page. If you have any feedback or questions, you can leave a comment under the show notes for this e ...…

In this episode I talk about some of the challenges I’ve been facing at work that have left me feeling overwhelmed much of the time. I’ve also been thinking what I said about purpose in the last episode, and share some of the doubts I’ve been having as a result. ⁂ To subscribe to The Effective Minimalist, see the Subscribe page. If you have any ...…

In this episode I talk about purpose, about how having a sense of purpose relates to minimalism. I share some of what I've been going through as I struggle with finding my own sense of purpose at work. I explore the role of purpose in helping me to work towards tenure, my use of minimalism to try to get things back on track, and the role that I ...…

In this episode I talk about how although we likely see each ourselves as part of the solution, each one of us might in fact be part of the problem. I think this is a topic that I'll be coming back to every once in a while, because while self-improvement is a laudable goal, it shouldn't come at the expense of the people around us. More importan ...…

In this episode I continue the discussion on minimalism at work, focusing on the pushback that you are likely to get when you try to adopt a minimalist approach. I want to share some of the questions and ideas that I've be thinking about as I try to understand where this pushback is coming from and what I can do to deal with it. ⁂ To subscribe ...…

In this episode I take a step back and share some of the issues and questions that have come up as I've been reviewing the past few episodes. I talk about some course corrections that I need to make and why I do believe that what I'm trying to do can be called minimalism. I also start to unpack the topic of privilege as it relates to having the ...…

In this episode I talk about taking a minimalist approach to my commitments, to "declutter" the things I've currently committed to and to make sure that going forward I'm spending as much of my time as possible making a real impact on the things that matter. I also provide a short update on where I'm at in terms of improving my email and task m ...…

In this episode I talk about using minimalism to reduce the amount of time and energy I spend on so-called overhead activities at work, so that I can focus on the things that matter to me and to my organization. I also provide a short update on my (lack of) progress in making improvements over the past week, and how I plan on addressing that. ⁂ ...…

In this episode I discuss how I’m applying the concepts and approaches of minimalism to improve my efficiency and effectiveness with the various applications that I use to carry out my work. I also give an update on my efforts to improve my effectiveness, which in the past week has had me focusing on trying to fix performance issues with my lap ...…

In this episode I wrap up my overview of the tools I use at work and describe how I currently use Feedly (news reader), Instapaper (reading), and IFTTT (integration) to keep of track of news and developments in areas that are important to me. The purpose of these overviews (see Episode 3 for a discussion how I manage email and tasks) was to des ...…

In this episode I give an overview of how I currently handle my email and keep track of all the things I need to do. I also talk about a few ideas that have come out of recent conversations about minimalist, as well as an update on some improvements I've made towards being more intentional and productive at work. Mentioned in this episode: Mome ...…

In this episode I talk about the events and situations, both at home and at work, that led me to adopting a minimalist approach to life. Mentioned in this episode: The Minimalists: Let’s Play a Minimalism Game - 30-day minimalism challenge Twitter: It's not personal - my blog post on decluttering my Twitter feed ⁂ Music: Close Tracking from Lea ...…

In this episode I introduce myself and more importantly the ideas that I have for the Effective Minimalist podcast. ⁂ Music: Close Tracking from Learning Kurve. ⁂ The Effective Minimalist isn't yet in iTunes or any of the podcast directories, so if you want to subscribe to it, you can right-click and copy URL for the show's RSS feed and paste i ...…