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Feb 1, 2023 • 41min

Episode 93: How We Find Our Towels, Nested Folders Finale

In this, our last episode, Rose and Scotty discuss finding stability in changed or uncertain times. Thank you so much for your support and for listening. We sign off with gratitude and appreciation. Some things we mention and love in this show: Scotty’s blog post about stopping podcasting Nested Folders post announcing our finale The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Wikipedia) Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy: the towel Hemispheric Views podcast
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Jan 12, 2023 • 33min

Episode 92: I Lost My Towel

Rose and Scotty discuss how they manage through periods where systems and practices aren’t working for them. Some things we mention and love: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Wikipedia) Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy: the towel The pot roast story How to Train Your Dragon (Wikipedia) About the KonMari Method | The Official Website of Marie Kondo Decluttering at the Speed of Life, by Dana K. White If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!
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Dec 16, 2022 • 29min

Episode 91: Out of Context

Rose and Scotty discuss how they approach productivity when environments, contexts, or other factors take them out of their norms. Some things we mention and love: Die Hard (many times) Finding Nemo, just keep swimming Month Python and the Holy Grail, counting to five for the holy hand grenade If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!
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Nov 30, 2022 • 30min

Episode 90: Rainy Days and Mondays

Rose and Scotty discuss how to productively persevere when prevailing circumstances might risk getting them down. Some things we mention and love: Rainy Days and Mondays, by the Carpenters (not Blondie, but we’ve fixed attribution here!) Lose Yourself, by Eminem Enemy, by Imagine Dragons x J.I.D CTRL^^^, by MONOWHALES Light boxes Mark Twain on eating a live frog Monty Python’s Crunchy Frog The Shining (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!
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Nov 16, 2022 • 30min

Episode 89: Balancing the Boxes

Rose and Scotty discuss how they both identify and balance the various parts of their lives. In this episode, we mention and love Cal Newport’s How to Become a Straight A Student. If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!
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Nov 2, 2022 • 27min

Episode 88: Good Habits, Bad Habits

Rose and Scotty discuss habits, both good and bad, and identifying and caring for them. Some things we mention and love: The pot roast story Getting Things Done – What is GTD? Horizons of focus Yes, there was an issue with Scotty’s local audio for the first part, and so we had to sub in our backup audio for the first few segments. Sorry about that! Those whø were responsible have been sacked. If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!
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Oct 19, 2022 • 28min

Episode 87: Playing to Your Strengths

Rose and Scotty discuss how they think about their strengths, consider what they mean, and how to best employ them. If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!
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Oct 5, 2022 • 27min

Episode 86: Goal Setting

Rose and Scotty discuss goal setting practices, how they think about them, and how they conduct them. Some things we mention and love: 12 Week Year Nested Folders episode 3: Building Bookends Mike Schmitz’s Personal Retreat If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!
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Sep 21, 2022 • 31min

Episode 85: Performing Productivity

Rose and Scotty discuss ways of demonstrating productivity in cases where one might not feel so productive. Some past episodes that expand on ideas mentioned here: Nested Folders Episode 83: High Flips, Competing Priorities, and Fast Switching: Snowball effect Nested Folders Episode 2: No(n) Zero Day Nested Folders Episode 66: Background Thinking If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!
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Sep 7, 2022 • 28min

Episode 84: Finding Your Flow Spark

Rose and Scotty discuss the state of flow, getting in to it, and keeping it sparked. Some things we mention and love: Rubber ducking Pixar’s Soul, the ocean If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!

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