Imagine your life as four spokes in a wheel:

1. Self: attending to the personal needs of rest and physical exercise, nutrition, relaxation, and spiritual practices.
2. Relationships: spending time and nurturing relationships with significant loved...

You only get maximum effectiveness if you properly balance periods of work and rest. Time boxes provide a great framework to allow this balance to happen. The key is to find your own rhythm.

Alternating between different types of time boxes (such as work/rest, or hard/easy tasks) max...

Sophrosyne is a way to feel more in control of one’s emotions, leading a life of moderation, calm and self-control.

1. One can practise mindful moderation and avoid indulging in unnecessary consumerism. One trick is to delay any purchase for a few days/weeks and then reconsider the deci...