The Daily 5 with Aurooba

Introducing season 2 of The Daily 5 with Aurooba. Listen in to hear why there's a new season and what it'll be about.The Wheel of Life exercise episode – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DOG_mXz5wBalance is impossible – https://thedaily5.xyz/s1/98

A rather philosophical discussion about balance today. (a full transcript is available on the website)

This is a weird one. Just so you know. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Am I quitting or am I completing this thing. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Thinking about how once you know your first drafts aren't your best work, it becomes harder to accept first draft effort from yourself. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Taking a break for a hot second (as I like to say). (a full transcript is available on the website)

A little reflection on learning and knowledge work. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Reflecting on the power and process of iteration. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Looking back on 90 days of this podcast, sharing some news, and looking towards the future. Warning: today's piece is longer than 5 minutes (a full transcript is available on the website)

(90 days of episodes!) Musing on what makes for an actual restful break. (a full transcript is available on the website)

A little introduction to Ramadan, fasting, and the impact it has on my life. (a full transcript is available on the website)

A late night reflection on niching. (a full transcript is available on the website)

A little audio journal on figuring out what I want to care about and what I want to try to care less about. (a full transcript is available on the website)

sunsets, quiet, feeling, thinking. it's all soupy in my brain today. (a full transcript is available on the website)

A little reflection on surrounding yourself with people you trust. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Some meandering thoughts based on a tweet I saw the other day. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Reflecting on the different kinds of accountability techniques I find myself leaning on in a longer project. (a full transcript is available on the website)

I was in the zone today and here is what I did to get there, what it felt like, and what I did while in it. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Some reminders to help you slip into that state of flow more easily. I was reminding myself and maybe it'll help you too. (a full transcript is available on the website)

The more you do the easier it becomes to do. (a full transcript is available on the website)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/s1/45August Bradley on DO Dates – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccjPYkWKM1U

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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_xgAugust Bradley's YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfqj2oq6LVmR3ybC2nfjqKgThe Sunday Ritual – https://calnewport.com/follow-a-sunday-ritual/

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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