Time usage

Self-reflection

Mar 22, 2026

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7 min read

How to be intentional this spring

Are you tending to your (life) garden?

Alyssa Towns

Self-awareness

Mar 15, 2026

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7 min read

One day we'll be gone

On song lyrics and living intentionally

Alyssa Towns

Values

Mar 8, 2026

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7 min read

Can spontaneity be intentional?

Spoiler alert: the answer is yes

Alyssa Towns

Relationships

Feb 22, 2026

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7 min read

Can parallel play save us?

Being intentional about doing things separately

Alyssa Towns

Mortality

Feb 15, 2026

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7 min read

Don't wait to go on the cruise

Where perpetual postponement takes us

Alyssa Towns

Self-reflection

Jan 25, 2026

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8 min read

The clock is ticking — are you playing?

What overtime teaches us about intentional living

Alyssa Towns

Self-awareness

Jan 18, 2026

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8 min read

One thing age can't steal

Time to fill your first time jar

Alyssa Towns

Books

Jan 11, 2026

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7 min read

Time is not a resource

What Oliver Burkeman taught me

Alyssa Towns

Self-awareness

Dec 28, 2025

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7 min read

What does your liminal conduct say?

How to build value-aligned habits in the new year

Alyssa Towns

Self-awareness

Dec 21, 2025

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7 min read

Mono no aware and the holidays

Holding space for joy and sadness

Alyssa Towns

Time usage

Dec 14, 2025

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9 min read

A love letter to handwritten cards

What handwriting gives us that digital messages never can

Alyssa Towns

Community

Dec 7, 2025

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8 min read

Do you want to be my friend?

How to build lifelong friendships

Alyssa Towns

Time usage

Nov 16, 2025

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8 min read

Redefining our relationship with time

Contemplations post-hustle culture and AI

Alyssa Towns

Self-awareness

Nov 2, 2025

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8 min read

Time management is a band-aid

Do you really need another technique?

Alyssa Towns

Legacy

Oct 26, 2025

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9 min read

The case for zero-scale impact

Bigger isn't always better

Alyssa Towns

Self-awareness

Oct 5, 2025

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8 min read

This is your real life

Ordinary days need a rebrand

Kara Detwiller

Self-reflection

Sep 21, 2025

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5 min read

The hidden price of a convenient life

What are you sacrificing?

Alyssa Towns

Time usage

Sep 14, 2025

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8 min read

More memory glitter, less time confetti

For capturing those small moments of joy

Alyssa Towns

Mortality

Sep 7, 2025

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7 min read

I'm breaking my routine

Goodbye autopilot, hello subjectively longer life

Alyssa Towns

Time usage

Aug 31, 2025

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9 min read

Fall, football, and family

Why football season is family season

Alyssa Towns

Self-reflection

You'll never regret celebrating your birthday

Aug 24, 2025

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8 min read

You'll never regret celebrating your birthday

Celebrating addresses the top 5 regrets of the dying

Alyssa Towns

Mortality

Aug 17, 2025

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8 min read

The last time exercise

What if this was the last time?

Alyssa Towns

Time usage

Aug 10, 2025

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8 min read

What do you like to do for fun?

The case for hobbies for sheer enjoyment

Alyssa Towns

Productivity

Monochronic vs. polychronic: why not both?

Aug 3, 2025

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7 min read

Monochronic vs. polychronic: why not both?

A hybrid time system for intentional living

Alyssa Towns

Time usage

Jul 27, 2025

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8 min read

What does time look like, anyway?

3 visualizations of our most precious resource

Alyssa Towns

Time usage

How to be intentional this spring

One day we'll be gone

Can spontaneity be intentional?

Can parallel play save us?

Don't wait to go on the cruise

The clock is ticking — are you playing?

One thing age can't steal

Time is not a resource

What does your liminal conduct say?

Mono no aware and the holidays

A love letter to handwritten cards

Do you want to be my friend?

Redefining our relationship with time

Time management is a band-aid

The case for zero-scale impact

This is your real life

The hidden price of a convenient life

More memory glitter, less time confetti

I'm breaking my routine

Fall, football, and family

You'll never regret celebrating your birthday

The last time exercise

What do you like to do for fun?

Monochronic vs. polychronic: why not both?

What does time look like, anyway?

TIME INTENTIONAL

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