Natalie Taylor

@evielync I got mine yesterday too. It’s been a rough 24hrs! Hope you feel better. ☺️

ooof got knocked out by the Covid vaccine the last day, but happy to say I'm half vaccinated 🙌 Looks like I've missed out on some fun stuff. Time to catch up!

@kylaroma Wow. I’m totally borrowing that question from now on!

When I did web design, on discovery calls I always asked “is anything else going on in your life that makes this feel important to do now?” Every single time, there was a personal & emotional reason at play alongside the obvious business one.

@josephech @ship30for30 Thanks Joseph 🥳 Starting is the hardest for me too.

@brainofnat @ship30for30 I love this and in a weird way hate the idea of hacks lol The "When I'm struggling to start" is a big one for me. I'm glad I stumbled across your essay 🙌

Creativity hacks are on my 💩list. Channelling my 85-year-old-Grandpa-shouting-get-off-my-lawn vibes with today's #ship30for30 essay.

#ship30for30 delinquents UNITE! 🙌 It's OK if you broke the chain. Do you want to keep going? You can. Do you want to join me? You can! (No but really, do you? Because I'm still deciding what another round might look like even if I don't write daily. Anyone else?) Onward...

@BosmerBae Would you be open to chatting more with this about me @BosmerBae ? Wondering if people are actually interested in having help w/ putting something like this (less snarky, more helpful) together for themselves...

@BosmerBae That's awesome, and it wasn't a joke! I think we all need something like this...

If most productivity advice wants to treat us all like robots, then you better believe I'm gonna poke fun at it until nothing makes sense anymore. 🤷🏻‍♀️ BEHOLD: my personal operating manual, 1.0. What's in yours? #ship30for30 day 18 👇🏻

@monicalimco Awesome... I think it's about defining what a good number feels like for you. Love that 3-5 feel good. For me, 1 client in a week feels best. Then maybe 2 other things outside of that...

@brainofnat Love the idea of the follow week. I try to focus on 3-5 pjts max each week. And that has helped a lot.

Managing your creative process alongside external deadlines can be tricky. I've had to learn a lot of strategies the hard way. Here are 3 ideas that have helped me manage myself as a creative for hire: #ship30for30 Day 16👩🏻‍💻

@evielync Addendum: when in doubt, make it two snacks. (And thanks Ev.) 💕

@brainofnat This is bloody brilliant Nat! You've got me thinking about my own now. Also In Case Of Emergency, ask if device needs snack. Assume Yes 🤣

@heyheyjune Thanks June! I would love to teach and talk more about this.

@brainofnat Fan-f*cking-tastic! Loved that you leaned all the way into the format & tone of an operating manual. We should all have one of these. I hope you expand on this and build it out. (If you enjoyed creating this, I am sure you could lead workshops helping others with theirs!)

@RaphaelCox5 Thanks Raphael, it means a lot!

@brainofnat First, the look of this essay is fantastic. Well done. Second, it read like a steampunk manual for robots. What a joy to read. You're nailing it.

@MaryKutheis Aw, thanks Mary. 🤗

@brainofnat This is the bomb. The content, the font, the layout, the tone, specific word choices (device, cognitive load, etc.) You nailed this essay @brainofnat!

@copy_maverick My DNA is 96% couch potato so 10 min is my minimum! I'd like to it to be more as I work up to it. Thanks for the kind words. 😊

@dbustac Thx Daniel! I think we all should!

@brainofnat Loved this framing and the format, Natalie! I think I need to make my own operating manual as well 😂😅

@Keshavatearth @Keshavatearth I mean to understand the different tasks that require different kinds of energy from you. For example moving from phone calls to deep thinking work is super hard for me, and I need a big break between them.

@brainofnat I chose this over reading one thing for a time then moving to other. My target isn't to be expert in all these but to be aware of the field and widen my perspective.

@migztakenID And I, in return, shall turn this comment into a poster and frame it!

@brainofnat This format is EVERYTHING!!! I've can't say I've ever enjoyed reading a manual this much..this deserves to be on a poster and framed 😁

I used to have "selective remembering" about what was in my calendar... until I started planning my time in a way that works for me. Time-blocking is only a small piece of the 🥧! #ship30for30 day 17 (I'm catching up!)

@Dr_MatthewJones 😂 “stop disrespecting the 🐐“. I really enjoy reading your essays!

Ya'll are disrespectful. Freud isn't some sex-crazed lunatic, he's one of the most brilliant thinkers of the last few centuries. Here are 8 groundbreaking things he got right that most people don't realize. 19/30 👇

@geecyr I feel like this reply is the seed of an essay too! (I’ll stop 😂

@brainofnat I mostly use the maps when there’s a mix of automations + manual work. The map doesn’t replace SOPs but works hand in hand! The maps show all the decision points + automated actions + then links to SOPs for anything manual. Thanks for the ideas!

If you are setting up systems that involve multiple tools, steps, stakeholders and automations, you gotta be making flowcharts to visually map your processes. You will never be stumped trying to remember exactly *how* that email was getting triggered, ever again.