Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure (2019)
Let me start by saying... this is as must read article. I share it often. It is 
1. extremely fascinating 
2. patently ridiculous
3. something to learn from<p>He documents almost every part of his daily work environment in painstaking detail. Much of it is ridiculous. All of it, including the article itself, is over the top. I am very appreciative that he chose to share.<p>Stephen has optimized (for him! not for me) his life to an unbelievable degree. Whether that is walking outside with a laptop working because it slightly reduces his resting heart rate, the extensive renovations to his office to remove the sound of his computer fan, or the elaborate filing system he uses for his daily notes and mail.<p>He also goes <i>deep</i> into his personal analytics. Stephen is working approximately 100% of the waking hours of the day as evidenced by the timestamps on the emails he sends, which are well plotted over 3 decades. (He&#x27;s a night owl, sleeping 3am-9am). It also appears he is opening nearly 800 email every day and keeping his unreads below 200.<p>I should add, partially because I read this article, I began tracking half hourly sprints in the pomodoro-style and have become more interested tracking parts of my own life.