![rw-book-cover](https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit,w_1024,h_1024/wp-cms-2/2024/12/p-1-91248676-every-year-i-vow-to-be-less-productive.jpg) ## Highlights I quickly found that measuring productivity more by the outcomes of the projects versus how much I got done meant that my work got more precise and insightful. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jfz32zd1yb5fxmpk9str1f1w)) --- I also think focusing too much on prioritizing my free time—on *optimizing* nonproductiveness, if you will—could become a slippery slope; the kind that leads me to, say, write an article about being a little less productive, which launches into TikTok and Instagram channels dedicated to the same subject, which would support the Master Class on nonproductiveness I plan on launching in 2026 . . . Just kidding. I think what it will actually look like is limiting the daily, or sometimes twice-daily, lists I make to a set number of obtainable items. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jfz3432a23d32v7bs1tj9fe7)) ---