Dear steward,

I’m on the road this week so no new essay in this issue. But I do have a great roundup of links for you as well as some more info on the upcoming Christian productivity Notion template.

Let’s jump in!

In Today’s Issue:

• Hope for Those Struggling with Adulting
• Using AI to make your to-do list
• Read Like a Christian
• Notion Template for Believers
• Quote: Attention Poverty

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Reagan’s Roundup

​Hope for Those Struggling with Adulting (4 mins)

Greg Phelan / The Gospel Coalition

Helpful advice on time management, money, and community for those making the transition from college to career.

“Ultimately, succeeding as an adult isn’t about finding enough money and time to make it through. It’s about discovering your purpose in life—to glorify God and enjoy him forever—and then responding.”

​Tool Recommendation: Magic ToDo​

You know those times when you can’t seem to get yourself to do that one big task on your to-do list? Well, often, that’s because the task is actually a project.

You can’t move forward on it because you haven’t broken it down into next steps.

That’s where Magic ToDo comes in. It’s a really cool, completely free, utility that uses AI to help you break down a complicated projects into simple subtasks.

Here it is taking the task “clean out the garage” and turning it into actionable sub tasks.

Think of it as a brainstorming buddy. Even if some of the suggested tasks don’t apply to you, it will still often give you enough clarity get you over the hump and get started.

And once you generate the list, you can either check them off right in the app, or export them to your clipboard, Todoist, or calendar.

​Read Like a Christian: Five Principles for What and How (6 mins)

Samuel James / Desiring God

“The books, stories, poems, and essays that will stay with us the longest, perhaps even for a lifetime, will be the ones that make eternity come alive in some way. A theological work illuminates just how much we can trust Christ. A classic novel makes virtue feel worth the suffering. A poem’s beauty hits on our hearts like sunlight on a starved leaf. An essay makes ultimate reality just a little bit clearer. These are hours of reading that we never truly leave; the words leave an imprint on us. These are treasures that can make the noise we often consume feel as fleeting as it is.”

​The Life Stewardship OS​

Since 2019, Notion has been my favorite all-around productivity app. And late last year, I built a custom template for Notion based on the principles I talked about in the Redeeming Productivity book and our Academy.

Well, we’ve been battle-testing this template with Academy members for the past six months or so. And I’m finally planning to release it publicly. The final version will include a crash course video on Notion, for those new to the app, and a tutorial on making the most of the template itself.

Features include:

• Daily planner
• Goal tracker
• Project manager
• Task manager
• Habit tracker
• Note-taking
• And much more!

All built to help you better steward your life for the glory of God.

If you want to be alerted when I make it available, click here to sign-up and be notified.

Quote of the Week

– Herbert A. Simon

Final Word

Thanks for reading!

Praying you have a productive and God-honoring rest of your week.

– Reagan Rose

P.S. If you ever come across a link you think would be great to feature in an issue of the Roundup, you can send it to me at reagan@redeemingproductivity.com

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