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All statements about write-off principle

23 statements about write-off principle in 13 sources, by upload date.

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2021

  • 2021-03-24 · My Toxic Relationship With Productivity — recommendation: Ali says it is okay to take a break sometimes: if he does not feel like filming, even with a sponsor deadline, he can ask the sponsor to delay the video by a few days, and they are normally nice about it. — 00:10:20
  • 2021-03-24 · My Toxic Relationship With Productivity — Ali: Choosing to be satisfied with his day's work lets Ali play World of Warcraft while streaming on Twitch guilt-free instead of hating himself. — 00:18:50
  • 2021-04-25 · My NEW Gaming PC Setup #shorts — Ali Abdaal (channel): Asked what the productivity justification for a gaming PC is, the channel replies that not everything has to be productive all the time. — creator comment
  • 2021-08-18 · 10 Rules I Follow Everyday — recommendation: Ali's write-off principle, a rule he came up with himself: declaring a day a write-off lets him take time off guilt-free, playing on the PlayStation, vegetating or ordering takeaway. — 00:08:14
  • 2021-08-18 · 10 Rules I Follow Everyday — Ali takes write-off days maybe two or three days a month and always feels reset afterwards, but would not want every day to be like that, since he enjoys his work. (hedged) — 00:08:14
  • 2021-08-18 · 10 Rules I Follow Everyday — Ali says a few write-off days a month, when he completely vegetates and turns off, help him be more productive the rest of the time. — 00:08:59
  • 2021-09-19 · How to Make Productivity Healthier — Ali thinks of productivity as doing more of the things that matter to him, so hanging out with friends, dinner with friends, board games or playing Ratchet and Clank on the PS5 count as productive. — 00:02:02
  • 2021-09-19 · How to Make Productivity Healthier — Unjaded Jade: Jade says relaxing activities recharge you and create a better you, almost an investment in doing classically productive tasks better. — 00:06:54
  • 2021-10-20 · Everything's Changing - Life Update — recommendation: Ali: Since his goal is a profitable business that is fun and helps people, Ali thinks he should be okay making more time for himself, going on holiday without his laptop and not feeling he must turn out a video every week. — 00:42:15
  • 2021-10-29 · 8 Lessons I Learned From Elon Musk — Ali caught himself thinking a long shower was unproductive while he should be writing his book, and says the point of life is not to be productive every second of the day: a shower is something he enjoys. — 00:03:05

2020

  • 2020-01-07 · 15 Lessons that Improved My Life — Ali made up the write-off principle for his weekly newsletter: sometimes it is okay to write the whole day off, so that he need not feel guilty about doing nothing. — 00:14:53
  • 2020-01-07 · 15 Lessons that Improved My Life — Ali: A few weeks earlier his housemate Molly reminded Ali of his own write-off principle when he could not be bothered to film; he made it a write-off day and played The Witcher 3 for two glorious hours. — 00:14:53
  • 2020-02-13 · Top 5 Revision & Study Tips for Students — Simon Clark says possibly his single largest academic mistake was not taking better care of himself, the part of a study plan that gets overlooked. (hedged) — 00:06:31
  • 2020-02-13 · Top 5 Revision & Study Tips for Students — recommendation: Simon Clark says a revision plan must be realistic and include time off, such as a couple of hours a week, because the body that carries the brain breaks down without it, and so will the brain. — 00:07:01
  • 2020-02-13 · Top 5 Revision & Study Tips for Students — recommendation: Simon Clark says the free time you need is highly individual: do not copy other people's, but take as much as keeps your brain functioning at optimum efficiency. — 00:07:34
  • 2020-02-13 · Top 5 Revision & Study Tips for Students — Ali says the system made final-year revision really fun: he and his friends worked efficiently together as a team and also had chill downtime to relax. — 00:08:03
  • 2020-02-13 · Top 5 Revision & Study Tips for Students — Simon Clark compares exam preparation with an Olympian's: no one would tell an Olympian to train every waking hour before the Olympics, and your coming exam is your Olympics. — 00:08:33
  • 2020-05-17 · My Productive Birthday in Lockdown - Day in the Life Vlog — Ali: At 8 p.m. Ali writes off the rest of his birthday: he has been reasonably productive and it is his birthday, so he treats himself to Netflix. — 00:06:36
  • 2020-08-11 · Study with Me - Hustle & Chill — recommendation: Ali: Feeling unproductive and short of sleep, Ali applies the write-off principle he came up with a few months earlier: in an unproductive slump, write the rest of the day off and do fun stuff. — 00:06:08

2019

Also named in: My Annual Review using Notion

2018