Category: Productivity

I know the actual saying is “what gets measured, gets managed” – but always one for the slightly dramatic, I’m gonna change it up to MASTERED!! I didn’t realise, but for years when I was younger, I wouldn’t measure a thing which left me confused, not knowing where I was at any one time (not […]

I can’t get this concept out of my head at the moment! It’s the theory that the act of decision making uses up energy and therefore takes from energy to be motivated and feel inspired! I read about it a couple of weeks ago in a book by John Lamerton called Routine Machine, and he […]

I’ve been trying a new routine this week (you know I love a good routine!) and one of my favourite parts of it is in conjunction with the Pomodoro technique… If you haven’t heard of it, it’s super simple: You just do something (say work) for a set period of time (25 minutes for me) […]

I opened the online doors to EmilyDrums.com in 2016, and when I started out, I barely had any knowledge of how a studio even worked, let alone how to run a business with clients! But now, I’ve got a diary full of wonderful clients who keep coming back to get me to record on their […]

I’ve spent all my drumming life (from 11) setting massive goals, getting super inspired, starting a routine, following it for a few days, weeks, or even months only to get really disheartened… well I’ve been reflecting on a goal that I achieved recently and why that time it worked, when historically I wasn’t good at […]

So I’m currently listening to this awesome book on my daily walks at the moment called Routine Machine by John Lamerton. I’m obsessed with routines, and always have been, so it’s awesome to listen to someone else’s obsession which easily rivals mine! 😀 So on today’s walk, there was this idea of breaking down everything […]