I’m Mike Vardy, and I help people build a better relationship with time — not by controlling it, but by working with it. Through my writing, courses, and community, I explore how intention and attention shape a more meaningful life — one rooted in the original idea of productiveness over productivity.
A calm Sunday look at both Black Friday offers...
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Hello Reader, Before Monday arrives — and before inboxes start filling up with last-minute reminders from everywhere — I wanted to send a quiet breakdown of the two Black Friday offers I’m sharing this year. This isn’t a pitch. Just clarity, so you can decide what fits where you are right now. The 12 Days OF TimeCrafting Black Friday BundleWhat it is: A twelve-day sequence of small, meaningful tools delivered from December 26 through January 6 — audio, video, prompts, short guides, and a few surprises woven in. Most common questions:
If you want the 12 Days + a free month of Premium included, you can get it here. TimeCrafting Trust Premium Annual Black Friday OfferWhat it is: The annual membership — including workshops, replays, community connection, support, and everything inside Premium — plus The NOW Year Companion, a twelve-month rhythm of guidance beginning on December 2. Most common questions:
If you want the annual membership + the Companion, you can join here. Both offers are designed to support you in different ways — one at the turning of the year, the other throughout the year ahead. See you later, P.S. If you have a question I didn’t cover here, just reply. I’m listening. |
The Practice of Productiveness
I’m Mike Vardy, and I help people build a better relationship with time — not by controlling it, but by working with it. Through my writing, courses, and community, I explore how intention and attention shape a more meaningful life — one rooted in the original idea of productiveness over productivity.
The Lantern by Mike Vardy Vol. 1, Issue 43 | December 20, 2025 Hello Reader, There are moments when a line lands in your mind with the weight of something you didn’t realize you’d been carrying. A sentence, a phrase, an image that turns out to be a pressure valve — releasing something that’s been quietly building. That happened to me this past Sunday morning. I was in the middle of a working session, the kind that starts slow and honest before the rest of the day wakes up. And out of nowhere,...
Hello Reader, We’re deep into the holiday stretch now—the week where days blur, obligations multiply, and your calendar starts behaving like it has a mind of its own. This is the point in December when most people try to push a little harder. But that usually leads to the opposite of what we’re hoping for: more friction, more fatigue, less presence. There’s a gentler way through this week. It starts with a single question: “What kind of day is this?” Not emotionally. Structurally. Because...
Hello Reader, I’ve been thinking about It’s a Wonderful Life again. Partly because it’s December—and we’re deep enough into it now that the shine has worn off. Partly because I recently listened to an episode of the What Went Wrong? podcast that unpacked how that film almost didn’t survive—and why it still endures. What stayed with me wasn’t the trivia. It was the reminder beneath it all. George Bailey doesn’t get a new life. He gets the same life back—just seen differently. That matters....