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.
Not Drowning. Walking.
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Hello Reader, So I went for a walk. No headphones. No agenda. Just outside. I wasn't treading water out there — I was treading ground. There's a difference. Treading water keeps you from sinking. Walking actually moves you somewhere. When you're swirling or when you're stagnant, the steps you take by walking can help you recognize the next steps you must take — the ones that don't involve walking at all. You don't need long. You just need out. See you later, P.S. Next Tuesday, May 12th, I'm co-facilitating a session at The Grand Productivity Group with Garland Coulson on building genuine human connection. Grab your spot here. |
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. 2, Issue 13 | May 23, 2026 Hello Reader, I watched Jamie Vardy's Netflix documentary last week. He's the Leicester City striker who went from non-league football and factory shifts and an ankle tag to Premier League champion. The whole arc is built around a clock running out and a man outrunning it. But it was his tattoos that stopped me. He has a sleeve — black-and-grey realism, the kind designed to look almost photographic. Pocket watches. Roses. The style...
Hello Reader, You may have noticed things were quieter than usual from me this week. That's because I've been in it — three days of The READY Retreat with the TimeCrafting Trust community, working through the same process I've been refining for years. Reflecting, eliminating, attuning, choosing, yielding. When you step back to retreat, your usual patterns get disrupted. Intentionally. That's the point. Emails wait. The work doesn't. Now that the retreat is complete, I'm turning my attention...
The Lantern by Mike Vardy Vol. 2, Issue 12 | May 16, 2026 Hello Reader, I went for a walk this week through the kind of noise that usually makes you want to find the quietest room in the house. Café sounds. Voices. The ambient hum of a city mid-afternoon. Somewhere in the middle of all that external noise, the noise inside my head started to settle. Not because the world cooperated. Because I moved through it anyway. We spend enormous energy trying to control the conditions around us. The...