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.
Tomorrow: a live session for the return
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Hello Reader, I'm sending this to you from somewhere over the Rockies. I've been in Boise the past week for Kit's Craft + Commerce conference. Fully immersed, mostly present, doing what needed to be done. My themed days kept me focused. My attention to what mattered most kept me grounded. But my horizontal themes? Mostly set aside. That's not failure. That's what a travel week looks like when you're doing it right. The point of TimeCrafting isn't to maintain perfect consistency regardless of circumstance. It's to know what to hold onto, what to set down intentionally, and how to return when you're ready. Tomorrow I'm ready to return. (And I mean that literally.) The READY Return is a 90-minute live guided working session I'm opening to the public for the first time FREE on YouTube, on Wednesday June 17th. It's normally exclusive to TimeCrafting Trust members. But this one is for everyone. It's not a second chance. It's a course correction. Whether you're a member who did The READY Retreat, caught pieces of it, or this is your first time hearing about any of this — you're welcome to join us. We'll revisit themes, honestly assess what's working and what's drifted, and recalibrate your cadence before the next season takes hold. The session is live. Which means if you want to be there, subscribe and hit the notification bell now so you don't miss it. I'll see you there... fresh off the plane and ready. See you later, P.S. The $1 offer for the TimeCrafting Trust — where The READY Return lives year-round — closes June 20th. If tomorrow resonates, that's your next step. |
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 I18 | June 27, 2026 Hello Reader, Today my neighbours to the south mark their independence. I'll leave the fireworks to them but the word has been turning over in my head, because independence isn't really a holiday. It's a relationship status. You're either free in a thing or you're captive to it. And there's one relationship almost all of us are quietly captive to. Our relationship with time. Look at how we treat it. We bargain with it. We try to...
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