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.
Your first month of TimeCrafting Trust: $1
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Hello Reader, There's a particular kind of frustration that comes from knowing your relationship with time and productivity could be better — calmer, more intentional, less of a daily scramble — but not having a place to actually work on it. That place is TimeCrafting Trust. And until June 20th (World Productivity Day) your first month is $1. Here's a sampling of what a dollar gets you for a full month:
This isn't a watered-down sample. It's the whole community, for a dollar, for a month. Straight with you on the details: after the first month, membership renews at our regular $14/month (USD). And if you find your rhythm here, you can move to quarterly or annual pricing and pay less per month. No fine print, no tricks. If it's not your thing, step out before it renews and you've spent a dollar to find out. (But I think once you're in, you'll want to stay.) Start your first month for $1 → The offer's open until June 20th. World Productivity Day feels like exactly the right day to start being more intentional with yours. — Mike P.S. If you've been on the fence about this for a while, consider this the nudge. A dollar is about the lowest-risk way there is to find out if this is for you. (New members only.) |
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 I17 | June 20, 2026 Hello Reader, Earlier this month I posted a short video calling World Productivity Day paradoxical. A man named Kevin commented on Facebook, thoughtfully, and with some heat. His argument was economic: that productivity, in a capitalist context, is really just a sophisticated way of asking the poorest people to work harder so the wealthiest can accumulate more. And that the antidote is redistribution: returning more value to the...
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...
The Lantern by Mike Vardy Vol. 2, Issue 16 | June 13, 2026 Hello Reader, I found out recently that Shel Silverstein wrote several songs for Dr. Hook's first two albums. Most people know Silverstein through Where the Sidewalk Ends, or maybe "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash. But "Cover of the Rolling Stone"? "Sylvia's Mother"? That was him too. The first instinct is to say that doesn't fit. Which is exactly the wrong instinct. It fits perfectly — it just requires you to look at the right...