Rowena Tsai | what to do when you don’t feel like doing anything | master this for optimal productivity @rowena | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
IG: instagram.com/rowenatsai | As mama Tsai always says, 磨刀不誤砍柴工 aka sharpening the saw (resting) will help you cut wood (work) better. 🌲Thank you Aurate for sponsoring this video! For 15% off your first Aurate purchase, go to auratenewyork.com/rowena and use 'rowena'
To anyone feeling unmotivated, exhausted, and utterly spent... I'm sending you the biggest virtual text hug because girl/boy same. 🙂 In a world that glorifies outputs and exhaling like doing, chasing, creating; let's create a culture within our community to value inputs and inhaling like slowing down, resting, and nurturing our mind, body, and soul. 💕
🎥 Video:
• tired of being tired? try deep work & deep rest youtu.be/p43L6RJlOmE
🔗 Resources:
• Book: Deep Work by Cal Newport amzn.to/3yfBwYJ
• Book: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport amzn.to/2Wgzsl1
• Video: Cal Newport’s TEDx Talk youtu.be/3E7hkPZ-HTk
• Quoted article: https://www.starttech.vc/blog/2020/secret-to-deep-work-is-deep-rest/
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🙃 Don't be a stranger: rowena@rowenatsai.com
🎙 Voice Hugs podcast:
• Spotify open.spotify.com/show/5IlF8gTgHi8tf2hVDvd19e?si=f7c0a2f554114f3a&nd=1
• Apple podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/voice-hugs/id1601536900
✳️ My favorite productivity app: try.sunsama.com/rowena
📬 My favorite email app: superhuman.sjv.io/WD2jde
OUR NEW JEWELRY LINE w/ Ana Luisa:
✿ analuisa.pxf.io/c/2199166/1646421/17411
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OUTFIT DETAILS (lmk if I missed anything!):
• Light blue dress (linked Walmart, v random yes but it's the only place I found it still avail) bit.ly/3ryinP9
• White crop button-up top shrsl.com/1w0fh
• Lilac purple shorts bit.ly/3zra4ag
• Gingham long-sleeve shrsl.com/334kd
• Green bucket hat lackofcolor.com/collections/buckets/products/wave-bucket-green-terry (Amazon for other colors) amzn.to/2UBljyt
• Stripped purple long-sleeve shirt (only L size avail) bit.ly/3iGPQ5H
• Dark green shorts & tank uniform-person.com
NEW BRANDS (unboxing):
• Damprid lol amzn.to/3zuTZ3n
• Taupe shoulder bag int.hvisk.com/products/amble-nylon-recycled-small-handle-bag-brownish?_pos=28&_sid=f797cec3d&_ss=r
• Green shoulder bag int.hvisk.com/collections/handbag/products/scape-nylon-recycled-handle-bag-grass-green
• Woven bags susmies.com/collections/bolsos
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TIMESTAMP:
0:00 Intro
01:07 1) Commit to it
02:54 2) Put away technology
03:31 3) Set the environment
04:10 4) Go with the flow
07:35 5) Strive to be bored
08:50 Heart to heart ❤️
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✨ If you’re at all curious:
• My spiritual practice, Falun Dafa bit.ly/2z49zqz
• If you're interested in reading more, start with this to get an understanding of what qigong entails bit.ly/2u8DXOC
• The main text we read is Zhuan Falun* bit.ly/2t48xJP
*Best to read start to finish in the shortest time possible for the highest benefit.
• If you want to learn more about Falun Dafa and qigong, check out local contacts in your area - there are practitioners globally and in most big enough-ish cities: bit.ly/2E0PL6S
• My friend Chris over at China Uncensored made an incredibly informative video on what Falun Dafa is and why it's being persecuted in China (YT video): bit.ly/2CR9yZQ
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Video edited by Rowena Tsai
instagram.com/rowenatsai
Music from Epidemic Sounds: share.epidemicsound.com/V39z8
Camera & Equipment 🎥:
• Canon point and shoot amzn.to/2ZH8p0Q
• Canon mirrorless amzn.to/3moR07b
• Canon wide-angle lens amzn.to/3kpMinS
• Rode mic attached to mirrorless amzn.to/32yXwQO
• Rode mic for voiceover amzn.to/2FsbwTO
• Manfrotto 3-section tripod amzn.to/2sPRaIu
• Manfrotto mini tripod amzn.to/32BEucD
• Final Cut Pro X
IG: instagram.com/rowenatsai | As mama Tsai always says, 磨刀不誤砍柴工 aka sharpening the saw (resting) will help you cut wood (work) better. 🌲Thank you Aurate for sponsoring this video! For 15% off your first Aurate purchase, go to auratenewyork.com/rowena and use 'rowena'
To anyone feeling unmotivated, exhausted, and utterly spent... I'm sending you the biggest virtual text hug because girl/boy same. 🙂 In a world that glorifies outputs and exhaling like doing, chasing, creating; let's create a culture within our community to value inputs and inhaling like slowing down, resting, and nurturing our mind, body, and soul. 💕
🎥 Video:
• tired of being tired? try deep work & deep rest youtu.be/p43L6RJlOmE
🔗 Resources:
• Book: Deep Work by Cal Newport amzn.to/3yfBwYJ
• Book: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport amzn.to/2Wgzsl1
• Video: Cal Newport’s TEDx Talk youtu.be/3E7hkPZ-HTk
• Quoted article: https://www.starttech.vc/blog/2020/secret-to-deep-work-is-deep-rest/
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
🙃 Don't be a stranger: rowena@rowenatsai.com
🎙 Voice Hugs podcast:
• Spotify open.spotify.com/show/5IlF8gTgHi8tf2hVDvd19e?si=f7c0a2f554114f3a&nd=1
• Apple podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/voice-hugs/id1601536900
✳️ My favorite productivity app: try.sunsama.com/rowena
📬 My favorite email app: superhuman.sjv.io/WD2jde
OUR NEW JEWELRY LINE w/ Ana Luisa:
✿ analuisa.pxf.io/c/2199166/1646421/17411
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
OUTFIT DETAILS (lmk if I missed anything!):
• Light blue dress (linked Walmart, v random yes but it's the only place I found it still avail) bit.ly/3ryinP9
• White crop button-up top shrsl.com/1w0fh
• Lilac purple shorts bit.ly/3zra4ag
• Gingham long-sleeve shrsl.com/334kd
• Green bucket hat lackofcolor.com/collections/buckets/products/wave-bucket-green-terry (Amazon for other colors) amzn.to/2UBljyt
• Stripped purple long-sleeve shirt (only L size avail) bit.ly/3iGPQ5H
• Dark green shorts & tank uniform-person.com
NEW BRANDS (unboxing):
• Damprid lol amzn.to/3zuTZ3n
• Taupe shoulder bag int.hvisk.com/products/amble-nylon-recycled-small-handle-bag-brownish?_pos=28&_sid=f797cec3d&_ss=r
• Green shoulder bag int.hvisk.com/collections/handbag/products/scape-nylon-recycled-handle-bag-grass-green
• Woven bags susmies.com/collections/bolsos
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
TIMESTAMP:
0:00 Intro
01:07 1) Commit to it
02:54 2) Put away technology
03:31 3) Set the environment
04:10 4) Go with the flow
07:35 5) Strive to be bored
08:50 Heart to heart ❤️
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
✨ If you’re at all curious:
• My spiritual practice, Falun Dafa bit.ly/2z49zqz
• If you're interested in reading more, start with this to get an understanding of what qigong entails bit.ly/2u8DXOC
• The main text we read is Zhuan Falun* bit.ly/2t48xJP
*Best to read start to finish in the shortest time possible for the highest benefit.
• If you want to learn more about Falun Dafa and qigong, check out local contacts in your area - there are practitioners globally and in most big enough-ish cities: bit.ly/2E0PL6S
• My friend Chris over at China Uncensored made an incredibly informative video on what Falun Dafa is and why it's being persecuted in China (YT video): bit.ly/2CR9yZQ
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Video edited by Rowena Tsai
instagram.com/rowenatsai
Music from Epidemic Sounds: share.epidemicsound.com/V39z8
Camera & Equipment 🎥:
• Canon point and shoot amzn.to/2ZH8p0Q
• Canon mirrorless amzn.to/3moR07b
• Canon wide-angle lens amzn.to/3kpMinS
• Rode mic attached to mirrorless amzn.to/32yXwQO
• Rode mic for voiceover amzn.to/2FsbwTO
• Manfrotto 3-section tripod amzn.to/2sPRaIu
• Manfrotto mini tripod amzn.to/32BEucD
• Final Cut Pro X
