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Drawing Exercises, Five Levels
by PixelBadger Creative Exploration Video
Twenty-five drawing drills in five levels, from line control to imagination. About 20 minutes of drawing; take longer on the levels that stretch you. 🎥 Video: 25 Essential Drawing Exercises: Unlock your Imagination by brokendraw
- Level 1 · 2.3 minutes
- Level 2 · 4.2 minutes
- Level 3 · 3.7 minutes
- Level 4 · 3.4 minutes
- Level 5 · 5.9 minutes
Side Project Idea Jam
by PixelBadger Creative Exploration
Mine your own annoyances for side project ideas, and leave with one small enough to build. About 45 minutes.
- Annoyance list · 10 minutes
- Flip them · 10 minutes
- Combine · 5 minutes
- Pick one
- Sketch version one · 15 minutes
- Park it
Docs Edit Pass
by PixelBadger Editing
Three focused passes that turn rough documentation into docs people can follow. About 1 hour. Each pass looks for one kind of problem only.
- Prepare
- Accuracy pass · 20 minutes
- Break · 5 minutes
- Clarity pass · 15 minutes
- Scannability pass · 10 minutes
- Final checks
README-First Design
by PixelBadger Deep Drafting
Write the README for a project before writing any code, to find out what you're actually building. About 45 minutes.
- Set up
- What it is · 5 minutes
- Usage examples · 15 minutes
- Installation · 5 minutes
- Limitations and non-goals · 5 minutes
- Review
Technical Blog Post
by PixelBadger Deep Drafting
From a topic to a complete first draft of a technical post in about 2 hours. Write the code samples first: they're the spine of the post, and the prose hangs off them.
- Set up
- Write the code samples · 25 minutes
- Outline around the code · 10 minutes
- Break · 5 minutes
- Draft the body · 30 minutes
- Write the intro last · 10 minutes
- Wrap up
Ten minutes of training your attention like a muscle by counting breaths. Every time you catch your mind wandering and bring it back, that's one rep.
- Settle · 60 seconds
- Count to ten · 8 minutes
- Rest · 60 seconds
Pre-Work Focus Reset
by PixelBadger Focus
Five minutes before you open your inbox, to start the day on purpose.
- Arrive · 30 seconds
- Count ten breaths · 2 minutes
- Choose one priority · 60 seconds
- Picture the first step · 60 seconds
- Begin
Four 25-minute blocks of single-tasking with short breaks between, for 4 rounds. Put your phone in another room. After the fourth round, take a longer break of 15–30 minutes.
- Set the intention
- Focus · 25 minutes
- Break · 5 minutes
Repeats for 4 rounds
Candle Gazing
by PixelBadger Focus
Trataka, a yogic concentration practice: steady gazing at a flame, then holding its image, for 3 rounds. Sit about an arm's length from a candle in a dim, draught-free room, with the flame at eye level.
- Gaze at the flame · 60 seconds
- Close your eyes · 60 seconds
Repeats for 3 rounds
Three-Minute Breathing Space
by PixelBadger Mindfulness
A mini meditation from Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, shaped like an hourglass: wide, narrow, then wide again. Use it any time in the day you notice stress building.
- Becoming aware · 60 seconds
- Gathering · 60 seconds
- Expanding · 60 seconds
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding
by PixelBadger Mindfulness
Use your senses to come back to the present moment when anxiety spirals. About 4 minutes. Say each thing out loud or in your head. There are no wrong answers.
- Five things you can see · 45 seconds
- Four things you can feel · 45 seconds
- Three things you can hear · 45 seconds
- Two things you can smell · 30 seconds
- One thing you can taste · 30 seconds
- Settle · 30 seconds