This episode is about building a year you actually want to live through, not just a list you’re supposed to tick off.

If you’ve ever crawled to the end of the year whispering “january me will fix this,” this one’s for you.

In this episode:

• Why traditional goal-setting leaves you exhausted and actually very unchanged

• december deadline energy vs my new obsession: december desire dabbling

• The maths behind your annual motivation fade

• How to start 2026 with butterflies instead of dread

• The 2–3 desires I’m prioritising this December (and how you can choose yours)

I’m hosting a very low-key, very non-intense december desire dabble inside my IG close friends.
We’re each choosing 2 or 3 supportive desires (not goals, not resolutions) to help us feel more human and less husk going into 2026.

Join in at @theproductivityproject_ on Instagram.

Welcome to a new era for the podcast: The Play Project.

Oooooooo.

Same Kat, same anti-hustle productivity brain… but with way more focus on fun, aliveness and feeling like a human again, not just a heavily time-blocked walking to-do list.

This is the podcast for one-woman shows juggling business and family that isn't about becoming That Girl™.

This poddy is about remembering what you like, what lights you up, and how to feel more you in a season where most of your time doesn’t feel like it belongs to you.

In this episode, we get into:

• The problem with restriction-based productivity (especially for women)

• How our culture quietly turns everything into a self-improvement project or a metric (and why it sucks)

• The real definition of doomscrolling

• Why discipline is not the answer for women who are already holding up the world

• 5 low-lift “gateway hobbies” that helped me reclaim my brain from my phone

Links & things

• My Substack: productivitykat.substack.com

• Instagram: @theproductivityproject_

• Fiction recs to switch your reading muscle back on: check my recent posts over on IG

If your days feel like: decent sleep, decent intentions… and a brain that still won’t boot properly - sames.

In this week's episode, I talk through what’s been helping me feel sharper and calmer, so I can do meaningful work in the few focused hours I do have (I've cut this down to 3) and still feel like me.

Disclaimer: This episode will NOT teach you how to manage your time. If you’ve been oscillating between big life overhauls and burnout trying to make things happen, this episode will give you 10 practical things I've been doing to help support my focus, concentration and help me work less hours.

Note: I share my personal experience with antidepressants as context - not medical advice. Please chat with your GP about what’s right for you.

• Say hi on IG: @theproductivityproject_ — DM me SERIES and I’ll send you my 10-part email mini-book: The 2026 Life-Work Reset

• Read the related Substack piece (the antidepressants/brain-fog backstory): productivitykat.substack.com

• Want to do a 10-Week Year with me? Get the self-paced curriculum now + join the supported Jan round for $0 extra (beta details in the ep): https://stan.store/theproductivityproject_/p/the-10-week-year-minimap

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