productivity – Stilgherrian

23 November 202530 November 2025

Weekly Wrap 808: Productivity and wild birds are this week’s themes — and there’s more to come

A smallish bird is perched on top of a weatherbeaten wooden stake, looking to its left and with an eye on us. Its head is black with a light grey chin, and its chest is also light grey. Its beak is white with a black tip that ends with a little downwards hook. Its wings are black on top and white below, but they can’t really been seen because they’re closed. In the background, out of focus, are some shrubs.

My week of Monday 17 to Sunday 23 November 2025 was another busy one. More podcasts were recorded, but they’re taking their time to be extruded from the queue. Your patience is welcomed. Have a butcherbird!

02 March 202509 March 2025

Weekly Wrap 770: Stress, little productivity, and a photo from two years ago

Oh dear. My week of Monday 24 February to Sunday 2 March 2025 was another unproductive week, making February overall an unproductive month. Remedial action will be needed. For a start, I’m now declaring March to be part of summer.

01 December 202405 December 2024

Weekly Wrap 757: Welcome the Parrots of Productivity

Two tree stumps. On the left one, the taller of the two, are two Australian king parrots. The male has a bright red head and belly with back and wings in various shades of green. The female is a paler green with olive sections, and a red belly, although overall she is more drab.

My week of Monday 25 November to Sunday 1 December 2024 was finally a bit more productive. There’s yet another podcast. There were billable hours. And most importantly, we’re in the final stages of this season’s crowdfunder.

29 September 202405 October 2024

Weekly Wrap 748: The escalation of cicadas, the plummet of productivity, but little more

Close-up of the head of a greengrocer cicada (Cyclochila australasiae). Orange head, thorax, and abdomen with black markings, two bit red compound eyes and three smaller simple eyes.

Well then, my week of Monday 23 to Sunday 29 September 2024 represented quite a change. Last week was good for me. This week less so. Was I fighting some sort of lurgi? Because by the weekend I was sleeping for most of the day and got almost nothing done. And most of the birds abandoned me.

18 August 202422 August 2024

Weekly Wrap 742: A wallaby end to a wobbly week

A black-and-white infrared photo. Next to a tree stump, a swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolour) stares straight into the camera.

Productivity eluded me during the week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 August 2024. I was so, so tired, perhaps because for the four days Saturday to Tuesday I didn’t get my usual afternoon nap. Or it could be all the Usual Things that screw up my sleeps patterns. Still, here we are.

09 June 202410 August 2025

Weekly Wrap 732: A remarkably productive start to winter

An 8-car NSW TrainLink V-Set stands at Wentworth Falls station on a wet foggy night. The lights glisten off the wet platform, and everything is silvery grey except the purple interior of the train visible through its windows. The platform is deserted except for, in the distance, the guard in his hi-viz vest.

My week of Monday 3 to Sunday 9 June 2024 saw the production of three podcasts, two of which have already been posted, with the third appearing tomorrow morning. My need to nap most afternoons also declined, which I imagine is a Good Thing.