Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Kara Cutruzzula
Kara Cutruzzula

3K Followers

Home

About

Published in

Forge

·Nov 11, 2020

If Your To-Do List is Impossible, You’re Doing it Right

Here’s how a productivity writer approaches her to-do list — Although I write about creativity and productivity for a living, my to-do list is a nightmare. Every day, it’s about a page long with 40 to 50 items. There are categories, subcategories, incremental tasks. Do I check everything off my list every day? No. And that’s the entire point. …

To Do List

4 min read

A Great To-Do List Should Be Impossible to Pull Off
A Great To-Do List Should Be Impossible to Pull Off
To Do List

4 min read


Published in

Forge

·Sep 10, 2020

How to Bail Without Being a Jerk

Instead of disappearing, here’s exactly what to say — Everyone is a flake in 2020. You make outdoor dining plans, set deadlines on a work project, promise to proof a friend’s resume. But when the deadline arrives, so does the horrifying truth: It’s just not gonna happen. It’s understandable. When life is rapidly changing, it’s normal to believe next…

Relationships

5 min read

How to Bail Without Being a Jerk
How to Bail Without Being a Jerk
Relationships

5 min read


Published in

Forge

·Jul 14, 2020

It’s Never Too Late to Answer an Email

To make it easier, we wrote the responses for you — You can’t see them on the first page of your inbox, but you know they’re there. Your ancient unanswered emails lurk deep inside your inbox. Invitations you forgot, interesting opportunities you accidentally ignored, long messages you barely remember reading in the early days of the quarantine haze. …

Email

5 min read

It’s Never Too Late to Answer an Email
It’s Never Too Late to Answer an Email
Email

5 min read


Published in

Forge

·May 20, 2020

The Follow-Up Is the Most Important Email You’ll Ever Write

How to master the art of the nudge — This story is part of Forge’s How to Write Anything series, where we give you tips, tricks, and principles for writing all the things we write in our daily lives online, from tweets to articles to dating profiles. I once waited eight months for a job offer. That’s 240 days…

How To Write Anything

6 min read

The Follow-Up Is the Most Important Email You’ll Ever Write
The Follow-Up Is the Most Important Email You’ll Ever Write
How To Write Anything

6 min read


Published in

Forge

·Mar 17, 2020

How to Stop Scrolling Coronavirus News for Like 5 Minutes

The coronavirus pandemic can lead to an obsession with checking our phones. Here’s how to change your news habit. — We try to make sense of the biggest news event of our lifetime, it feels natural, even calming, to turn to one of our most trusted habits: the flick, scroll, click. …

News

4 min read

How to Stop Scrolling Coronavirus News for Like 5 Minutes
How to Stop Scrolling Coronavirus News for Like 5 Minutes
News

4 min read


Feb 21, 2020

‘Pulling the Thread’ Is a Simple Way to Sneak Up on Your Goals

How can you pull the thread today? I’m talking about something you actually want to unravel. As a chronic over-thinker who can become overwhelmed by logistics or decisions, I’ve often found myself stuck in the middle of projects. I get an idea but don’t know how I want to execute…

Motivation

2 min read

‘Pulling the Thread’ Is a Simple Way to Sneak Up on Your Goals
‘Pulling the Thread’ Is a Simple Way to Sneak Up on Your Goals
Motivation

2 min read


Published in

Forge

·Feb 6, 2020

Start a Habit So Small You Can’t Fail

Begin low-key and think short term — For six years, I was a consistent runner. I logged around 25 miles a week, running 5Ks and half-marathons. I even ran a couple of marathons. But in 2018, after I swapped my freelance life for one in an office and also began a demanding two-year musical theater program, my…

Habits

5 min read

Start a Habit So Small You Can’t Fail
Start a Habit So Small You Can’t Fail
Habits

5 min read


Published in

Forge

·Dec 20, 2019

Now Is the Right Time to Declare Bankruptcy on Your Projects

Put your half-dead ideas out of their misery — I don’t know about you, but I want to enter 2020 with an empty brain — no half-finished tasks to stress over, no sense of guilt over lingering to-dos that have been perpetually pushed back. Of course, I know that’s not possible. Obligations are ever-changing, and opportunities arise all the…

Entrepreneurship

6 min read

Now Is the Right Time to Declare Bankruptcy on Your Projects
Now Is the Right Time to Declare Bankruptcy on Your Projects
Entrepreneurship

6 min read


Published in

Magenta

·Jan 24, 2018

What I Learned from 165 Creative Failures

After a year of creative moonshots and missteps, I discovered everything people don’t tell you about the other “F” word.

Life Lessons

8 min read

What I Learned from 165 Creative Failures
What I Learned from 165 Creative Failures
Life Lessons

8 min read


Published in

Magenta

·Nov 9, 2017

The Eternal Struggle to Balance Creation and Consumption

After an app revealed the depths of my media distraction, I turned to other creatives to see how they stay productive.

Productivity

10 min read

The Eternal Struggle to Balance Creation and Consumption
The Eternal Struggle to Balance Creation and Consumption
Productivity

10 min read

Kara Cutruzzula

Kara Cutruzzula

3K Followers

Author of DO IT (OR DON'T), DO IT TODAY & DO IT FOR YOURSELF. Daily newsletter: https://bit.ly/3vpPlV3

Following
  • Tony Stubblebine

    Tony Stubblebine

  • John DeVore

    John DeVore

  • Mark Manson

    Mark Manson

  • Ryan Holiday

    Ryan Holiday

  • Paul Kix

    Paul Kix

See all (266)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech

Teams