Ashley Janssen Consulting

Happy New Year!

It’s time for my annual roundup of my most popular articles of the past year!

In October 2025, I was interviewed for an article titled "Most employees aren’t productive the whole workday.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be calm and about the gap between our expectations and reality.

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” - Peter Drucker I came across this quote a few years ago, and it’s one of those ideas that has stuck with me and, in many ways, is foundational in how I think about p…

💡 I originally wrote and published this one in the fall of 2023, but it felt fitting for how I'm feeling right now, and it seemed a good one to reshare!

Do you ever feel like no matter how much you work, or what you do, it never feels like it’s enough?

We have an air bike in our basement.

This time last year, I wrote about the Fall Scaries, which are a variation of the Sunday Scaries.

Email… the great time vortex of so many lives.

A significant part of my writing routine involves reading for inspiration and ideas.

This time last year marked the big 4-0 milestone, which we celebrated on a lovely trip to Croatia and Slovenia.

Most mornings, I wake up naturally around 6:00 am (often regardless of how late I stayed up the night before).

💡 This article was the first Every Intention email newsletter I sent in August 2021, when I started consulting full-time.

One of the most insidious challenges I see in productivity culture is so many people don’t know how to relax.