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Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop

Nora Bishop writes Work Love, a newsletter about doing less and building what matters. Live well.

The half hour that runs the week

Oct 3, 2026

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6 min read

The half hour that runs the week

Thirty minutes on a Sunday decides whether your week happens to you or for you.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The inbox that closes

Sep 30, 2026

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6 min read

The inbox that closes

Email isn't a place to live. It's a place to visit twice a day and leave empty.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
Who's got it?

Sep 26, 2026

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6 min read

Who's got it?

Writing the list down was step one. Assigning it is the part nobody does.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The last ninety days

Sep 23, 2026

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5 min read

The last ninety days

Q4 starts in a week, and most of it is already spoken for.

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Nora Bishop
Doing nothing on purpose

Sep 19, 2026

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5 min read

Doing nothing on purpose

Rest you schedule is rest. Rest you collapse into is just recovery.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The handoff

Sep 16, 2026

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6 min read

The handoff

You can't be the only person who knows how anything works.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The thing in your pocket

Sep 12, 2026

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6 min read

The thing in your pocket

You don't have an attention problem. You have a settings problem.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The calendar audit

Sep 9, 2026

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6 min read

The calendar audit

An hour once a quarter buys back a day a month.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The second January

Sep 5, 2026

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5 min read

The second January

September is the real new year, and it's a better one than the first.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The polite no

Sep 2, 2026

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6 min read

The polite no

Most of your calendar problems started as a yes you didn't mean.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
Same time next week

Aug 29, 2026

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4 min read

Same time next week

One small thing, repeated, will outrun every big plan you ever make.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The default setting

Aug 26, 2026

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4 min read

The default setting

You're not tired from the big decisions. You're tired from the two hundred small ones.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The first ten minutes

Aug 22, 2026

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4 min read

The first ten minutes

The way you walk through the door sets the tone for the whole night.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The money check

Aug 19, 2026

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4 min read

The money check

Twenty minutes on a Sunday beats a month of hoping.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
Ordinary days

Aug 15, 2026

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2 min read

Ordinary days

A good life is mostly built from the small, regular ones.

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Nora Bishop
Touch it once

Aug 12, 2026

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2 min read

Touch it once

Half of being busy is handling the same thing four times.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
The list nobody else can see

Aug 7, 2026

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2 min read

The list nobody else can see

The heaviest work is the invisible kind.

Nora Bishop
Nora Bishop
Start with three

Aug 5, 2026

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3 min read

Start with three

The one habit that sits under all the others.

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Nora Bishop

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