I want to be blunt:
You’re not unproductive. You’re just overloaded, distracted, and misaligned.
It’s not your fault. You’re living in a digital hurricane:
- AI everywhere.
- A dozen tabs.
- A Slack ping every 3 minutes.
- New frameworks launching on Twitter hourly.
- And that half-written project you've been meaning to ship since last April.
Welcome to the modern mind in 2026.
Let’s talk about why “productivity” isn’t working anymore — and what actually is.
🧨 PART 1: The Productivity Myth Is Cracking
The term “productivity” has been hijacked.
It used to mean getting things done.
Now it means:
- Setting up a Notion workspace that looks good on Instagram.
- Spending 4 hours customizing a task manager.
- Watching Ali Abdaal videos about work instead of doing the work.
2026 is the year productivity dies — and momentum takes its place.
Because what’s the point of a perfect task system if you're still not shipping?
💡 PART 2: The Rise of Momentum-Driven Creators
Let’s flip the script.
Ask yourself this:
📌 When was the last time you made **visible progress* every day — even if it was small?*
That’s momentum.
And it beats perfection every time.
Here's what momentum looks like in 2026:
- Creating and shipping a product in public.
- Sharing drafts before you're ready.
- Using AI to move 10x faster (but knowing when to ignore it).
- Building tiny tools that solve real problems — and charging $5 for them.
No team. No VC. No pitch decks.
Just motion > perfection.
🛠️ PART 3: The New Productivity Stack (2026 Edition)
Forget the old “all-in-one” apps. You need a minimal, punchy stack that helps you move fast.
🔧 Tools for Moving Fast:
- Astro.build – Frontend fast. Markdown-first. No React bloat.
- Supabase – Postgres + auth + file uploads in 5 minutes.
- Tally.so – Collect payments, feedback, and leads in seconds.
- Raycast – Command your system like a wizard.
🧠 Tools for Thinking Clearly:
- Obsidian – Local markdown. Zero fluff.
- Reflect.app – Best AI-assisted note tool. Feels like talking to yourself.
- Lunatask – Todo + pomodoro + journaling, all local-first.
💸 Tools for Monetization:
- Gumroad / Lemon Squeezy – Sell anything.
- Ko-fi / BuyMeACoffee – Tiny monetization for creators.
- Plausible / Splitbee – Analytics without selling your soul.
🧪 PART 4: My 10-Day Productivity Reset (And What Happened)
Last year, I hit a wall.
I had:
- 13 unfinished projects.
- A Trello board that looked like spaghetti.
- 0 shipped tools in 4 months.
So I created a rule:
One micro SaaS. 10 days. No excuses. No overthinking.
Each day had a small goal:
- Day 1: Validate the idea.
- Day 2: Buy a domain.
- Day 3: Build a landing page.
- Day 4: Connect payments.
- Day 5–8: Build the MVP.
- Day 9: Soft launch on Reddit.
- Day 10: First user feedback.
That project now makes small passive sales.
But more importantly — it broke the dam.
I’ve shipped three more since.
🚀 Want to Steal That Framework?
I turned that 10-day process into a step-by-step course:
🛠️ Launch a Micro SaaS in 10 Days
🔓 It’s simple, tactical, and doesn’t waste your time.
🧠 You’ll launch faster than you ever thought possible — without coding (but great if you can).
💸 For the first 50 people, it’s just $1. Then it goes to $99.
👉 Grab it here before the price jumps
🧘 PART 5: Real Productivity Is Invisible
You know what’s productive?
- Deleting a project that’s going nowhere.
- Saying no to that “cool but distracting” collab.
- Not joining another Discord server full of lurkers.
Real productivity is subtraction, not addition.
You don’t need to do more.
You just need to finish something — and ship it.
🧩 Your Turn
- What would you build if you had only 10 days?
- What project are you sitting on because you’re waiting for the perfect moment?
Drop it in the comments.
Let’s all make momentum > motivation the new meta.
And if you’re curious, take the $1 challenge 👇
Launch a Micro SaaS in 10 Days
Top comments (1)
The productivity myth means watching videos about work instead of doing the work — or rolling the AI dice and calling it vibe coding. Using AI to move 10x faster, and sharing drafts before you're ready isn't much better in my opinion. Providing value is. It depends on your character or work environment if you'd rather ship incomplete public previews or refine and test everything thoroughly on your machine and in a small team before presenting to a greater audience. Apart from those details, I totally agree on momentum over "productivity", as the latter one has become another buzzword devoid of meaning in most contexts.