Generated by Rank Math SEO, this is an llms.txt file designed to help LLMs better understand and index this website. # Markilus - Markus Eberhard: Illustrator & Comic Artist ## Sitemaps [XML Sitemap](https://markilus.com/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages. ## Posts - [My Blog moved to Substack](https://markilus.com/my-blog-moved-to-substack/): I moved my blog to Substack because I believe that, in today's landscape, a blog-like newsletter is the way forward. - [Focus on the One Project That Matters](https://markilus.com/focus-on-the-one-project-that-matters/): The thing about me is that I like doing too many things. For a long time, I thought I could make that work. But the truth is, it feels like I’m swimming against the current. - [Overcome the Need to Always Do What You “Should”](https://markilus.com/overcome-the-need-to-always-do-what-you-should/): We live in a world of endless 'shoulds'. You should create more. You should work harder. You should start painting again. The weight of these expectations can be overwhelming, leading to feelings of insecurity and internal conflict. But what if there's a more effective way to approach the demands of our creative minds? - [Creative Emergency Cheat Sheet](https://markilus.com/creative-emergency-cheat-sheet/): That's why I'm excited to share something special: The Creative Emergency Cheat Sheet! Your new secret weapon against creative problems. - [Reset Through Change](https://markilus.com/reset-through-change/): Sometimes, you just need a reset! At the end of last week, instead of sticking to my usual routine, I spent four days creating a short animation in a completely different style and process than I normally use. It wasn’t a big, strategic decision; I only felt like doing something else for a while. Honestly, it was exactly what I needed. - [Self-Doubt’s Antidote](https://markilus.com/self-doubts-antidote/): Have you ever looked at your work and felt your motivation slipping away as self-doubt starts to creep in? I’ve felt that many times, especially as someone who feels things deeply and cares a lot. But recently, I came across a new way of thinking that really helped, particularly for people like me. - [Sketchbook Challenge](https://markilus.com/sketchbook-challenge/): Have you ever wanted to actually finish a sketchbook? - [8 Decision-Making Tips](https://markilus.com/8-decision-making-tips/): I always have trouble making decisions. I'm experiencing this at the moment because I started working again on my graphic novel "Abyss of Absurdity". For a year and a half, I made a hell of a lot of progress on this thing, but after I finished the prologue and started working on the rest of the final pages, a lot of things got in the way of finishing the comic. This week I've had time to work on it, but now I don't like the style of the whole thing anymore. - [Thinking About Observing](https://markilus.com/thinking-about-observing/): What I've realized in the months I've been doing this is that I'm not observing enough for my art and drawing practice. I even go through my life blindly instead of looking at things. When I was a child I was much more curious than I am now, and I lost that thing somewhere and somehow. - [About Creative Clutter](https://markilus.com/about-creative-clutter/): I am going to call it "Creative Clutter". It is a mixture of writing and my sketchbook, which may or may not be related to the content of the post. - [How Perfectionism Can Be Surprisingly Good](https://markilus.com/perfectionism-can-be-good-and-empowering/): Perfectionism can be good! But you need the right one because there are two different types: Adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism. In this post, I will tell you 5 steps, how you can get from a bad kind of perfectionism to a good one. You will feel better, be more productive and still be a perfectionist. Bad the good type of perfectionist! - [The Daily Check-In For Increased Focus](https://markilus.com/the-daily-check-in-for-increased-focus/): The Daily Check-In is a good morning routine I started a few years ago. It gets me in the mood for my creative work and sets me up for the day. The check-in is pretty much a checklist for getting started. It began as a simple checklist, but a few months ago I made a whole Notion page with several things I wanted to have every morning when I started working. Here's what it looks like. - [How Positive Affirmations Unlocked My Creative Potential](https://markilus.com/positive-affirmations/): These are positive affirmations that can help challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts. Repeating them often and believing in them can lead to positive changes. I've included below some scientific research showing that this practice can improve your creative problem-solving, even under stress, and increase your overall creativity. - [How I Take Advantage of Slow Work Periods](https://markilus.com/how-i-take-advantage-of-slow-work-periods/): This summer was a very slow work period for me. But this slow pace was intentional because I was feeling burned out from my projects. I was constantly worried about what I needed to do and wondering if I was on the right track. The endless "Should I do this?", "Should I do that?" was exhausting. Like a little annoying monster in my head that was bothering me all the time. - [An Unusual Guide to Problem-Solving Strategies](https://markilus.com/an-unusual-guide-to-problem-solving-strategies/): After a personal event upset my routine, I struggled to work on my graphic novel. I couldn't focus, didn't feel like working, and felt stuck. I needed a new strategy for solving this problem! An idea came up: I could try using deadlines again so that I would meet the dates I had set for my milestones. But not the easy kind of deadlines! The ones that would make me feel some real pressure. - [The Power of Small Progress in Art and Design](https://markilus.com/the-power-of-small-progress-in-art-and-design/): Have you ever looked at someone's finished art and thought: "This looks awesome! I want to do that too!" You dive in and give it your all, only to find that your attempt is not as good as theirs and that it may take years to reach their level. At this point, you might consider giving up or going back to your comfort zone. But what if I told you that there's another way? That you could reach their level by improving just a little bit at a time? Small progress of let's say 1% at a time. - [Suggest a Topic](https://markilus.com/suggest-a-topic/): When I sit down to plan upcoming posts for my blog, I find that some of the most insightful ideas often come not from me, but from the experiences and interests of you, the reader. That's why I'm excited to introduce a new way for us to work together: a topic suggestion form. - [Updated Creative Work Problems Posts](https://markilus.com/updated-creative-work-problems-posts/): I have updated all of my Creative Work Problems Comics Posts on this blog! - [Note-Taking for Artists and Designers](https://markilus.com/note-taking-for-artists-and-designers/): I'm a note-taking addict. A few years ago, my notebooks were filled with notes for myself and my work as an illustrator and comic artist. Note-taking is something we all do, but often not in the right way. We write down our thoughts and ideas, but sometimes we don't look at them again. A few years ago, when I was filling these notebooks, I would sometimes skim through my notes, but I often didn't find what I wanted or found things I could have used earlier. So I've changed the way I use and work with my notes. Now I can actually use all my notes and they give me new insights and ideas for my creative work almost every day. - [The Composition Compendium](https://markilus.com/composition-compendium/): Composition is like the magic ingredient that makes creative work truly shine. It's what makes your creations really stand out from the crowd, so people remember you. And now there is help! I have created a Composition Compendium with useful tips and all the design principles I have been able to gather over the years. I'm thrilled to give it to you, absolutely free! - [3 Things To Do If You’ve Lost The Fun In Your Creative Work](https://markilus.com/3-things-to-do-if-youve-lost-the-fun-in-your-creative-work/): For months I felt numb to what I was doing, there was no fun anymore. I didn't enjoy my dream job anymore. Maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration because I didn't hate my job. I just lost the passion for what I was doing and that was a little too much for me. - [How to Finish Big Projects](https://markilus.com/how-to-finish-big-projects/): My client work has slowed down a bit this first half of the year. While this is bad for my bank account, it is quite good for my long-term projects. As mentioned in my blog post about big projects, I'm working on a graphic novel. The first (crappy) layout has already been viewed and heavily judged by people, and now I'm already working on the second layout version. Hopefully a less crappy one. - [Getting Good Ideas – The Ultimate Guide](https://markilus.com/getting-good-ideas/): Whether it's comics, drawings, or something else, sometimes we just can't come up with any good ideas. Our mind is empty. It seems that only the bad ones are left in our heads. But it is important, especially in our creative work, that we can generate as many good ideas as possible because the variety of them is what we need to make good things. Without many different (good) ideas, there will be no good creative work. And this is where we sometimes struggle. - [Why You Need To Do a Big Project](https://markilus.com/why-you-need-a-big-project/): While listening to the Draftsmen Podcast, I was struck by a line from guest Flint Dille about his experience writing a novel. Despite being advised to start with a short story, Dille decided to jump into a big project by writing a book. Although the resulting novel did not sell, he gained confidence in his ability to tackle ambitious projects and never again felt intimidated by their scope. - [Why Your Work System Needs to Adapt!](https://markilus.com/why-your-work-system-needs-to-adapt/): This analogy applies to our own work system, as I had to experience it myself a few months ago. - [Play the Role of Your Future Self](https://markilus.com/play-the-role-of-your-future-self/): Sometimes we wish that we are already in our ideal future. That we have already achieved our dreams. We dream about how this day would be in a distant time. How we would finally do what we have longed for. How we could be. Our better selves. We revel in this moment until we fall back into the here and now. After this, our brief future dream embeds itself back into the background of our minds. - [A Different Approach to Art Block](https://markilus.com/a-different-approach-to-art-block/): There are various names for this phenomenon — writer’s block, creative block, or art block. I made a list a while back with some suggestions if you have this problem. Today I'll show you a different approach with an exercise. - [Ideas, Motivation, and The Best Thing You’ve Ever Done](https://markilus.com/ideas-motivation-and-the-best-thing/): The first one is about ideas and how they can take a little longer than we want them to. The second is about to-do lists and how overwhelming they can become. The third one is about motivation and how it comes and goes quickly. The last one is about how we like things we do, and after a while, we realize what a stupid thing we did (which is good). - [4 Mistakes That Cause a Creative Void in Your Mind](https://markilus.com/4-mistakes-that-cause-a-creative-void-in-your-mind/): You take the time to create something. Something from your creative mind. But unfortunately, you sit there, in front of this yawning emptiness and your head is completely empty. You have no idea what to do. You still know how to do it. You want to, but you just can't. Sometimes there are no ideas, other times there is an invisible resistance that you can't overcome. Your mind is in a creative void. And you need to get out of there. - [Reflect, Get In The Flow and Endure](https://markilus.com/reflect-get-in-the-flow-and-endure/): In these Creative Work Problems comics, I give you tips on three topics. The first is about reflection and how it helps us get the creative juice out of ourselves. The second is about flow, and how we can use it to work better and even lose track of time. The last comic in this series is about endurance and how we need to train it to become better and stronger artists and designers. - [Motivation Posters!](https://markilus.com/motivation-poster/): Do you need some posters at your workplace? In need of some motivational visuals? You will find it here! Download these posters for free, print them out and let them motivate you! - [The Habit Challenge](https://markilus.com/the-habit-challenge/): Screw annual resolutions! I have a better solution for you, which I have been doing for several years now. You destroy bad habits with it or form good habits that stay. Whether it's creative habits or you just want to get up earlier. I'll give you a foolproof guide on how to do it. - [Blog Update](https://markilus.com/blog-update/): Oh, my blog update! Hello, dear friends! I have reworked my little website and put my blog in my undersized portfolio. The reason for this was that I found the blog kind of funky, so cold and boring. Now that it is integrated on my main page, the thing fits me much better! You can see who is behind these articles and the whole thing is much more personal and warmer. It feels so much better! You probably don't notice any of it, but to me, the blog seems like it's breathing and living! Maybe I have taken too many drugs. BLOG DRUGS! - [My “Creative Work Problems” comic is now easier to read!](https://markilus.com/creative-work-problems-comic-is-now-easier-to-read/): If you want to look at all my "Creative Work Problems" comics I did so far or want to catch up with the new ones: I made it easier to scroll through them. I did a new page where you can see the latest of my comics at the top. - [Afraid of Change](https://markilus.com/afraid-of-change/): Sometimes you are working on something till there comes this point where you can't move on because you are afraid to destroy your current process. One way to tackle this problem is to make a few variations of your work. - [Keep going!](https://markilus.com/keep-going/): To get better at what you are doing, you need to stop worrying about bad outcomes and mistakes. What makes people good at their art is practice and consistency. Therefore every mistake you make is an opportunity to get better. Try not to worry about your mistakes. See them as a way to reach the potential you deserve! - [Being Overwhelmed – Do One Thing](https://markilus.com/do-one-thing/): A big project or something else really big can be overwhelming sometimes. There are so many things to do that the whole project looks like a really big dangerous wave. The trick is to focus on just one thing and to take one step at a time. And the wave turns into little droplets. - [What a healthy relationship with your art looks like](https://markilus.com/healthy-relationship-with-your-art/): Sometimes you don't think that your relationship with your creative work is bad. Like every other relationship, you need to treat it with care. A good mentality and mindset with your art or design work is an important way to keep you motivated and productive. To check this I made a little guide for you. Check out the things that you say to yourself and your creative work. - [Destroy Your Work!](https://markilus.com/destroy-your-creative-work/): Destroy your work! Yes, you heard it right. This is a way to get more confident about your creative work. The more you do this, the more you will be able to learn from it. - [Change Your Mindset = Change your Creative Life](https://markilus.com/change-your-mindset-change-your-creative-life/): You may think that you are who you are. That you can't change and will be like this forever. This is not true! You can change and will if you try and be consistent with it. - [Just Start!](https://markilus.com/just-start/): If you just can't start a project you always wanted to do, a challenge might be something you want to try. It is an easy way to get you started and to get one step further to your projects you dreamed of. - [A Method for Better Ideas](https://markilus.com/a-method-for-better-ideas/): One way to get better ideas is to do a lot of different versions of your idea. With my mnemonic S.O. T.A.M.E. you will get a method to change up your existing idea to make it exiting! - [Be Aware of Problems](https://markilus.com/be-aware-of-problems/): Becoming aware of things is difficult. It is even more difficult to recognize your own problems. But this is often the case in creative work. Problematic things are taken for granted, even though it is something that can be fixed. Becoming aware of these problems is the theme of this week's comic. - [Dull Ideas](https://markilus.com/dull-ideas/): Often you start an idea or project and you are full of energy. Motivation and inspiration know no bounds. But then comes the phase in which the idea no longer works so well. Other projects seem more interesting and you lose your enthusiasm for the current project. You can win back your enthusiasm with an approach in this week's comic. - [Don’t Make Hasty Decisions](https://markilus.com/dont-make-hasty-decisions/): Sometimes you just need to stop what you are doing if you get too emotional about your creative work. You make wrong decisions if you are in a bad state of mind. Take a break and return to your project with new energy! - [Overdoing and Overthinking](https://markilus.com/overdoing-and-overthinking/): Overthinking and overdoing things will hinder you in your creative work. Worst case you get a creative block if you experience this too often. One way to help with this problem is a set time frame where you do your work. You won't have time to overdo or overthink anything with no time at hand! - [Find Your Why And Find Your Motivation](https://markilus.com/find-your-why-and-find-your-motivation/): What is your internal and external "why"? It will drive you towards your goals, helps you if you need motivation, and gets you out of a rut. If you find your "why" you will have a purpose in your work. - [Physical Reminder to Change Yourself](https://markilus.com/physical-reminder-to-change-yourself/): To change yourself for the better, you have to keep reminding yourself of the change you want or what helps you on the way. Too often, goals and intentions get lost in the routine of everyday life. How to achieve these goals or overcome the obstacles along the way is also quickly forgotten. Therefore, it is important to remember these helping things with physical aids. - [Remember What Helps You](https://markilus.com/remember-what-helps-you/): Things aren't always good. There are times you fall back and problems come back. It is important to remember what helped you the last time you had a problem if it occurs again. Then you can challenge this new obstacle again with the same solution! - [Creative Exploration with Automatic Drawing](https://markilus.com/creative-exploration-with-automatic-drawing/): With this method, you can start your creative work with ease. You can begin with no motivation at all, there is almost no resistance you encounter when you start working with this technique. It is also a nice system to get ideas for future projects or just your next piece of art. ## Pages - [Contrary to Popular Belief – Comic](https://markilus.com/contrary-to-popular-belief-comic/): Description: Contrary to Popular Belief is a comic set in a fantastical world. Pice, Aldart, Novo, and Disby find themselves in a new place that seems like a strange dream. They must find their way back home while overcoming the challenges they encounter along the way. - [Illustrator for Agencies and Publishers in Lucerne – Markilus](https://markilus.com/illustrator-luzern-schweiz/): Hi, I’m Markus, also known as Markilus! As a freelance illustrator and comic artist based in Lucerne, I’ve been bringing unique stories to life on paper for years. My world moves between the absurd, the surreal, and the dreamlike, enriched with fantasy, pop culture, and a dash of humor. - [Shop](https://markilus.com/shop/): The shop is temporarily closed. For info when it reopens: - [Book Illustrations for “Emotions by Design”](https://markilus.com/book-illustrations-for-emotions-by-design/): Description: For Emotion Studio's book "Emotions by Design", I was commissioned to design different illustrations for the book. Shown is a small selection of all the illustrations created. - [Emotion Typology Illustrations](https://markilus.com/emotion-typology-illustrations/): Description: For Emotion Studio’s Emotion Typology website, I was commissioned to design illustrations that visually capture positive emotions. - [Portfolio](https://markilus.com/) - [Smoke Alarm Scenarios](https://markilus.com/smoke-alarm-scenarios/): Description: I was commissioned to create illustrations for a fun and engaging online comic-style quiz as part of the public awareness campaign "Rauchmelder retten Leben" ("Smoke Alarms Save Lives"). The aim was to convey the correct behaviour with smoke detectors in a fun way. The quiz features playful scenarios, meme aesthetics, and three recurring comic characters to make the content accessible and memorable for a wide audience. - [Key Art – Among the Sheep](https://markilus.com/key-art-among-the-sheep/): Description: Key art illustrations for the indie game "Among the Sheep" - [Pets Book Illustrations](https://markilus.com/pets-book-illustrations/): Description: A small selection of illustrations from the 27-page book "Can't You Just Squeeze Me In?" The illustrations show scenes from a veterinary practice with dogs and cats. - [Blog](https://markilus.com/blog/): I'm obsessed with mastering my creative mind as an illustrator and comic artist. So I started this blog to share my insights on how I do things - stuff that might just be useful for you too. - [A Fantastic Rebranding Journey](https://markilus.com/fantastic-rebranding-journey/): Description: Commissioned by Studio Morfar (part of Morph Collective), I had the chance to contribute whimsical fantasy illustrations to the website rebranding efforts of GiveCard, a Chicago-based startup that helps organizations issue cards and distribute funds. - [Abyss of Absurdity – Graphic Novel](https://markilus.com/abyss-of-absurdity/): Subscribe to the "Abyss of Absurdity" to find out when the graphic novel will be released! - [Subscribe to my Newsletter!](https://markilus.com/subscribe-to-my-newsletter/): So please don't wait and subscribe to my newsletter now! - [Exploratory Concept Work](https://markilus.com/exploratory-concept-work/): Description: In the early stages of the game development of Rooms from Things, I worked alongside other designers to create exploratory concept art for the game. This involved creating character designs, creature concepts, landscape ideas, and other concepts to help shape the visual direction and design of the game. Although my contributions were valuable during the concept phase, the final visual direction of the game took a different path, rendering my concepts obsolete in the end. - [How I Work With Clients](https://markilus.com/how-i-work-with-clients/): How I work with you is not a one-size-fits-all. It all depends on you and how you want to work with me. Because I can adapt to you and your process. Sometimes there are a lot of feedback sessions during my ongoing work. Sometimes I work in an independent way where I show my progress after a while and you give your input on it. - [Animated GIF Illustration](https://markilus.com/animated-gif-illustration/): Brief: The goal was to create a visually stunning animated GIF illustration for a blog article that would not be too distracting to the reading of the article. The topic of the article was note-taking for artists. - [Surreal Illustrations](https://markilus.com/surreal-illustrations/): Description: Collection of some surreal and absurd illustrations I have created over the last few years. - [Whimsical Fantasy Art](https://markilus.com/whimsical-fantasy-art/): Description: Collection of some whimsical fantasy art I have illustrated over the last few years. - [Comics Available For Commission](https://markilus.com/comics-available-for-commission/): To view the full comics, click on the images. - [Little Red Riding Hood](https://markilus.com/little-red-riding-hood/): Description: The classic story of Little Red Riding Hood with a twist. - [Catch an Eye](https://markilus.com/catch-an-eye-funny-comic/): Description: "Catch an Eye" is a humorous comic about a right eye searching for its left eye. On the search for its partner, the eye meets many strange beings, which are not only helpful but can also be dangerous. At least for an eyeball. - [Abnormal Autumn Walks – A short comic](https://markilus.com/abnormal-autumn-walks-short-comic/): Description: "Abnormal Autumn Walks (with extra blood.)" is a 6-page comic about a beautiful season, excursions, and a "little bit" of the red stuff. - [Think of the Lion](https://markilus.com/think-of-the-lion/): The lion is on the loose in Lucerne! With the help of the concept idea by Natalie Neff and me, which was developed in collaboration with the Visual Narrative research group at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, tourists and locals should be able to discover the different facets of the Lion Monument in Lucerne. An illustrated lion guides guests through the city with the help of an application that tells real stories and connects the digital and analog worlds with an AR application. - [Not a Story for Children](https://markilus.com/not-a-story-for-children/): I stitched this crazy story together into a little zine and sold it in my shop. It's so badly drawn that it's almost good again. And that's why it's part of my portfolio! Now fully digital and in HD! If you want that thing as a zine, I can send you one. - [Window Graphic – Werkschau 2021](https://markilus.com/window-graphic/): Now it's getting big! Window graphic big! Together with the wonderful Natalie Neff, I designed the main entrance of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts for the Werkschau 2021, representing all the exhibited projects of Master Design. Eva Vučković designed matching t-shirts from the illustrations. - [Creative Work Problems Comic](https://markilus.com/creative-work-problems/): Description: "Creative Work Problems" was a weekly comic series that dealt with the problems that artists and designers face every day. It's meant to be funny, cute, and helpful to people who have problems with their creative work. - [Visual Drawing Journal](https://markilus.com/visual-drawing-journal/): Description: For years I have occasionally made a visual journal of how I feel or what is happening in my life. Sometimes more realistic and sometimes more fictional as a metaphor. Here are the latest ones I did in the last few years. - [Master Your Creative Life](https://markilus.com/master-your-creative-life/): "Master Your Creative Life" is my master thesis, which I did at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. This information published here is not complete and is only a selection. If you are interested, I can send you the documentation and the written thesis of this work (in German). - [Monster Illustrations](https://markilus.com/monster-illustrations/): Description: This is a collection of monster and creature illustrations that I have done over the last few years. They range from character and creature design to simple atmospheric monster illustrations. - [Harry](https://markilus.com/harry-animation/): Synopsis: Harry is a completely hairy person whose hair rapidly grows and falls out again. He tries to deal with this problem and to keep his apartment in order before his lost hair gets out of hand.  - [The Stolen Imagination – Inktober](https://markilus.com/inktober/): Description: "The Stolen Imagination" is an absurd comic about a world that lives on imagination. One page was created every day during Inktober. - [Links](https://markilus.com/links/): All my presence on the World Wide Web. Below, you can subscribe to my newsletter and find all my social media links. Like and subscribe, and don't forget to hit the bell button! I've always wanted to say that. Ha! - [About](https://markilus.com/about/): Hey there, I am Markilus, a freelance storyteller, illustrator, and comic artist based in Switzerland. I specialise in generating wacky, humorous concepts and bringing them to life through visual art. - [Design](https://markilus.com/design/): I studied Master Design at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Therefore, I have very important knowledge of what you do as a designer, for example, how to handle Post-It Notes. I'm very good at that! Besides my Post-It qualifications, I have acquired skills and knowledge in Design Leadership, Design Methods, Design Research, and Producing Added Value through Design. - [Animation](https://markilus.com/animation/): Images are emotionally moving when they, well, move! For this, I studied a bachelor's degree in animation. I even made a little short film during all this strenuous studying. It is hairy, a bit funny, sad, and really really hairy. It can be viewed below this page. - [Illustration](https://markilus.com/illustration/): Illustration can do a lot! As an illustrator, I can take a subject and make it understandable to more people. Or I can bring ideas and concepts to a visual level and make things clear. Whether it's book illustration, editorial, covers, posters, or advertising campaigns. There is so much that can be illustrated. And that's what I like! So if you need someone to draw your ideas for you, feel free to contact me. - [Blog Feed](https://markilus.com/blog-feed/) - [Contact](https://markilus.com/contact/): If you have any questions, feedback, or are interested in my work, you can reach me by email or directly via this contact form. You can also send me messages via social media. - [Projects](https://markilus.com/projects/) ## - [MailPoet Page](https://markilus.com/?p=5450) ## Categories - [Archive](https://markilus.com/category/archive/) - [Blog](https://markilus.com/category/blog/) - [Creative Clutter](https://markilus.com/category/creative-clutter/) - [Creative Process](https://markilus.com/category/creative-process/) - [Emotional and Mental Well-Being](https://markilus.com/category/emotional-and-mental-well-being/) - [Mindset and Motivation](https://markilus.com/category/mindset-and-motivation/) - [Productivity and Work Techniques](https://markilus.com/category/productivity-and-work-techniques/) - [Skills and Resources](https://markilus.com/category/skills-and-resources/)