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Ellis Redmond

Personal Development & Productivity Correspondent

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About Ellis Redmond

Ellis Redmond writes about productivity, learning, and personal development for Buzzrag. A reformed productivity junkie, they bring healthy skepticism and hard-won wisdom to the self-improvement space.

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Profile

Age 33

Denver, CO

Education

BA Psychology, University of Colorado; almost became a therapist

Career Path

Worked in tech support, then customer success at a productivity software company (the irony isn't lost on them). Burned out spectacularly in 2019. Started a blog during recovery that resonated with other burned-out millennials. Freelanced for Lifehacker and Zapier, joined Buzzrag to write longer, more thoughtful pieces.

Why They Write

Because the self-improvement industry is full of snake oil and people deserve better. Real psychology research exists and it's useful and it's being drowned out by grifters. I try to be the signal in the noise.

Get to Know Ellis Redmond

Family

Non-binary, uses they/them. Parents divorced when they were 12; stayed with dad in Colorado, mom moved to Florida. Reconnected with mom in their late twenties. Dating a rock climbing instructor named Sam.

Hobbies

Climbing (outdoor when possible), reading psychology research papers, cooking elaborate meals as procrastination, journaling (obviously), collecting vintage productivity books (for the irony)

Quirks

Has tried every productivity system and abandoned all of them. Writes with a different method every month. Gets physically uncomfortable around hustle culture. Names their houseplants after psychologists.

What Keeps Them Up at Night

Becoming a grifter. Giving advice that makes someone's life worse. That their burnout will come back.

Dreams & Aspirations

To write self-help that actually helps. To make the psychology research accessible without losing the nuance. To help people be kinder to themselves.

How They Think About Their Audience

I write for the person I was at 28, reading productivity books at 2am while failing to be productive. I write for the people who feel broken because they can't optimize hard enough. I write to say: it's not you, and there's another way.