Archive for June, 2009

Simplifying Breakfasts

Posted on June 24, 2009 by LJ

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. There is no doubt in my mind of the importance of breakfast. If I eat well in the morning, I have high concentration, energy and I’m not focused on food. If I eat poorly, I inevitably have a sugar crash, get tired, grumpy [...]

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Open Loops 6/23/2009: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along

Posted on June 23, 2009 by LJ

Tuesdays are open loop at SimpleProductivity blog. Over at OrganizeIt, (How To Recharge Your Emotional Batteries) there was something in the paragraph that brought me up short: “Feel down, fed up, not motivated to do anything? You need to recharge those batteries.” Up until I made the decision to clear [...]

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How To Cut Your Losses and Start Over

Posted on June 22, 2009 by LJ

Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Have you ever gotten so far behind in something that it would be easier to start over than to catch up? I recently realized I had a few hundred podcasts to listen to, and the list was growing bigger each week. It wasn’t [...]

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7 Ways to Simplify Laundry

Posted on June 19, 2009 by LJ

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. It’s no secret that I detest doing laundry. Most of that came from the way I was taught to do it “properly”: sort, go through every piece looking for stains, wash in appropriate temperature water, sort line-drying items from dryer items, evaluate everything [...]

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The Two Sides of Part Time Work

Posted on June 18, 2009 by LJ

One of the things I hear from many of my colleagues is a desire to get out of the 9-to-5 race and work on their own schedules. They cite reasons from increased free time, to being paid for their output rather than their hours, to scheduling flexibility. The truth of [...]

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The Essential Simplicity Reading List

Posted on June 17, 2009 by LJ

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. A friend recently asked me where to start with simplifying her life. I thought I would throw together a list of recommended books that I found helpful: Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial [...]

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