Posted on October 22, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Last Thursday I had one of those days. Usually a creative person, I was all of a sudden struck with the thought that what I am doing is futile. I create because I love to create. I share what I create so that others may gain. But in a bleak [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 21, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Wrapping up loose ends, I ran across a question that came from Wojciech: how do you “set your mind into simplicity mode when there’s 1,000,000 things to do”? It’s a great question, and I thought I would offer my strategies. Overwhelmed? Generally when [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 20, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Tuesdays are open loop at SimpleProductivity blog. A recent British study really came down hard on working moms. Apparently, if a woman chooses to work, their children have worse diets and exercise habits. This really burns me up. Any mother does the best she can for her children. And for [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 19, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. OK, this is a bit of a soapbox topic for me, but I’ve got to say it. You see, I’ve working in Information Technology forever, 13 years as a consultant. And the number one thing I saw as a consultant was software abuse. [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 17, 2009 by LJ Earnest
One of the biggest pieces of work at this time of year is dealing with holiday correspondence. Some people I know have given up entirely on it because it was overwhelming. Without a doubt, it is the most detail-oriented task I do, but it is very manageable by applying a [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 16, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. I recently started a new journal, and to make it easier on myself, I chose one with journal prompts. You know, “what is going on in the news”, “what I did”, “what the weather was like” and that sort of thing. But two [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 15, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Somebody said to me the other day that she needed to stay where her feet were. It struck me as odd, because I first thought she misplaced her appendages! But what it really meant is that her mind had to be where her body was. As I went for a [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 14, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Have you ever done an inventory of all the things you would like to get to “someday” that are leisure activities? What about all the things that you have bought supplies for? Or perhaps all the projects that are half-finished? I have a [...]
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