Posted on March 9, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Tuesdays are open loop at SimpleProductivity blog. Too many people think organizing is too easy or too hard. Simple Mom had a great article“7 Organizing Myths Debunked”. The three I think most important and most overlooked: “Once you organize your home, it just stays that way,” “A good organizing system [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on March 8, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. One of my main barriers to being productive is I consistently take on too much. And as with any juggler with too many things in the air, something is going to drop eventually. Autofocus and Dismissing Items When I was looking at Autofocus [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on March 7, 2010 by LJ Earnest
I don’t know if this will become a regular feature or not, but I thought I would jot down some thoughts and experiences from the past week. Sometimes I need a day to catch up. I’m in my first year as a Girl Scout leader, and it is cookie season. [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on March 5, 2010 by LJ Earnest
I have gotten in a nasty habit of eating lunch at my desk. I spend the time eating, reading blogs, or catching up on email. What I have found is that when I eat in front of the computer, I eat more, and I am hungry about an hour later. [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on March 4, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Picking up can be a hassle. I know of no young children, who when given the task of picking up their toys, will not try to get out of it. The sad truth is that without some sort of strategy to corral toys, they would quickly take over all living [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on March 3, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Today is a special edition of open loops at SimpleProductivity blog. Another haiku about Productivity can be found at Skelliewag’s “Productivity in 11 Words”. A step-by-step process for getting your inbox pared down can be found at Lifehacker’s “Empty Your Inbox with the Trusted Trio “. This is a modification [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Ah, the power of the wrong headline. On Monday, in Anti-Procrastination Challenge, I announced a challenge with a reward. Yet due to my headline, people didn’t pick up on it. If you want to be in the drawing for a copy of the DVD that goes along with The Spark, [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Today is the release of Dr. Wayne Dyer’s new book: The Shift: Taking Your Life from Ambition to Meaning. A book designed to help us move from ego-centered living to living with a better purpose, it is a small book packed with information. Don’t let the size of the book [...]
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