Archive for July, 2010

Life Design and Sustainability

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. It’s become a buzzword: sustainability. Mostly it applies to living life in a way that doesn’t overuse resources. Don’t use trees faster than they can grow. Don’t use more water than is available. The list goes on and on; but it all comes [...]

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Prevent Backsliding By Finding Your Killer Instinct

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

This is a guest post by Sam Spurlin, of The Simpler Life. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. A lot of personal development advice seems to revolve around the concept of improving areas of your life that are completely messed up. If [...]

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Simplifying Vacation Preparation Using Remember The Milk

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I recently went on vacation. Vacation for an extended period, for me, means that I have to do prep work to ready the house and animals for the absence. I know I’ve written before how I cannot rely on my memory for any [...]

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Open Loops 7/27/2010: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

Tuesdays are open loop at SimpleProductivity blog. 18 ways to work smarter…my favorites are “go for the high impact”, “cut the fluff” and “stop when you’re tired.” From Dumb Little Man’s “Working Hard Is not Enough” . It is very easy to make excuses for not doing something. Small Notebook’s [...]

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Taking Breaks for Productivity

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. This wasn’t the article I had planned for today. The fact is, I’ve been struggling for the last few weeks, trying hard to fill out the editorial calendar. But the words wouldn’t come. It wasn’t until I was in the middle of my [...]

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Composting Made Easy

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

When I was growing up, one of our neighbors composted. The overripe smell of the piles remains with me, but also the memory of the beautiful fruits and vegetables she grew. When it was suggested to me as a means of enriching our terrible soil, I decided to give it [...]

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Modern Women Find Fitness

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

This is a guest post by Danielle Bullen, of Medical Coding Certification. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. We all know how important it is to get our 30 minutes of exercise a day. Besides the obvious physical perks, more and more [...]

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How To Simplify (And Organize) A Pantry

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I took some time this past week to tackle my pantry. Over the past months it has grown to be a mass of cluttered foodstuffs, making it almost impossible for me to find anything or even know what is in there. While I [...]

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