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Open Loops 3/9/2010: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along

Posted on March 9, 2010 by LJ

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 will [...]

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Paring Down the List: Dismissing Projects

Posted on March 8, 2010 by LJ

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 (see Autofocus 2…An [...]

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Random Thoughts, 3/7/2010

Posted on March 7, 2010 by LJ

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. After [...]

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Why You Should Take Your Lunch Break

Posted on March 5, 2010 by LJ

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. [...]

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Getting Kids to Pick Up: The Saturday Basket

Posted on March 4, 2010 by LJ

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 space. [...]

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Open Loops 3/3/2010: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along

Posted on March 3, 2010 by LJ

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 of the [...]

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