Archive for the Balance Category
Posted on May 6, 2009 by LJ
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog.
One of the keys to having a productive life is finding enough time to recharge. Here are 16 ways that I find more time for my projects and relaxation.
Unplug the computer. I waste many hours on the computer, checking email, reading articles and surfing. [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2009 by LJ
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog.
When it boils down to it, being productive is about managing our commitments. Everything that we do requires us to commit to it on some level. Even taking out the trash is a commitment, since we commit our bodies to moving a bag from [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2008 by LJ
Two weeks ago, when I came home from work, I found our Roomba had committed suicide. It had flung itself down the stairs and was laying, face down on the stair landing, one wheel laying a few feet away. I’m not sure what caused the machine to go to such [...]
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Posted on October 3, 2008 by LJ
I was wondering one afternoon why work-life balance has become such an issue in our modern lives. The answer is actually very simple: changes in the way work is done now blurs the lines between work and non-work time.
Back In the Day
Starting with the industrial revolution, work began to [...]
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Posted on September 19, 2008 by LJ
Within 24 hours last week, two comments floored me. The first was from a good friend, who looked at me and said I was exhausted, but how could I not be, after all I had been through in the last year? And was it any wonder I was irritable and [...]
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Posted on August 8, 2008 by LJ
I spend a lot of time at the computer. My job is all computer, and I find myself writing and doing other things on the computer at night. This isn’t necessarily healthy, though. I realized a couple of weeks ago that I needed to make sure my down-time activities were [...]
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