Posted on January 3, 2008 by LJ
Originally published on 15 January 2007 as “Key To a Balanced Life: Scheduling and Planning?” In the article “Treat Your Life Like You’re Still At School“, Allen Galbraith puts forward a methodology to balance life. He says that one should schedule life like one is still at school, making time [...]
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Posted on January 2, 2008 by LJ
Originally published on 21 December 2006. This concept has been on my mind since running across it at Lifehacker article “What Would Your Time Diet Look Like?”. What would my time diet look like? This is the quote that struck me: If cutting foods out of my diet and saving [...]
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Posted on September 27, 2007 by LJ
Unintentional Multitasking I had two problems with doing straight out-of-the-book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity(aff). While I loved the idea of getting everything down into a trusted system, I found I was overwhelmed with the sheer number of things on my action lists. I also found that [...]
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Posted on September 15, 2007 by LJ
Originally published 4 September 2006. A few weeks ago, I posted the essay on Saying No. I ran into a situation this weekend where I wasn’t so successful in saying no, and have managed to get myself into a pickle. The funny part is that it is the same clarinetist [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2007 by LJ
Originally published on 4 July 2006 One of the greatest freedoms of getting a handle on what is in my life is not saying yes, but in saying no. Having somewhat an unrealistic view of my time, I have a tendency to over-commit. Using Getting Things Done has allowed me [...]
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Posted on July 5, 2007 by LJ
Too many people talk about living a balanced life, as if life can be slotted into the chunks of a pie graph. The truth is, we don’t balance. As Joan Borysenko said in her book Inner Peace for Busy People (aff), “Even airplanes veer off course during the trip, and [...]
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