Archive for the Life Design Category

Themes and Mini-Goals

Posted on August 20, 2010 by LJ

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. I’ve never been able to set myself large goals and make them work. My life just doesn’t work that way. As I explained in Why I Hate “The Big Picture”, one way of looking at life purpose is to remember the end. The [...]

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Life Design and Sustainability

Posted on July 30, 2010 by LJ

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 GuestPost

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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Taking the Day Off

Posted on June 11, 2010 by LJ

Today I’m taking the day off. My employer has a policy that if we work extra time, we can take a day off every two weeks. Today is my day. I have purposefully not scheduled anything. I will be sleeping in as this post goes out, and I have made [...]

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Pretend You Quit Your Job To Put Things In Perspective

Posted on June 9, 2010 by LJ

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. This is an interesting exercise that I ran across a few weeks ago. What would you do if you quit your job? The point here is not to actually do it, but to think about how your life would change if you did. [...]

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Time for dinner!

Posted on May 27, 2010 by GuestPost

This is a guest post by Trish Smith, Owner of Simple Meal Plan. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. How many times in the last few years have you heard or said those words? When we were growing up, it was a [...]

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