Entries Tagged 'Out Of The Box' ↓

One of the things I hear from many of my colleagues is a desire to get out of the 9-to-5 race and work on their own schedules. They cite reasons from increased free time, to being paid for their output rather than their hours, to scheduling flexibility.
The truth of the matter is that in the [...]

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A recent conversation with an acquaintance revealed that as a landlord, my friend often gets called to do things that her tenants should be able to handle themselves. It led me to think of the simple household things I think every person should be able to do:

Change a light [...]

Last week I was walking around the side of my house to put the garbage can away, and it hit me: I am no longer living my life according to my desires. My life, since going back to work, has slipped back into the pre-unemployment routine of slogging through the days. The realization made me [...]

Reader Sue asked, “I have a seven year old daughter, can you suggest ways and means to keep her occupied during the summer holidays. I don’t want her to get hooked on to the TV or the hi-tech games.”
I think this is a multi-faceted question, because there are many aspects to managing large amounts of [...]

I recently ran this blog by someone who isn’t familiar with using blogs (thanks, Mom!) and came up with some ways that can make this blog more useful to you:
Use the Search

The search function (right had side of the page) will help you do a full-text search on the articles. With over 500 articles in [...]

A nasty virus, the stomach flu and strep are all going around my daughter’s school. And in the past week, it went around our house too.
I thought I was safe. It was almost a week into it, and I trailed a cloud of disinfectant wherever I went in the house. Then Thursday midnight came, and [...]

We are taking a single break for Productivity Mondays. The regularly scheduled program will return next Monday.

I have been an environmentalist since a child, when I lectured my parents about the use of water and re-use of materials. I believe that we have an obligation to use the planet wisely, and to safeguard our natural [...]

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog.

In this day and age of television, movies on demand and video games, it is easy to overlook the ways that old-fashioned games can help our children sharpen skills. Many games emphasize one skill or another, but Monopoly combines many great skills. Here are five ways Monopoly can help [...]