Archive for the Out Of The Box Category

Simple Productivity (in seventeen syllables)

Posted on February 25, 2010 by

This is a guest post by Rich @Haiku-It! Haiku-It! – where less is more. Applying the limiting structure of haiku to modern life; keeping it short, simple, and to the point.If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.       Focus essential,eliminate distractions,realistic [...]

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Followup to Weather Applications

Posted on January 30, 2010 by

Some of you might have wondered at my last article, and my concern about the weather. It has proved to be very handy in the last 24 hours. You see, I live in an area of the United States that doesn’t get snow. Our major weather events are nor’easters and [...]

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Concerto Living

Posted on January 13, 2010 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I’m a musician, both by training, and often by how I think. My life has a soundtrack, both of music and non-music, and there are a lot of things that I find in music that apply to everyday living. One of those things [...]

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Best Books I Read In 2009

Posted on January 7, 2010 by

Guess what? I don’t spend all of my free time reading productivity books. In fact, 2009 was a banner year for reading fiction. Usually I stick to the same sort of books every time. I like cozy mysteries, or the classics. But this year I branched out a bit, and [...]

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Sunday Rant: Does The Character of Authors Matter?

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

I’ve gotten involved in a discussion over at a group about productivity in response to a question about an author’s ethics. The person asking the question was planning on getting the book, but found a review that made him raise questions. I answered with a specific example of what I [...]

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Getting back to exercise: the obvious

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

I’ve slacked off on exercising. The sad part is that I have a whole list of excuses why I can’t exercise. During the summer it was because it was too hot, or I didn’t have time before work. Since school started, I’ve been walking after I get my daughter on [...]

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Quick and Easy Apple Desserts

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. Fall is a time for apples, and the apple market is glutted this year. Here are four of my favorite simple desserts using apples: Apples And Cinnamon This is a good lunch “dessert” for my daughter. Take an apple and slice it up, [...]

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Thankfulness

Posted on November 26, 2009 by

Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. On this day we are supposed to be thankful for the harvest and food. Mostly, today, Americans use the holiday to eat too much. I think it is a good exercise to periodically think about what you are thankful for. These lists [...]

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