Posted on October 1, 2010 by LJ Earnest
This is the eighth article in the Editing Life series. One of the first things I do when I feel overwhelmed is I take a break. By itself, this is not a bad strategy. But some of the things that I take breaks with can actually use up more time [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 30, 2010 by LJ Earnest
This is the seventh article in the Editing Life series. This is probably the most difficult of all the editing articles for me to write. It’s a matter of telling you what I have done, and why, and hoping I don’t come off sounding totally cold-hearted. So I’m going to [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 29, 2010 by LJ Earnest
This is the sixth article in the Editing Life series. When I was young, I believed I could do everything. People told me I could do “anything” and I assumed that meant “everything”. Unfortunately, this has given me a “put more on my plate than I can eat” with respect [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 27, 2010 by LJ Earnest
This is the fifth article in the Editing Life series. Have you ever noticed how holidays…all of them…are really getting out of hand? For instance, Halloween. We made our costumes (to fit over snowsuits) and went trick-or-treating for one piece of candy per house when I was a child. Now [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 24, 2010 by LJ Earnest
This is the fourth article in the Editing Life series. Expenses mean money out. Money out means that money has to come in. Having less going out means that I can have less coming in, or have the excess for other stuff. The thing I didn’t realize is that I [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 23, 2010 by LJ Earnest
This is the third article in the Editing Life series. I love my hobbies. Creativity is second nature to me, and I would spend my days drawing, sewing, knitting, scrapbooking, doing calligraphy, spinning and writing if I could. Unfortunately, I can’t. I have financial and family obligations that preclude my [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 22, 2010 by LJ Earnest
This is the second article in the series of Editing Life. Spending patterns and consumption are areas that get out of control for a lot of us. Even though I operate on a cash basis (so I am not trapped into servicing debt), I still buy unnecessary things. Why is [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 20, 2010 by LJ Earnest
This is the first article in the Editing Life series. We all have multiple demands on our time. Some of these we choose, and some are thrust upon us. Some of them we choose; some we are asked to do, and some creep up on us through insidious means. When [...]
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