Posted on January 19, 2012 by LJ Earnest
Many productivity systems focus on the task list. You might have a calendar, but that would be only for fixed appointments. If there aren’t any fixed appointments, the calendar gets ignored so you can focus on your task list. It is far too easy to slip into a pattern of glancing at the calendar, then plowing through tasks.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 18, 2012 by LJ Earnest
Some of the largest amounts of time in our days are taken up by routine activities, such as commuting, household tasks, personal care and things dealing with sustenance. If we can streamline some of these activities, we can cut out wasted time and free up time to do other things. Just as cutting back on our inputs can free up time, we need to also cut out excess time in our day-to-day activities.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 17, 2012 by LJ Earnest
On Tuesdays I pull the best of my blog readings to share with readers. Topics can come from anywhere, and cover anything. This week, a printable menu planner, personal development lies, keeping toys corralled, little changes, Log Me In, snow alarm clocks, the Information Diet and uncomplicating your life.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 16, 2012 by LJ Earnest
One of the best ways to swamp yourself is to have too many things coming at you from too many directions. If you were in a canoe and the waves started coming at you from all sides, it is guaranteed you would go for a swim. It is also the same with the information we take in.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 13, 2012 by LJ Earnest
Since we have a computer metaphor going here for revamping your life, I wanted to talk a bit about thrash. Thrash is where “computer resources are used to do a minimal amount of work, with the system in a continual state of resource contention.”
Humans can thrash too, except we have a nicer word for it: multitasking.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 12, 2012 by GuestPost
Benjamin is a task manager that implements the FranklinCovey system of time-management – it’s a replacement for a Franklin Planner. Here is a review from a user of both.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 11, 2012 by LJ Earnest
Since we just looked at how we spend our time, you had to guess that we would be looking at how to get rid of time wasters.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 10, 2012 by LJ Earnest
On Tuesdays I pull the best of my blog readings to share with readers. Topics can come from anywhere, and cover anything. This week I talk about time boxing (with a must-read article!); negative self-talk; having no goals; things to do before 2012, or at least right now; getting stuff done; email lists; information overload; productivity mistakes and life reboot questions.
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