Sigh, if only that vacation were longer... It sure can be downright difficult going back to work after a long, relaxing vacation. Here are a couple of tips on how to organize your first day of work back from a vacation or holiday. These pointers will help you get back...
Organizing Tip: Diversify Your To-Dos
What do you think of when you think of to-dos? You might associate the phrase with a seemingly endless list of repetitive, boring or routine tasks that need to be completed one way or another. To-dos might be regular errands or perhaps next steps in an ongoing work...
Reflections on Moving a Blog from WordPress.com to Self-Hosting
As you may know, I recently moved my blog from Wordpress.com to this here self-hosted site. It’s now been one whole week since the move and I’m finally feeling back to my regular self once again. Having gone through such a big change, I thought it might be helpful to...
Top 10 List: 10 Time Management Truths
It’s time to get down to the truth…a couple of truths about time management! Below is a list of ten time management truths that I think hold fairly true wherever you go and in whatever you do: Time Management Truth Number 10. Time management isn’t about doing things...
Back-to-School 101: Organizing Tip: Set up a Homework Station
Desks and workstations are a given at school, but the same does not automatically hold true at home. Today’s post walks you through how to set up a location from which to do schoolwork, or a homework station: Identify a location. Just like real estate, it’s all about...
Back-To-School 101 – Organizing Tip: Three School Organization Lessons
It’s that time of year again…I’ll be featuring tips for back-to-school for the next several posts, so get ready for some timely help! A smart way to keep your head in order when getting ready for back-to-school is to not focus on the nitty-gritty details, but to...
Productivity Tip: Fueling Your Productivity
Now, this post is not about eating (well, at least not directly) but rather how to manage and make the best use of your internal fuel gauge when doing work—any type of work—be it at the office, home, school or play. That’s right, paying attention to how you work in...
Time Management Tip: Six Scheduling Keys
Want to better manage your schedule? Today’s time management tip covers one of the basics of scheduling: securing as much information as possible at the onset when booking a schedule/calendar. That’s right, now’s the time to unleash your inner journalist or detective!...
Top 10 List: 10 Reasons to Stay On Schedule
Here’s a list of 10 reasons to stay on schedule. I’ve included several obvious and perhaps not-so obvious reasons as food for thought. Enjoy! Number 10. You may cost others money (yipes!) Number 9. You may cost yourself money (double yipes!) Number 8. You may...
Productivity Tip: Making the Most of the First & Last Hours of the Workday
Getting settled in and finishing up during the first and last hours of the workday are more crucial to a schedule than you may think. These bookend hours set the rhythm of each work day, week, month and year. How does one make the most of these hours and still be...