Category: Time Management
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Time Management, Minutes at a Time
Over the years, I’ve kept To-Do lists in just about every form imaginable as my own way of time management. My favorite current app is OmniFocus, which is a little pricey but I use on my home computer, iPad, and smart phone. I’m willing to pay more for this particular software because of the…
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Advice to Brides: How to Get a Man OUT of Bed
So many of my younger women friends are getting married for the first time, and quite a few of my female peers are getting married again, so I thought I’d offer a little “bridal advice” I was offered in my early 20’s. It still holds true, but you should be prepared for the consequences. And…
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How National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Is Like a Diet
My NaNoWriMo project–one that was loosely plotted ten years ago in NYC after a writer’s conference when I was on a roll. In fact, I loosely plotted a whole series with the same characters. Life has intruded, and many other books have been written meanwhile, but it’s time to jump back into the fun of…
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Top 10 Christmas Gifts for Yourself this Year
This photo is a great example of #9 below. Copyright by Lorna Tedder. The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 Color Mobile Scanner: The smallest ScanSnap document scanner—multi-page, double-sided scanning, all sized of documents from receipts to legal paper, fast, up to 10 sheets at a time, up to 600 dpi. It’s a teensy tiny…
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Wake Me Up When September Ends: Wishing Your Life Away
Sunset rays on a Lemurian crystal; photo copyrighted by Lorna Tedder It’s been a long time since I’ve met anyone I was romantically interested in who could sustain multiple Life-Death-and-the-Universe discussions but let’s just say that this particular man is like sweet tea made with real sugar on a hot South Georgia dog day: a…
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Screwing Myself with the Law of Attraction
Photo credit by Horrgakx; creative commons license From the upcoming book, 23 Ways I Screwed Up My Life with the Law of Attraction—and How I Fixed It I’ve really been screwing myself at work. The day job, that is. Once I realized what I was doing, I put an immediate stop to it. I’d let…
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Improve Your Quality of Life with Time Management, Not Busy Work
Photo credit by Ali Nassiri; creative commons license Time management techniques improve both your productivity and—if you’re willing to change your point of view—your quality of life. It’s not really about finding time to do all the things you must do, but finding time to be all the things you want to be. I still…
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Favorite Productivity Tools
A favorite example: When I chose paint for my home office, I took an iPhone photo of the paint can label, which included the color, mix, store name, etc. Then I uploaded it instantly to Evernote, which will OCR scan the label. If I need more paint or want to match another room to my…