Category: Time Management
Posts on managing time well enough to actually live — the systems, the priorities, the saying no, and the recognition that time is the only resource that doesn’t refill.
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What It Is Wednesday: What Do I Want?
All my Father’s Day weekend company left, and I’m looking at a long list of chores and projects that “should have been done already,” like…weeks ago…that I feel the need to stress over because so much has always been expected of me, by myself more than anyone. And I’m deciding to take them one at…
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Mentoring: Making Rock Stars out of Ordinary People
I love mentoring the next generation. When I one day retire, I want to know that I don’t have to worry because I’ve left the future in good hands. About a year into my three-year internship program that started my Federal career, I was in my second assignment. I was in my 20’s, very quiet…
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The Fifth Chakra Exercise: What I Wish I Could Say, the 2011 Edition
The first year I tried this exercise, I had a list as long as my arm. It was only “supposed” to be ten things, but I kept going, shocked at how much I’d kept bottled up. A few years later, the list was down to the five to eight range. Last year, I had to…
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The Time Sink Also Known as Dating
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. The thing I really hate about dating? It’s such a time sink. I’m not talking about investing in a relationship where the rewards will hopefully be joy and growth, but just the pre-screening process of figuring out if you even want to spend…
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Treats from The Treat
Ye Gods, but that man is hot! He just wanted to remind me of that amid a very difficult week when raw sexuality has been the last thing on my mind. I guess he knew it would make me smile. Last night, in a meditative dream, The Treat was front and center again. He’s been…
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Defy Your Past
Like attracts like. There’s something about an energy that’s put out by others that our antennae pick up on and we’re drawn in. Some similarity. Some…reflection. After my divorce, it seemed every other person I talked to was dealing with verbal abuse and didn’t know what it was. Some people might say that I was…
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Letting Go
I’m gritting my teeth and saying goodbye. Box after box of dreams and plans. Some are remnants with lizards or sunflowers. Some are satin for pillowcases. Some are folds of upholstery fabric for chairs long gone. Some are yards and yards of sleek cloth intended for long party dresses. I’ll keep a very few pieces…
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Human Facets and the Natural Tendency to Fill in Blanks
One of my colleagues is seriously pissed off at me right now. She thinks I’ve been writing about her…I haven’t but I am now, and so she knows the difference, yes, I know I should have cleaned out my car yesterday before picking her up for lunch but my early meetings ran late and I…
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Increase Creativity to Relieve Time Management Stress in Analytical Jobs
Shannon is on the verge of 20, a college senior in Psychology, and stressed to the max. She carries a heavy course load, works 20 hours a week in a counseling clinic, and is focusing on complicated research projects in sociology and psychology while preparing her grad school admissions packages. So how to combat the…
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Improve Your Quality of Life with Time Management, Not Busy Work
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 be all the things you must do, but finding time to be all the things you want to be. I still recall standing in the public library one evening…
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Giving Away your Life through Pointless Arguing
I didn’t realize until today that I’ve completely stopped a habit that used to rob me of countless hours of my time. I’m at a place in my life where time is more important than money, but it has to do with perspective moreso than wealth. Maybe this old habit of mine started when I…
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“I Never Have Enough Time”–and 9 Ways to Fix It
I am The Poster Girl for Productivity, yet until this summer, I’ve felt that I wasn’t productive enough. I stressed myself so terribly much, too. I would finish a list of 200 things in a weekend and fall in bed exhausted on Sunday night and say aloud, “I didn’t get everything done that I planned–I’m…
