Tag: Time Management
-
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…
-
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…
-
Pet Peeve: Oblivious Time Wasters
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. Omigods. I am overwhelmed at the moment. Just that kind of busy. And not too happy, looking around the house and remembering one or the other of the girls getting something out or taking something apart with the famous words, “I’ll clean this…
-
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…
-
Literature for the Latrine
Sometimes it’s best that people not try to make conversation. This is one of those times and Carolyn’s one of those people. She’s trying to break the ice at a social by asking what different books, magazines, and newspapers we keep in our bathrooms as “reading material.” And silly me, I just bought a $40…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
“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…
-
Turning the Tables on Controlling Comments
Isn’t it annoying when you have a list of 5238 things to accomplish and you’re chugging along nicely, feeling proud of yourself for getting so much done, when someone steps in and tells you all the things you should be doing, many of which are already on your list? Ultimately, I find that people who…
-
How to Love Mondays
If you’d told me 6 months ago that I’d love Mondays– that they might even be my favorite day of the week– I would have said you were crazy. For good reason, too– I’ve hated Mondays for my entire life. Here’s what’s wrong with Mondays… or what was wrong: 1. The weekends are never long…
-
Morning Strategy Sessions with the Universe
On my way to work in the mornings, in the dark without a lot of traffic on the road, there seems to be much more time to think. It’s a quieter spot in the day, even though there’s really no obvious difference in driving to work 2 hours later. Yet, the energy of the early…
