10 Ways To Get Quiet Time For Focus
You need quiet time to be able to focus, plan, think, and reboot. Yet it's often at a premium. I have to have quiet time in my life. I am an introvert, and quiet time recharges me so that I can be around people. Take away my quiet time too long and the results are not pretty. I snarl when my reserves are too low. So I have compiled my methods to get the quiet time I need to recharge, plan, focus, think, work and reboot. Here is my list of 10 Ways To Get Quiet Time For Focus.
Shareable: No Wind
"If there is no wind, row." --Latin proverb
Find Time To Think: Life Reboot Expanded
One of the crucial factors in rebooting your life is the time to consider what is going on in your life and what has to change. This quiet time is critical, but it can be hard to find. A reader asked a question on how to do it.
Closing Things Down: Life Reboot Expanded
So you're ready to reboot your life, and you know you need to put some things on temporary hold. How do you decide? A reader asked the question.
Get Back On Track By Rebooting My Life
Sometimes the best thing you can do to get a computer back on track is to reboot it. The same concept to get back on track can apply to life. Here's how. A few weeks ago I was feeling overwhelmed. It wasn't a new thing, but rather something that had been going on for months. I felt like I was juggling everything, things were dropping, and I didn't have time to deal with a crisis that came up. I was getting exhausted and resentful.
Shareable: Our Fatigue
"Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment." --Dale Carnegie
Shareable: Well Done
"Well done is better than well said." --Benjamin Franklin
Consolidate To Combat Information Overwhelm
One of my readers asked me to address the question of what to do when you have information in too many places. She said she had notebooks everywhere, plus all her email accounts, plus sticky notes scribbled on and stuck all over her house and office. She said she lost things constantly, missed appointments, and misplaced valuable notes and information. I can empathize. As I write this I have two planners on my desk (work and personal), two notebooks, a pile of paper, and three email accounts open. There are a series of sticky notes stuck to the edge of my monitor, and I have my personal calendar open in my planner and on my screen, trying to reconcile the information. (How do I have two dentist appointments next week?) Everyone has a lot of information. It's probably not a matter of getting rid of it, but…