• Get Quiet Time For Focus
    Productivity

    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.

  • Reboot
    Goals,  Productivity

    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.

  • Consolidate
    Productivity

    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…