How To Simplify Flylady
Sometimes the best results are about simplifying, rather than following exactly.
Is Your Someday-Maybe List A Never List?
The Someday-Maybe list is a mythical being of great power. You give it the things you would like to do, and it keeps them for you. But like most mythical beings, it has a dark side. Most of the Someday-Maybes consume the projects and expand to dangerous levels, until they topple over and explode on your current work, peppering you with shards of guilt and disappointment. When I first read about the Someday-Maybe list (Getting Things Done*), I was thrilled. Finally I had a place to stash all of those things I wanted to do eventually, but just didn’t have time for now. I started cheerfully putting stuff on the list. After all, I would get to it someday, right? Someday is a really poor place to plan on doing things. Because someday is never now. And by definition, we will never get to those things. They…
Outputs: Getting Started With Productivity
In any system, things get taken in (inputs), something happens, and things come out (outputs). If there are no inputs, the system dries up; if there are no outputs the system will explode. That’s a year of system theory boiled down, folks. Productivity systems are no different. We have our inputs, which we talked about two weeks ago (Inputs: Getting Started with Productivity). So the next step is to consider what we need as outputs, so that we can figure out what has to happen in the system.
How I Use The Bullet Journal
Last week I talked about how I had started my bullet journal, and I provided the basic information on how to start one. This week I will talk about the particulars of how I am using it.
Bullet Journal Overview
I started something new at the beginning of May, and I have to say that it has been a great success in both productivity and journaling. It's called the bullet journal. Today I will give you an overview of what it is.
What’s in your productivity toolbox?
What's in your productivity toolbox? Just like there are basic tools we use around the home, there are basic tools that belong in your productivity toolbox.
Boost Productivity With Routines
Pop quiz: Are routines: 1) the resort of boring, unimaginative people? or 2) the staple of productive people? If you picked 1, you need to rethink your take on routines. Because the answer is 2. During this month we will be looking at routines. Today we start with how to boost productivity using routines.
