My Productivity Won’t List
Productivity articles often focus on what you need to start doing in order to be more productive. While that is well and good, I think there is room for things to stop doing. Here is my list of things I won't do because they adversely affect my productivity - my productivity won't list:
Schedule Your Priorities; Don’t Prioritize Your Schedule
Far too often I get through a bunch of tasks, just to find that I haven't made progress on the things that are part of my bigger goals and dreams. I sometimes feel like I am sacrificing my dreams for a clean kitchen. That's oversimplifying it, but it captures the gist of my frustration. In this article I look at how to shift things around by scheduling priorities.
How Over-organizing Can Cripple Your Productivity
Is it possible to be over-organized? Sure. By categorizing everything to the last degree and storing everything every possible place you could need it, you will soon find that maintaining your organization systems will have a negative impact on your productivity. To this end, I am going to share a couple of concepts that I use at work as a computer and database programmer, and show you their direct application to the world of personal productivity.
Power Through Blocks With A “Finish It” Week
I am what keeps me from doing the creative things I want to enjoy. I started asking myself what I felt was standing in my way. Here is what I did about it: I declared a Finish It Week.
Getting A Handle On Time
It's only taken me 5 months to realize it, but I am struggling with the new work situation in my home. 5 months ago I started a new job, which requires a 30-45 minute drive each way. The same day, my husband started a new job 3 hours from our home, which means he stays in an apartment and we see him late Friday evening to Sunday evening. I thought I was doing fine. But during a particularly busy week, I realized I wasn't getting things done.
8 Productivity Stations Every Home Should Have
When you keep like-purposed things together, close by where they are used, you can save time and effort and make yourself more productive. Here are 8 of these productivity stations that every home should have.
Skyrocket Productivity With A Simple Program: Breevy
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. One of the best things you can do for personal productivity is to automate repetitive tasks. If you can do something in one keystroke that before would take you 10, you have just given yourself a 90% boost in efficiency. Text replacing programs, like Breevy, are the way to make that happen. I am often asked to review software as a part of this blog. Most software is somewhat useful, but few programs actually make me change the way I do things. One of the exceptions to this was a little program called Breevy. I reviewed it back in 2010, at Software Review: Breevy Auto Text Replacer and More!. At the time I was asked to review it, I was using ShortKeys, which was bulky and quirky. But Breevy blew me away. It is now three years later, and Breevy…
Night Owl Strategies for Successful Mornings
There are many articles out there about how to successfully start your day. Most of them assume that you are chipper and wide awake as soon as your feet hit the floor. In other words, they assume you are a morning person. I am not a morning person. And I don't believe that you can necessarily become one. However, that doesn't mean that non-morning people can't have successful starts to their days. Here are ways that we can adapt the morning-person strategies and give us the same advantages for our days.
