5 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Staycation
This week is spring break for my school district. It is the first time I have experienced a school spring break since I was in college, and obviously the way I view spring breaks then and now are widely different. Since my husband has to work this week, it is a staycation… my daughter and I will be doing some things, but we are both off from our typical pursuits. I’ll be honest. Teaching has been incredibly stressful. Not just by the class of repeating students who refuse to take any responsibility for their failure or their ongoing education, but it is made worse by a heavy-handed and bullying administrator who has chosen to scrutinize every move that both myself and the other new teacher in the school make. (At least I have a fellow torture victim to commiserate with and our mentors are doing everything they…
You Are Not Responsible For Other’s Expectations
It is easy to do something because someone expects it. But that doesn't account for whether we want to do it, or if we even should do it.But that doesn't mean we should continue to do what is expected, if it doesn't work for us.
How To Set Up Your DIY Planner
One of the advantages of making a DIY planner is that you can customize exactly what goes into it. Anything you need, in...anything you don't, out. Today we will look at some useful sections to help you set up your DIY Planner.
Translating Yearly Goals into Monthly and Weekly Goals – An Example
Last week I talked about how setting yearly goals, then generating monthly, weekly and daily goals and tasks can bring you to completion quickly. Today I wanted to give you a concrete example.
Prevent Predictable Annoyances
One of the funniest phrases I have heard in the past few months is "Pigeons of Discontent." This was meant as the opposite of "Bluebirds of Happiness", and I find that it is very apt. Essentially it is the category of items that are annoyances. And like pigeons, these are the common, garden-variety, everyday annoyances that can peck away at our happiness and contentment.
How To Plan A Month
Many productivity systems focus on the task list. You might have a calendar, but that would be only for fixed appointments. If there aren't any fixed appointments, the calendar gets ignored so you can focus on your task list. It is far too easy to slip into a pattern of glancing at the calendar, then plowing through tasks.
How To Streamline Inputs
One of the best ways to swamp yourself is to have too many things coming at you from too many directions. If you were in a canoe and the waves started coming at you from all sides, it is guaranteed you would go for a swim. It is also the same with the information we take in.
Do You Have Brain Thrash?
Since we have a computer metaphor going here for revamping your life, I wanted to talk a bit about thrash. Thrash is where "computer resources are used to do a minimal amount of work, with the system in a continual state of resource contention." Humans can thrash too, except we have a nicer word for it: multitasking.
