Blog Entries tagged 'time management'

Automate Your Day - Clearing Your Mental Clutter

gail@afreshstartorganizing.net — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:00:00 +0100

How would you like to clear your mind from all the little distractions that get in your way? These everyday distractions can wreak havoc on your productivity. Wouldn't you love to have a machine that automatically made your life easier? Well, I have a little secret for you. You already own it! It is that thing in your head that weighs about 3 pounds. Your brain!
Wikipedia defines automatic as "Capable of operating without external control or intervention. Done out of habit or withou [...]

Time flies...do you know where it is going?

tamara@meyerorganizing.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Do you seem busier than ever, but feel like you can't get anything accomplished?

This problem seems exaggerated by all of these high tech communication tools we use every day. Personally, I struggle with getting my "real work" accomplished while I respond to emails, phone calls, Internet research, and now social media. Even though I know how to manage it, I find it hard to have the discipline needed to spend time working on the "real work" instead of spending time on the &q [...]

My Life is Like a Country Song

gail@afreshstartorganizing.net — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:00:00 +0100

My Life is Like a Country Song

There is no doubt I am a Country Music Fanatic. I love the concept of a country life, plain and simple. Now, in saying My Life is Like a Country Song (to give credit where credit is due, this is a play on Chris Cagel's My Life's Been a Country Song), I don't mean the country song about how the wif [...]

Looking for More Together Time with Organization

gail@afreshstartorganizing.net — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:00:00 +0100

What image comes to mind when you think of spending time with family? Is it interaction and conversation? Is it fun activities or relaxing vacations? What we think of and what actually takes place can be so very different. We are so busy with technology, work, school and activities that we actually could be in the same house, yet we don't spend any time together. No wonder families feel so disconnected!

landerspr@yahoo.com — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:00:00 +0100

The old saying was, "A stitch in time saves nine." Recently I did something on two separate occasions with regard to shopping expeditions that would validate this statement. From a time management point of view, I had meant to save time but instead ended up turning an extra five minutes into additional trips consuming more than an hour each.

The issue was trying on clothes, deciding which to purchase, heading for the cash register, and being sidetracked by another item-impulse buying [...]