Drowning in commitments? It's time to stop giving a damn. If you’re like me, you’ve been caring too much about too many things for too long.
You’re overextended and overburdened by life. Stressed out, anxious, maybe even panic-stricken about your commitments. I was almost 30 years old when I began to realise it was possible to stop caring so much, but I was nearly 40 before I figured out how to make it happen. As a self-described overachieving perfectionist, I was anxious throughout my childhood and adolescence. I tackled numerous projects, tasks and tests to prove myself worthy of respect and admiration from my family, friends and even casual acquaintances. The first time I met someone who just didn’t give a you-know-what was in my early 20s. Many of these things I truly cared about, but some of them I didn’t; and yet I gave each and every one of them attention, because I didn’t know any better. Then, when I was 31, I had my very first panic attack. I stopped caring about sales conferences. 1 Decide what you don’t give a fuck about 6 Iceland.
My 2013 Daily Planner! This year I decided to stick with regular Jen fashion and create my own daily planner vs. scouring online shops and stores until I found the one that fits my daily needs perfectly.
I have tried all sorts of different planners and I often switch things up from year to year since our needs are always changing. Last year, I decided to go the digital route, but I found that I was less organized than usual with our daily schedules and planning. Scattered Squirrel. A Little Tip for Mild Depression: Reverse Your to Do List. Weirdly, A Reverse To-Do List Makes A Lot of Sense. 3 Surprising Things that Will Increase Your Productivity at Work by 30% Each. Three ways to get more done, faster, better, and more slowly.
Wait, what? Why’s my dog here? It’s, like, Science, man. 1. Take your work to a café (nytimes.com). 2. 3. Relephant bonus: Like elephant journal on Facebook. About Waylon Lewis Waylon Lewis, founder of elephant magazine, now elephantjournal.com & host of Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, is a 1st generation American Buddhist “Dharma Brat. " Movie Quotes and Inside Jokes, 99 Life Hacks to make your life easier! Things I've Quit Doing at My Desk. Tips on Effective Time Management, CDFS-1006-94. Community Development 700 Ackerman Road, Suite 235, Columbus, OH 43202-1578 Small Business Series Karen M.
Williams In a small business, poor management of time will prevent the business from reaching its full potential. Avoid crises (no fire fighting) Gain a feeling of accomplishment Do the things that benefit you and your business Enjoy your life. HOWTO: Be more productive. Translations: 日本語 | Русский | Беларуская “With all the time you spend watching TV,” he tells me, “you could have written a novel by now.”
It’s hard to disagree with the sentiment — writing a novel is undoubtedly a better use of time than watching TV — but what about the hidden assumption? Such comments imply that time is “fungible” — that time spent watching TV can just as easily be spent writing a novel. And sadly, that’s just not the case. Time has various levels of quality.
If you want to be more productive then, you have to recognize this fact and deal with it.
Map Folding: Building a Weekly Plan. I've sometimes struggled to cover the middle ground between high-level project planning (What projects do I have?
And When are they due?) And ground-level daily execution (Call Jim; Draft Report; Fix CSS align in right rail nav). Building a Smarter To-Do List, Part II. Conclusion of our two-part series on improving the quality of your to-do list.
Yesterday's post covered some basics and whys, the concept of the “next action,” and the importance of physicality. Building a Smarter To-Do List, Part I. Since new folks visit 43F each day, I thought it might be valuable to return to one of our most popular evergreen topics to review some "best practices" for keeping a good to-do list.
While a lot of this might be old hat to some of you, it's a good chance to review the habits and patterns behind one of the most powerful tools in the shed. Part 2 appears tomorrow (Update: now available). (N.B.: links to previous posts related to these topics are provided inline) Why bother? In my own experience wrangling life's entropic challenges, some of my best gains have come from maintaining a smart, actionable, and updated accounting of all the things I've committed myself to doing.
While you can argue for the flavor and approach to task management that best suits your style (and your personal suck), it's hard to disparage the benefits that come from getting task commitments out of your brain and into a consistent location. Freelance Jobs, Freelance Forum & Directory. Weirdly, A Reverse To-Do List Makes A Lot of Sense. ADD Tips ADHD Tools at ADDessories accessories for ADD. What are you gonna try to do? Commit.