When pursuing your goals, do you sometimes humble-brag about how “busy” you are? It’s easy to get caught up in busy work and to feel like the days need to be longer. Maybe you get trapped into spending disproportionate time making lists, checking off to-do items, or clearing out your email. Those activities aren’t necessarily…
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Quick Note: Own Your Day
Think about the last time you reached the end of the day and wondered how time got away from you. How likely is it that it could happen again today? Despite what you have going on, take the day and make it your own. This is about maintaining productivity. You can remain productive during the…
Want to be more productive? Give yourself some microbreaks.
When I worked my office jobs, I looked forward to going out to lunch. But I always felt a twinge of guilt about it when some of my colleagues humble-bragged about having to eat lunch at their desks because, you know, they were, “sooooooooooo swamped.” However, taking breaks is not a sign of laziness. A North…
How to Be Productive Instead of Busy
When I bump into someone I haven’t seen in a while, we exchange the usual, “How’s it going?” greetings. In response, I habitually say, “Oh, I’m keeping busy.” I’m sure that’s a stock phrase for a lot of people. But think about what it means to be busy. Busy keeping up with email, busy editing blog…
4 Ways People Sabotage Their Progress: How to Sidestep the Traps
I have a shortlist of goals to keep me on my path to full-time RVing. One of them is saving enough money to buy a decent used rig. Recently, I reviewed my January budget and, no denying it, I fell short on my RV savings goal. At first, I was dumbfounded: What happened? After trying…
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