Planning
Lunar New Year 2024 – The Year of the Dragon
What’s better than a New Year’s celebration? Why, that would be not one, but two New Year’s celebrations! The good people of planet Earth celebrate the Gregorian calendar’s New Year’s Eve on December 31 and New Year’s Day on January 1. This is traditionally a time when we reflect on the year that has…
Read MoreNew Year Goals – Add These to Your Calendar!
Many people around the world kick off the new year by setting some kind of goal (or at least consider setting one). Maybe after spending time with family over the holidays, you’ve decided to set a goal to spend more quality time with loved ones. Or perhaps after enjoying a plentiful quantity of rich foods,…
Read MoreHow to Achieve Your Goals in 2024
You might refer to them as objectives, missions, New Year’s Resolutions, or goals. No matter which term you use, they all describe the same thing: accomplishing an achievement you have identified and wish to seek. Oxford Dictionary defines it as: “the object of a person’s ambition or effort; an aim or desired result” …
Read MoreProductivity Tip – How to Create Your Year-End December To-Do Checklist
Today is December 7. Thanksgiving has come and gone. Hopefully you were able to unplug from work over that holiday weekend (at least for a day or two) and disconnect from your devices (for at least a few hours). For some reason, when December hits, many people go into frenzy mode at this time of…
Read MoreWork-Life Balance for Thanksgiving Weekend Part 2
Hopefully you’re not reading this on Thanksgiving Day when this is scheduled to post, unless your current location is a country that is not the United States and does not celebrate Thanksgiving. If, however, you are reading this on Thanksgiving Day, maybe you somehow stumbled across this while searching for that last minute…
Read MoreWork-Life Balance for Thanksgiving Weekend
Creating your own personal vision of work-life balance is a recommendation I make to my clients during my time management workshop facilitation, coaching and consulting. To begin shaping your definition of work-life balance, here are four questions to ask yourself: How many hours each day do you want to work? How many…
Read More2023 – How to Prevent Holiday Stress
Re-sharing this letter I wrote to myself has been a tradition since 2012 – more than a decade ago now! Over the past twenty or so years, I’ve learned that it takes entirely too much effort (and stress!) to go over-the-top at holiday time – decorating like department stores, baking like it’s your last hurrah,…
Read MoreDaylight Saving Time 2023: A Gift of Time!
“I wish I had more time!” “I have too much to do and not enough time!” “There aren’t enough hours in the day!” Have you ever found yourself thinking any of those thoughts? Or perhaps even muttering them out loud? My clients and workshop participants sure do. I have some great…
Read MoreProductivity Tip – Year End To Do Checklist
We’re half-way through October with November and December itching to take their places front and center on our calendar. What tends to happen mid-fall is a bit of a lull sets in. Year-end seems far off. It seems like the kids have just gone back to school and are now full swing in activities.…
Read MoreTime Management Lessons from Adam Sandler – Phone Wallet Keys
When I turned 16 and passed my driver’s license test, I felt grown up and thought I should carry all sorts of more adult items in my purse. I soon learned that carrying a purse weighed down my shoulder or arm, plus I’d have to either lock it up somewhere during a party or…
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