Posts Tagged ‘Work Life Balance’
Mastering Time Management: Essential Tips and Strategies for Freelancers
This week, guest author Ezgi Aydın of BeforeSunset shares time management tips and strategies for freelancers: Importance of Time Management for Freelancers Time management is essential to the success of freelancers. Freelancers must successfully manage their time to fulfill deadlines, finish several jobs, and keep their clients’ trust. Without effective time management, freelancers…
Read MoreHoliday Cheer: Practice Work-Life Balance
Defining your own personal vision of work-life balance is a recommendation I make to my clients during my time management coaching, consulting, and workshop facilitation. To begin shaping your definition of work-life balance, here are four questions to ask yourself: How many hours per day do you want to work? How many…
Read MoreTime Blocking Weekly Planner – an Example
One of my coaching clients asked me what my time blocking and planning look like. It’s one thing to hear about best (and worst) practices, talk through implementation, and practice what you think it looks like. It’s another thing to actually watch someone else do it and monitor the progress. Rather than have him…
Read MoreHoliday Movies
(Last updated: February 19, 2026) The other day I was asked about my favorite holiday movies to watch. That question made me realize that other than some of my childhood favorites (A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, etc.), I don’t watch the same ones each year. So, I decided to compile a list…
Read MoreThanksgiving 2022 – Gratitude, Work-Life Balance and Rest
As a part of my time management consulting, coaching and workshop facilitation, I recommend defining your own personal version of work-life balance. Here are four questions to ask yourself to begin shaping your definition: How many hours each day do you want to work? How many of those hours do you want to work at…
Read MoreHoliday Planning 2022
What?! But it’s only November 3! That’s right, and the holidays will roll around in no time. Time management in your personal life is just as important as time management in your professional life. After all, subconscious worries from one will affect your performance and quality of life in the other. Here are some tips…
Read MoreAdditional Productivity Tips – Should you stay in contact with the office while on vacation?
In last week’s post, we asked and answered three questions about: Should you stay in contact with the office while on vacation? This is a question that was recently posed by a reporter for Fox News. With COVID hospitalization rates decreasing and travel increasing in 2022, it’s the perfect time to revisit this topic.…
Read MoreNational Leave the Office Early Day 2022 – Texas Hill Country Beer Trail Style!
National Leave the Office Early Day is TODAY! If you’re not sure about the background of National Leave the Office Early Day, you can read my blog post here. In honor of this holiday, my husband and I decided to take an entire day off from work. We told a good friend about it,…
Read MoreNational Leave the Office Early Day 2022
National Leave the Office Early Day was created several years ago by Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE. This special day is observed on June 2 each year. If June 2 will fall on a Saturday or Sunday, it’s celebrated on the closest weekday. A fellow productivity specialist, Laura’s goal was to bring attention to…
Read MoreHow Does Exercise Increase Productivity? The Secret Productivity Tool of Walking
If you’ve been wondering how exercise increases productivity, you’re in luck! Last week, a homework assignment I gave to a client included walking while creating her project management maps. She seemed surprised about this assignment – not the project planning, but the walking. This might sound like an odd set of instructions to give during…
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