Are you happy with the life you’re living? Is it the life you’ve intentionally chosen and built for yourself, or are you following a path you just fell into–or one chosen for you by other influences? What keeps us from living our own lives? As we kick off the new year, maybe it’s a good…
We’ll pick up in a future episode on our mini-series on decluttering, but this week I thought I’d share a little of my heart on something I’ve been dealing with lately–discouragement. It can interfere with our productivity and our quality of life in general, but there are some things we can do to disable its…
How do you feel about the stuff you own? Is every possession in your life something meaningful to you, or is your space overwhelmed with too much stuff? If you’re like most people, it’s likely the latter. In this episode we begin looking at the clutter of possessions in our lives, what it does to…
As we enter the last quarter of the year, it seems like a good time to pause, consider what we’ve accomplished so far this year, re-evaluate what we want to do in the time that’s left, and set ourselves up for success in the remaining months of this year.
Sometimes, no matter how organized we are or how carefully we plan, life just takes over and throws way too much at us. When there’s too much to do and not enough time to get it done, we can feel panicky, stressed, and overwhelmed. I’ve developed a simple 15-minute process that can help bring me…
Travel can be stressful, but there are lots of things we can do to make it less so. I asked my connections on Facebook to share some of their favorite tips for productive and stress-free travel, and in this episode I share their tips, as well as some of my own.
Do you find it difficult to say no? I do. The desire to be liked or the sincere desire to help makes it easy to say yes, and sometimes we end up regretting it.
When people think about productivity, they often think about calendars and to-do lists and project management, and all of those things are a big part of what we will discuss in coming episodes. But there’s a big difference between being busy and being productive. True productivity requires a purpose to guide the activity. In this…
