It’s data, not judgement.
It’s data, not judgement. Yesterday I took stock on my progress last week. Some goals were on track, and some neglected. If there’s a goal that I didn’t achieve, I prefer to view…
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Just Start
In honor of everyone working on a first draft of a novel this month, I will share my favorite time management/productivity strategy: Just start. We tend to focus so much on final products…
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Ghosts of Novembers Past
It’s November, which is? was? National Novel Writing Month. Each year in November, people around the world challenge themselves to write 50,000 words in a month, something akin to a marathon because completion…
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The art of single-tasking
I’m already aware that we probably don’t multi-task when we think we do—instead, we just switch our attention back and forth between tasks (or distractions, as the case may be). I also find…
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Free guides on time management are now available
Free PDF guides on time management are now available.
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What makes a task difficult?
Since I often spend time thinking and talking about time management, I’ve pondered what makes some tasks difficult. Maybe it’s me, but it helps to consider why a specific goal is difficult for…
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Start where you are
One thing the pandemic has taught us is that teens sure know how to complain. Or is that just mine? But one of the complaints that has struck me is this feeling that…
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When do we get to rest on our laurels?
I admit, I tend to be cranky about the phrase “don’t rest on your laurels,” because it invariably accompanies praise for some accomplishment. That is, instead of allowing anyone to feel good about…
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Variety and consistency are key
I’ve been more successful this year in cultivating an exercise habit. Avoiding human contact has meant I haven’t caught colds or non-headline-grabbing viruses, and so far (knock on all things wooden) I haven’t…
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Slow Down
Today’s affirmation arrived over a decade ago. I was attending a professional development workshop that included an optional visualization activity in which you identify an obstacle to your success. For me, the obstacle…
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Revision Redux, Round 3
Just wanted to report on my progress on the revision. I finished the over-700-page (!!) Douglass biography this week and took some notes that may be helpful in thinking about my novel, plus…
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How I make time to write
Trying to find time to write is one of the main ways I learned time management, which I went on to teach to college students for over twenty years. I thought I might…
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#amcranky
I have discovered that if I am not immersed in novel-writing, I am very cranky. Be glad that you are reading this online and not hanging out with me right now. I’m getting…
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Back to work
The days before and the day immediately after a break tend to wreak havoc on my ability to get work done at my day job. I move as if underwater, and my brain…
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On time.
Some friends do not approach time management as I do. I try to control time by getting in front of it, structuring it, protecting it, prioritizing it. As best as I can tell,…
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Music to my ears
Earlier today, I was ready to give up on most of my goals for the day. Instead of writing or working out after work, I crawled in bed for a short nap and…
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Yield Days
So I have been working on the novel for 21 days straight, though that is only true because I wrote one word yesterday. Some might call that grade inflation, but they are people…
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Run towards the work
Though I am making steady progress on my novel, each step forward reveals the need for many, many, many more steps ahead. Thus writing this novel is what I define as both a…
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