The other day, a friend of mine was raving about this wine club service she recently signed up for. Wine delivered straight to your door is probably worthy of praise on its own, but, as my friend reported, this service goes above and beyond in the customer service arena. For…
The opposite of listless
I started using WorkFlowy a couple weeks ago. As someone who thinks in bullet pointed lists–I like it! While I can’t color-code it (my biggest complaint), I can tag the items on my list for easy sorting. When coming up with a tagging system, I thought back to the 70/20/10…
Progress Mapping
Man, am I exhausted. But somehow, I’ve also been feeling really inspired and motivated lately. So today, I was thrilled to come across this article on Quartz about progress mapping. The title, “Coloring in this picture helped me erase $26,000 in debt,” seemed like click bait, but it worked–and I’m…
On becoming a (lowercase) rolling stone
In May 2014, some blogger wrote about a strategy she uses to increase her kids’ productivity (and active time) and decrease the time they spend looking at glowing screens. She calls it the Momentum Optimization Project, and it’s basically a to-do list that her kids must complete before they can…
Something I didn't write but think you should read.
https://medium.com/zendesk-creative-blog/10-things-you-should-know-about-knowing-10-things-922830cf4b80
Enrichment
I’m free on Mondays after work. And since it seems that I can’t stand free time, I decided to fill my Monday evenings with activities that I enjoy. It all started when some friends and I decided to meet on Mondays for Spanish conversation. Some speak it quite well, some…
Working Clean
I read this article on The Kitchn the other day about “working clean,” which, according to chef Thomas Keller, “can be very specific, referring to ingredients needed to complete a recipe, measured out and ready to use, or it can be more general: are you organized, do you have everything…
Making Time
I have a postcard on my bulletin board that says, “Let’s make time for all the things we want to do.” But making time can be hard. One of the things I love about where I work is the flexible schedule. The cable guy is going to fix my signal…
Changing it up
I keep coming across articles about morning routines. Suggestions, the importance of a good one, “what happened when I did ____ every morning for a year” — that sort of thing. And it’s gotten me thinking about my morning rituals and whether they’re healthy, helpful, or worth the time I…