Productivity

10 Effective Ways to Stay Motivated During Winter

August 12, 2009

It’s hard to stay motivated in winter. It’s cold, often wet and windy. And dark. Dark when the alarm goes off. Dark when after school activities have finished. I’m not all that keen on getting out and running errands any time, but in winter I need a pretty good reason to leave the house. You [...]

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Simplify your to-do list

July 13, 2009

Image by durotriges Over the last 6 months my to-do list has been slowly, stealthily growing out of control. I had been adding project upon project without consideration of my time constraints. You might remember reading about my search for what it is I want to do with my life. Each time I found something [...]

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Christmas in July

June 24, 2009

It’s nearly that time of year again. Can you believe it? I can’t. Christmas in July is a bit of fun, especially here in Australia. Our Christmases are usually hot and dusty. Not the ideal time to be enjoying traditional Christmas fare, although we still give it a pretty good go Not only is July [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions Checkup

February 19, 2009

Fifty days in, and I think it’s time for a check on how the New Year’s resolutions are going. I’m not generally a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions. I tend to make at least one anyway just so I’ve got something to say when someone asks “So, what are your New Year’s resolutions?” (Does [...]

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Holiday Hangover

February 16, 2009

Hands up who’s struggling to get back to their real life routines after the school holidays. It can’t be just me, surely! After spending a week with my folks over Christmas, we were back home for 10 days, then off again for two weeks at the beach in our caravan. Then it was seven days [...]

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Confessions of a procrastinator

December 4, 2008

I was going to tweet this one little confession on Twitter. I cajoled my husband into buying a lovely old piano when we first moved into our new house, which he did on the proviso that I learn to play. Of course I would learn, I said. That’s the whole idea of buying one. Why [...]