How to Improve Productivity
As a former productivity analyst and manager, let me tell you that one of the biggest causes of inefficiency is interruptions. (As I wrote this first sentence the phone rang…no kidding!). So today I...
View ArticleHoliday Shopping Made Easier
I found a great app for my phone to help organize my holiday shopping list. The app allows you to make a list of people you want to include on your gift list and set a budget for each. With The...
View ArticleUsing Technology to Organize Life
Today is a special day! Ferly from Gifts We Use and I are trading places! I recently got the chance to meet Ferly IRL (in real life) and let me tell you, she is amazing! We discussed our reasons for...
View ArticleTime Saving Tips to Get That Hour Back
So like most of my friends in the US (Arizona excluded), I lost an hour recently due to Daylight Savings Time. Now I am so happy that it means I get an extra hour of sunshine after work over here in...
View ArticleSimple Tips For Spring Cleaning Courtesy of Smart Twist™
If you are like me, now that spring is here, you are wanting needing to do your spring cleaning. I have few tips that I have found helpful and I want like to share with you to streamline and simplify...
View ArticleManaging Your To Do List
Do you feel like you are not getting items done on your to do list? Have distractions or procrastinating prevented you from getting things done? Today I am sharing a few tips to get productive. Start...
View ArticleWhen Things Don’t Go As Planned
Throughout the years, there have been many times when something I planned on does not go quite right. One year, our family spent a week on a trip to Hawaii and all but one of us got miserably sick...
View ArticlePredicting Your Future – Goal Setting for 2014
This time of year is a great time to look at your goals for next year. While you may be busy in holiday happenings, it can be theraputic to reflect on things that you would like to accomplish next...
View ArticleProductivity Apps I Love
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about apps but today I wanted to share with you a few apps that help me not only save time, but help me keep up my productivity. The first app is TinyScan. Have you...
View ArticleKeeping Productive
Summertime can be a tough time to be productive. With the long summer days of warm and sunny skies and beckoning beaches, it can be tough to stay motivated to work at you goals. Of course it is...
View ArticleGoal Setting Planner Template
This Goal Setting Planner Template is what I use when making my goals for the year. I changed it a bit from last year, because I wanted to be able to list goals in different areas of my life. I set...
View ArticleFirst Quarter Goal Check
How can it be April already you say? Isn’t it crazy that the first quarter of the year is already over? The months just seem to pass by so quickly. Every year at this time, I like to check on the...
View ArticleHow To Remember What You Have Read
Have you ever read a book that you enjoyed and later on had difficulty trying to remember what you have read? This used to happen more often than I care to admit. I found it frustrating because I...
View ArticleEverything At Your Fingertips A Good Idea?
At first, the idea of organizing everything at your fingertips may sound like a wonderful organizing solution, and great for productivity, but I do not feel it is necessarily the best one. Let me...
View ArticleHow to Improve Productivity
As a former productivity analyst and manager, let me tell you that one of the biggest causes of inefficiency is interruptions. (As I wrote this first sentence the phone rang…no kidding!). Since people...
View ArticleOrganizing Email
These tips on organizing email can be used for most systems, however, the examples here are using gmail. Email can be a huge time suck if you do not have a system and if you find yourself checking...
View Article6 Ways to Make Your Mornings More Productive
How has your week been going? Do you feel like you could use a little bit of help being more productive? You aren’t the only one. I think that most of us feel like that from time to time or maybe all...
View ArticleProductivity Apps I Love
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about apps but today I wanted to share with you a few apps that help me not only save time, but help me keep up my productivity. The first app is TinyScan. Have you...
View ArticleKeeping Productive
Summertime can be a tough time to be productive. With the long summer days of warm and sunny skies and beckoning beaches, it can be tough to stay motivated to work at you goals. Of course it is...
View ArticleFirst Quarter Goal Check
How can it be April already you say? Isn’t it crazy that the first quarter of the year is already over? The months just seem to pass by so quickly. Every year at this time, I like to check on the...
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