Monthly Archives: August 2013
Parkinson’s Law and Time Boxing
In my last post, I gave 4 truths to help my sister manage her anxiety about school and family related time management. They were: 1. Worries are not facts. 2. Worries are not destiny. 3. So, stick to the Pareto … Continue reading
The Pareto Principle: 80/20
The other day, my sister expressed her fears that she’d be quickly outpaced by her new graduate school classmates. Unlike most of her young and childless peers, my sister has two very young children and cannot reasonably devote her full … Continue reading
Getting Things Done
I finally sat down with David Allen’s famous productivity guide, Getting Things Done. The book is so famous and has so many acolytes that I don’t really want to duplicate the effort in summarizing and praising his method. If you’re … Continue reading
Mantra
The word “mantra” used to strike me as an embarrassingly cliche throwback to 1970s hippie culture. Or, that old SNL skit about Stuart Smalley building up his self-esteem by standing in front of a mirror and chanting “I’m good enough, … Continue reading
When everything is annoying, find your mantra
When I was a teenager, I had a reputation for being…cranky. Granted, every teenager is some level of awful but in retrospect, it is kind of startling that my teenage PEERS even commented on my bad attitude. In freshman year, … Continue reading
Habit 1: Daily Meditation ~ an update
About 2 weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to establish a new good habit: daily meditation. There are so many studies and news reports that have lauded meditation’s benefits on our minds and bodies (a good primer is here … Continue reading
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