Productivity, organization, and time-management are life-long pursuits because let’s face it, life can get busy. Situations change. We are in a world where not much stays the same. However, if you learn to create habits and routines, you can have blocks of time throughout your days, weeks, and months that stay the same or […]
The Relationship Between Habits and Willpower
Difficult, but not Impossible How often do we try to create a new habit or stop a bad one only to realize months later that our willpower faded when we weren’t looking? It’s hard to keep up willpower for any length of time. Sure, we can stick to a low-fat, 1,000-calorie diet and go hungry […]
Increase Positive Energy Using This Racing Trick
Did you know that relationships involve drafting principles? You can increase positive energy using this racing trick. Do you ever wonder why race car drivers often stay in single file on the race track? They do it because it reduces the aerodynamic resistance. This is called drafting. While researching drafting, I found information on autoblog.com […]
EMAIL Purge – Yes, Purge That Email!
If you’re a fan of The Busy Woman on Facebook, you probably saw my post about purging thousands of emails. It has been about a year-and-a-half since I did an email purge. I guess I waited too long. It took me many hours of deleting, filing, and writing down lists I’m truly interested in. After […]
Family Time Mapping
When you go on vacation, you map out your plans. If you’re flying somewhere, you map out the best flight plan. If you’re driving, you map out the directions ahead of time. So why wouldn’t you spend the same amount of time on your family map? Download our 7 day time mapping sheet blank (if you […]
Budgeting Your Time Wisely
Budgeting Your Time A time budget is a schedule or assignment of time to specific tasks and activities. Your time account only contains 24 hours. Budgeting your time helps keep you from running out of time during tasks and projects. It also helps you have more time for what matters most. To start budgeting your […]
Cleaning According to Personality Style
Cleaning According to Personality Style There are many methods of quick cleaning such as the 5 minute pick-up, grab 15 things in 10 or less, or the 19-piece-pick-up, etc. However, for those of us with ADD, or who just can’t focus long enough on one room or task, I am giving you permission to “clean […]
Personality Based Time Management ©
Personality Based Time Management © Let’s talk about personalities! My name is Susie and I am a recovering “type A compulsive.” If you are one, you’ll know it after a brief description. I used to clean the house before anyone ate in the morning. I had the compulsion to keep things very clean all of […]
Dealing With Time From A Different Perspective
I was going over our schedule with my two younger children, when “it” started, the whining, complaining, and moaning! Sometimes there were all out temper tantrums! They did not understand the concept of time. It is not their fault and something had to be done to show them. That is when I had a light […]
Use A Daily Planner To Bring Order To Your Busy Life
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