Systems

I’ve been getting big questions lately: “Why can’t I stick to my goals?” and “How do I focus on what’s important?”. We all have dreams and it can feel frustrating when you’re not making progress toward your goals.  I know how easy it is to get distracted when you have kids, a job, and a…

I don’t get super amped up about New Year’s Resolutions. (I prefer when-it-makes-sense resolutions. There’s nothing special about Jan 1.) I hate a planner that tries to do too much. (I prefer something with a bit of structure but also flexibility.) I’ll spend time on planning, but only if it helps me. (I have no…

Do you find yourself switching tasks constantly? It’s tough to get anything done when you have small chunks of work time between meetings. If emails or phone calls are constantly interrupting you, forget it. You’ll never get any time for deep focused work.  It turns out that psychologists have studied the effect of task switching….

In case you haven’t heard of Trello, it’s a list-making application that can help you keep track of pretty much everything. Trello is free to use, so it can help you get your whole life together. I’m actually not sure what would happen to me if Trello went away. I would lose my grocery list,…