Joshua Galinato of Galiway.Blog and Lifelong Learning podcast interviewed me about productivity, burnout and deliberate living. He has been gracious in allowing me to share the interview with my audience.
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I love my hobbies. Creativity is second nature to me, and I would spend my days making music, braiding, knitting, scrapbooking, doing calligraphy, spinning and writing if I could. Unfortunately, I can't. I have financial and family obligations that preclude my full-time participation in hobbies. In this time of the global pandemic I have found that I have more time to engage my hobbies. But what I also found is that some hobbies were not available due to closures and shortages, and that when it came right down to it, I wasn't interested in some of the hobbies I have had on my lists for a long time.Going forward, I want to make sure that the things I do in…
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Spending patterns and consumption are areas that get out of control for a lot of us. The pandemic has changed our consumption patterns, if for no other reason than we couldn't get out to the stores. But as the restrictions ease, we have a chance to take a look at our consumption and make conscious choices going forward.Why is consumption an area for editing? Why not just go back to the way we were?First of all, we are in a global recession. Money may not be as plentiful as it was before, and it is a good time to continue the habits we formed during isolation.Secondly, the more I own, the more space I need to store it, and I…
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Today I talk about the importance of making a daily agenda - and why writing it out is key.
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We all have multiple demands on our time. Some of these we choose, and some are thrust upon us. Some of them we choose; some we are asked to do, and some creep up on us through insidious means.This time of pandemic has been a good time for examining our commitments. With many of our after-hours activities canceled, we now have the free time to examine those activities that had been taking up our time.I've had pretty much all of my evening activities stop. The choir is not working together right now, and the quartet I sing with is recording parts separately, to have them mixed by our music director. Girl Scouts have been canceled for the year. The committees…
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As we come out of the isolation made necessary by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an unprecedented opportunity to shift our lives into ones of our choosing. Rather than taking things as they were, we can look at what we desire our lives to be and shift in that direction. To that end, I am going to run a series of articles about the areas to look at and how to edit your life. Today I'll give you an overview of what the series will cover.
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Today we talk about handling the three types of distractions when working from home: pets, children and other adults.
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Far too often what is termed a "weekly review" is actually a planning session for the next week. A true review takes a look at what already has happened, as well as what is coming. The definition of review from [Dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) says that review means "a viewing of the past". This looking back is important, but few do it, unless it has bearing on what is coming next. I have found that a series of questions designed to review the past week is crucial. In the first place, it fixes the events of the week in my mind. Too often the little details get lost in the rush and busyness of the passing days. Secondly, it gives me valuable insight…
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As we start to reemerge after the quarantine, many of us are headed back to the office. But after working remote for so many weeks, it's hard to think about going back to the way we were. Today I offer some tips to keep your productivity up as you move back to the office.
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In a world where everything has changed, and we all have a lot more time on our hands, does productivity still matter? What passed for productivity before is not relevant, but true productivity still matters. Today we will look at what this new productivity is, and how it applies to life post-quarantine.
