As Benjamin Franklin once said, time is like money. Without being managed properly, how do you know where it’s going? Here’s a collection of our best advice on how to manage your time, set proper schedules, and get more done.
The holiday season is a whirlwind of joy, celebration, and—let’s be honest—chaos and stress. Between gift shopping, festive gatherings, family drama, and year-end work deadlines, it’s no wonder many of us feel pulled in a thousand directions. Productivity often takes a backseat as we juggle work and personal obligations and try to soak in the […]
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Setting Goals for December: Reflect, Plan, and Achieve December is here—the month of twinkling lights, ambitious to-do lists, and the quiet reminder that another year is wrapping up. It’s easy to get swept up in the hustle, but pausing to reflect and plan is one of the best gifts you can give yourself this season. If
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I have a confession: I hate productivity. I don’t want to grind, and I’m not here to squeeze more out of every single minute. But wandering aimlessly between work, my constantly buzzing phone, and a house full of half-finished art projects wasn’t doing me any favors either. But this post isn’t about my dislike for
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Election Day has come and gone, and I think it’s safe to say we’re all in need of regaining our balance. This period, marked by following the campaigns and debates and advocating for change, often leaves us feeling like we’re being pulled in a thousand directions. As we step back from this whirlwind, it’s essential
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World Mental Health Day was last week, and this year’s theme probably resonates with most of us. It is time to prioritize mental health in the workplace. According to the World Health Organization, almost 1 in 5 adults experience a mental health condition each year. If you feel like your mental health has taken a
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You’re probably definitely not surprised to hear that we, as humans, are incredibly distractible. The average American picks up their phone 144 times each day. If you take away eight hours for sleeping, that’s approximately one pickup every seven minutes. Email, too, is out to distract us. We can’t forget the average 120 emails that
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Here’s a thought exercise: imagine you finally manage to beat the procrastination motivation monster for once. (For many of us, that would already be a fantasy.) But say you sit down to work, full of beautiful productive motivation, ready to take on the day. Then what? Surely you’re going to try to get some work
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For so many of us, the end of a work day means one thing and one thing only: collapsing on the couch. And why would we do anything else? Making it home, after a day on our feet, or running around, or stressing out, or using our brains to their maximum capacity, is an achievement
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Meetings. We all know them as the thing we hate the most about our jobs on a biweekly or bimonthly basis. Some consider it perhaps the dumbest thing a great number of smart people around the world still do everyday. It’s remarkable how so many industries, full of supposedly industrious people, still fall back on
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As you settle into your work routine each morning, you might feel some inherent optimism. “Today will be different,” you tell yourself. “This is the day that I get all the things on my list done, and then some. I’m gonna be a machine!” You get the right playlist queued up. You set yourself up
Embracing Productivity Grace: Overcoming Shame for a Positive Work Mindset Read More »
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