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When Urgency Becomes Burnout
My September goal for The Third Tending Year was Noticing and Choosing (read my Noticing post here). When it came time to investigate my Choosing practices, I found myself inundated with choices. New responsibilities sprouted up overnight, each one vying for my...
Noticing My Attention Practices
Welcome to my first blog post of my Third Tending Year! You can learn more about why I'm doing another Tending Year in this newsletter.My Tending Year theme for September is "Noticing and Choosing," which led me to consider my own attention practices. This shouldn't...
Why Should I Personalize My Productivity Sessions?
Before we jump into the blog post, I want to quickly let you know that I’ll be offering a monthlong course called all about clarifying your goals and achieving them through intentional productivity sessions. You can learn more about the course here. Thanks for your...
Three Big Things I’ve Learned About Goal Setting
Before we jump into the blog post, I want to quickly let you know that I’ll be offering a monthlong course called all about clarifying your goals and achieving them through intentional productivity sessions. You can learn more about the course here. Thanks for your...
The Constellation System with Rachael Stephen
This blog post originally was shared with my mailing list for The Tending Letter. You can subscribe to my newsletter at the bottom of the post.I had the honor of interviewing Rachael Stephen recently about her Constellation System, a method that has certainly changed...
Navigating Productivity Pitfalls
I’ve been developing a new productivity method that I’m calling “Navigating Productivity Pitfalls.”
Navigating Productivity Pitfalls has three steps:
1. Identify your personal pitfalls when it comes to your productivity practice.
2. Develop proactive plans for dealing with your pitfalls in the future.
3. Identify acute actions to take in the moment when you encounter a pitfall.
My 4-step process for planning a busy month
This blog post originally was shared with my mailing list for The Tending Letter. You can subscribe to my newsletter at the bottom of the post.I get lots of questions about my own time management practice. Today I’m sharing how I planned for my busy April without...
Moving Through the Stuckness
This blog post originally was shared with my mailing list for The Tending Letter. You can subscribe to my newsletter at the bottom of the post.We don’t plan to get stuck. Sometimes, we have the best intentions, we get enough sleep and drink enough water, we set a...
New Podcast Episode with The Phd Life Raft Podcast
Before we jump into the blog post, I want to quickly let you know that my book Tend to It: A Holistic Guide to Intentional Productivity is available for sale here! You can read more about my coaching practice here and book a session here. You can download NINE...
How to Make Your Own Daily Planning Sheets
When I ran out of my favorite planner pad, I decided to make my own customizable daily planning sheets. I’m on prototype three, and I’ve experienced some interesting and unexpected “ah-ha!” moments while tweaking the planning sheets to get the most out of them. In the rest of this post, I’ll walk you through the different parts of my own current version of the daily planning sheet, offer suggestions for how you can create your own, and then I’ll share a free printable sample you can use, too.