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Six secrets to organizing difficult things
by Sarah on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 | 18 comments
Organizing most things is generally fun, relatively easy and comes with the benefit of a big visual payoff – think cleaning off desks, arranging closets and making kitchen counters sparkle. But occasionally, we must all face organizational tasks that are, for lack of a better word: painful. There is not much fun involved in organizing ... [read more] -
12 smart anti-procrastination strategies
by Sarah on Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 | No Comments
Procrastination torpedoes productivity, harms your self-esteem, and is the source of massive amounts of stress. So why do we do it and why, oh why, is it so hard to overcome? Social scientist, professor and author of the marvelous book The Procrastination Equation, Piers Steel, PhD, explains that procrastination occurs when our logical planning ... [read more] -
Procrastination Busting
by Sarah on Monday, September 5th, 2011 | No Comments
An alarming 95% of us admit to procrastinating (and is the other 5% of the population really not procrastinating, or are they simply lying about it?). Are we biologically “hardwired” to procrastinate? Who’s worse at procrastinating: Women or men? When does procrastination become self-destructive (and can it ruin relationships?)? Is disorganization ... [read more] -
No willpower? Try this!
by Sarah on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 | 3 comments
I'm currently lacking the willpower to (a) drag my tuckus out of bed at 5:30am to exercise and (b) draft an article about dealing with my mom's clutter. In an effort to procrastinate the latter yesterday evening, I came across an article in Psychology Today by author Heidi Grand Havlorson. It highlighted the potential magic ... [read more] -
The Stuff I Didn’t Do List
by Cass on Monday, January 25th, 2010 | 5 comments
There is a note in my Evernote account that I detest. I loathe this note. And sure, I could totally just delete the note but it wouldn't delete the contents. It's a list of nagging items. Things that I have left undone, unsaid, unfinished, unwanted. I should call it my Un-List. Because I ... [read more] -
I’m just too busy (procrastinating)
by Cass on Saturday, January 9th, 2010 | 1 comment
I started the new year sick. That first critical week where resolutions go to die: I was applying vaseline to my nose so that people wouldn't assume I was the second coming of Rudolph. In some ways it's awesome because now I feel better and I don't have the pressure of sticking to things because ... [read more] -
Wednesday’s Dose of Sunshine: A Cure for Procrastination
by Anna on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | No Comments
You’ve made it through half the week already - high fives all around! They say that Wednesday is hump day. I guess it’s because there’s still a little pushing uphill required before we can coast guilt-free into the weekend. How does the hump look from where you’re standing? Hard ... [read more]
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