As a working mom with a ton of inputs coming in all day long, I add a lot of random tasks to my to do list. For example, If I hear about a good book, I quickly add it to my to do list and then later when I’m processing my new tasks in my…
Thanksgiving is this week in the U.S. I thought this idea might help you with preparing for your Turkey Day celebration. I learned this idea from the book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (which I reviewed in this post) and I’ve been using it off and on when my to do list seems…
I stumbled across a nifty little tool in the to do application that I use that I just have to pass along. I am currently using Toodledo (affiliate link) for my to do list. I have been using this application for a long time, so it’s always surprising to find new features that I wasn’t aware of…
Do you have mom brain like I do? My brain is always moving and does not turn off until I fall asleep at night. My to do list is the brain dump that holds everything for me so that I don’t have to remember all the kid activities, housework items, broken this, calls for that,…
Theme Alert! November posts on the blog will be all about “to do list hacks”. I use the app “Toodledo” for my to do list, and you may use something else but I am sure you will be able to find similar features for what you use. If not, email me and I’ll help you…
Title: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Author: Oliver Burkeman Biggest Takeaway: How I read it: Physical book from my library Backstory You Didn’t Ask For: My to do list has way too many tasks. I can’t keep up. This book made me think about productivity a little differently. Instead of trying to hack how…
This is a quick tip for those of you that have some sort of to do list/tickler file (and if that’s not you, please tell me your secret to not having one!) I’ve taken up running the last couple years and there is a big race in the spring that I’ve decided to…
I spent most of last year trying to “catch up” on blog posts. I had a huge goal to stay one month ahead on blog posts and I miraculously did this for most of the first half of the year. I eventually slipped, however, and spent the rest of the year trying to play catchup…
At any given time, my To Do list is hundreds of items long. Hundreds. That’s another problem for another day, but it does serve as a good reminder that I can’t really do it all. I try, and my list shows I really want to, but something has to give. When I was growing…
TL;DR; How To: Automate repetitive tasks IFTTT How I automate calendar tasks An example Your takeaway One of my biggest goals with this blog is to help others automate their lives and to provide organization tips that include technology. To accomplish this, I will periodically write How To blog posts that walk you…