How To Eliminate Life Feature Creep
Feature creep is not just something that happens in software. The over-complication of devices that we use can lead to a near constant level of feature creep with every area of our lives.
What To Do About Busy Work?
A reader asked me, "What are your thoughts on 'busy work'? For some whose jobs are based more on time than production, it's easy to get caught up doing some busy work to justify one's existence."
I realized that there are actually two types of busy work: that which we engage in when our time is our own, and that we engage in to fill working hours owed to someone else. But we can turn busy work into productive time with a bit of planning and action.
I realized that there are actually two types of busy work: that which we engage in when our time is our own, and that we engage in to fill working hours owed to someone else. But we can turn busy work into productive time with a bit of planning and action.
10 More Things You Didn’t Know About Me
A couple of weeks ago I updated a post called "10 Things You Didn't Know About Me." So I thought I would update another 10 things post that had followed it years ago.
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
One of the disadvantages of writing online is that people reading my content don't know who I am. I am more than I present on the internet, and who I am colors everything I write. I've done a few "10 things you didn't know" posts over the years, and with the discovery of my dyscalculia, I thought it would be good to update them.
The Ten Commandments Of Productivity
And the website opened up, and they were pleased to behold a new set of wisdom, shining before them. It shone forth on them, bathing them in a white glow from the screen. And thus it read:
How To Recognize and Avoid Extending Sunk Costs
According to Wikipedia, sunk costs are "past costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered." Usually an economic term, it also applies to other areas of our lives. Failing to recognize them means we put time and energy into something simply because you already have. That is not necessarily wise.
From A Pile of Pens: An Earth Day Challenge
I have a lot of pens. And most of them don't work for me. Even though I have a few that work, I keep buying, hoping for better. This is giving me a lens to examine my consumption; and to give you a challenge for Earth Day.
Do You Fall For These Time Management Lies?
Time management is the key to make sure that you don't fritter away a precious resource on meaningless activities - at least without meaning to. Yet many people fall for time management lies, much to their detriment. Do you fall for these time management lies?
Things I’m Not Doing Anymore
"Life is too short to fold socks." There are so many wonderful things in life. And there are things that really don't need to be done. Here is a list of things I'm not doing anymore.
Frogs and Productivity
What do frogs have to do with productivity? Mark Twain helps with getting those big things out of the way first thing. But what about the rest?