With the new year barely begun, I thought it was time to ramp up my motivation. And the thing that came to mind was that I needed some Zig Ziglar. Every now and then, I like to listen to Zig’s old lectures. I remembered that I had an audio book of his. So, I went…
You know what drives me crazy? Getting good ideas when I’m doing something else that requires my attention. Like driving to work, for instance. I get lots of great ideas while driving to work. But it’s hard to jot down those ideas for later when I must concentrate on the cars around me. And the…
I submitted a play to the Hamilton Fringe Playwriting Contest. I didn’t expect to win. And I didn’t. I didn’t even place in the top three. Who knows? Out of 54 entries, mine might have come in at 54… I didn’t expect to win. I didn’t expect to place. Why did I submit a play…
Choir started back up a couple of weeks ago. But I’m still enjoying that quiet before rehearsals start up. I mean, I’m looking forward to starting rehearsals. It will be fun to play and get ready for the show. But it’s also nice to be able to stay home after work. In a few weeks,…
I don’t usually use “chunking” as a productivity process. Chunking is when you batch up similar types of work and dedicate time to do them. For example, I could “chunk” writing blog posts. I could spend a couple of hours on a Saturday or Sunday. And write a bunch of blog posts. In fact, I…
I just read a post about dealing with last year’s emails. Chris Guillebeau suggests archiving the emails from last year. You don’t have to delete them. Just create a folder called “2024” (or whatever the year is) and move last year’s emails to it. The emails are still there if you need them. But they…
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