There are many guides and posts out there describing in detail how to get more healthy sleep. While many of the points are valid they forget one important fact; over-analyzing your sleeping patterns will likely cause you to not actually sleep as well. With this in mind I went back to the basics and have produced a simple, three stage guide for better sleep:

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The description of someday/maybe as taken from Wikipedia:

“Things that you want to do at some point, but not right now. Examples might be ‘learn Chinese’, or ‘take diving holiday’.”

I use someday/maybe as a list of those general tasks, which differ from my normal to do lists in that have no specific timescale or importance tied to them. One such example I have at the moment is to redesign this blog. I haven’t tied any priority to doing it. I may end up deciding to do it next week should I have time and basically feel like it, but I could also equally not consider doing it for the next six months. Either way, I keep it on my someday/maybe list as a sort of gentle reminder at the back of my mind to occasionally think about it. I like to refer and update the list every month or so and ask myself if the task is still relevant or not. I could decide that this current design is acceptable and scrap any ideas, however vague they may be, of redesigning it and remove it from the list.

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The resume can be very tricky. It’s typically the first impression a company will get of you. However a lot of people take this as an excuse to fill it with bright colors and clip arts so as to get attention. LifeClever has a great article on how to make your resume stand out without looking like a rookie. The main points are below; I’ve used them on my resume and can certainly see the difference!

• Pick a better typeface
• Remove extra indentations
• Make it easy to skim
• Apply typographic detailing

In what will hopefully be another regular feature, I want to showcase a few select links that have really interested me during my internet browsing. Not the most original idea in the world I know, but I’m hoping I can dig up some really intriguing stuff for you to check out. This first update largely includes the mainstays of the productivity field, however it’s surprising how many people don’t know about them!

• Scott Young
• David Seah
• Get Rich Slowly
• Steve Pavlina
• Slow leadership
• Lifehack
• Lifehacker
• 43 Folders

Winter is around the corner which means the cold weather is starting to kick in bringing with it lots of colds and fevers. So it was only fitting that I would take a look at how you can better deal with a cold and hopefully recover quicker or even avoid getting one at all. These tips are based on my own personal experience, I used to get colds regularly so I’ve had the practice :)

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