Month: October, 2008
A Further Explanation Of How I Use My Weekly Planner
On Monday, I had the privilege of having Lifehacker mention my weekly planner. It brought hundreds (thousands?) of new visitors my way, who wanted to check it out. However there was some doubt as to how I actually use it with many wanting to see a filled in example. So today that’s exactly what I’m [...]
Blog Action Day: Poverty And The Lifestyle Inflation Factor
Today is Blog Action day, an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers together to post about the same issue on the same day, with the aim of raising awareness and promoting discussion. Last year it was all about the environment, this year the topic is poverty. Thousands of sites are likely to [...]
Raise Your Consciousness: The Best Habit Building Tip Ever?
Not too long ago I came across the concept of raising your consciousness. Any habit or behaviour is a subconscious action, which means you basically do it without thinking about it. That urge to reach for a cigarette, slouching in a chair or calling somebody by a particular name… that’s your subsconscious doing its work. [...]
Smart Videos: The Art Of Parkour And Productivity
Parkour is the aim of moving from one location to another as quickly and efficiently as possible. This typically involves overcoming obstacles like park benches, trees, walls and cars. I found this idea especially interesting because of the uncanny similarities between it and productivity. You have to have the right mental discipline (no procrastinating or [...]
The Art Of Time Management: My Own Experiences
View original image Over the last two weeks I’ve been looking at time management. Firstly, I looked at the misconception that there is never enough time in the day. I found that the more time we have the more likely we are to waste it anyway. As one comment said, even if we had 48 [...]