Month: May, 2009
Control Social Media, Don’t Let It Control You
View original image There’s no getting away from it. More and more people are getting into social media, whether it be on Facebook, Twitter or Digg (after much reluctance some years ago even I finally got into it). However, people spend so much time on these sites that it can be a massive time vacuum. [...]
Clutter 101: How To (Maybe) Get Your Partner Onboard
My Clutter 101 series is one of the most popular at Organize IT, which culminated in me creating my first (and free!) ebook on the subject. I’ve not added anything to the series in a while because, frankly, after everything I covered in that book I couldn’t really think of much else to write about [...]
The Six Circumstances That Affect Our Priorities In Life
Priorities in life don’t just come out of thin air. They are influenced by an whole bunch of elements, circumstances and lifestyle choices, such as your financial situation and your age. For instance, an eighteen year old student with a weekend job is going to have an whole different set of priorities than a thirty [...]
Feeling Down? Deal With It The Productive Way
We all have ups and downs in life, that’s part of being human and something we can’t change (and arguably wouldn’t even want to if we could). It can frankly suck when we feel down and unhappy, but without these dips we wouldn’t be able to appreciate the highs in life, or indeed have the [...]
Smart Quotes: Simple Living Special
On Monday I wrote a critique of the idea of simplifying your life as part of my ever controversial self-help myths series. I got a great response to that so decided to continue the theme throughout the week. On Wednesday, I described how, considering that simplicity goes against the way society is evolving, are we [...]