You may remember that in a previous post I introduced the recently published formula for procrastination. It received a lot of positive feedback. However, as is typical with formulas of this type, trying to practically put it use can be difficult. Trying to mathematically apply it in your daily life is hardly practical (go to the author’s site if you want to understand the intricacies behind it). As a result I decided to look into the four elements that make up the equation (expectancy, value, sensitivity and delay) and consider how we can practically increase/improve the odds for each of them to decrease our chances of procrastination:

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In today’s society stress is an ever present problem that’s only going to get worse as we are increasingly expected on a personal and professional level to do more with less. Work more hours and get more done for less pay and in less time. That’s a depressing shift in our lives and it shows no signs of changing any time soon. As a consequence we have to develop ways of reducing that stress. Below I’ve detailed my top ten suggestions for doing just that.

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Over at Lifehacker they are covering an interesting topic of music CDs versus downloads and I would just like to give my opinion on that issue, and how a particular aspect of music downloading often gets overlooked when it comes to comparing types of musical access.

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Hope you all had a good new year and didn’t drink too much! I winded up last year with a brief post on trigger lists. As the festive period has winded down now I’ve found myself with a bit of spare time and decided to use the trigger lists mentioned in that last post to really clear out my mental ram so I was in a clear, focused position to start the new year. While I was doing this I started thinking about having specialist trigger lists for particular needs, such as with my personal life, so I could really get some answers about what I wanted and how I could do it.

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Feel you need to go to the gym but you would much rather watch television? Want to stay in and cook rather than eating out every night but can never be bothered after a hard day at work? Can you relate to those scenarios? If you find yourself meaning to do something but you always put it off by saying to yourself you will do it another time this post is for you.

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