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Organize IT Recap 20th Oct 2007

October 20th 2007

Recap

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Organize IT recap for 20th October 2007

Who knew the humble index card had so many uses? Web Worker Daily has 24 suggestions for how you can use it. Do you have any other suggestions on how to use them?
A lot of people have long term goals of being financially secure, but what does that really mean. It’s important to be clear what exactly you want from your goals, so this article explaining what financial security really is could prove useful.
This is a very impressive article listing the considerations you should make before getting married. If you are engaged or planning your wedding, it covers some very important points you and your partner may want to consider.

Productivity Tip No. 17: Do The Crappy Stuff First

October 18th 2007

Productivity Tips

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Let me briefly describe a day I had not too long ago. I woke up, had a wash and got dressed. I updated my blogs, then did some idle browsing of my bookmarks. On my next actions list I had to pay a bill, fill in a form and clean the home. However I kept putting it off. I’d find something else to do, watch a little TV, play on my Nintendo Wii. Before I knew it, it was the evening and I decided to move those crappy little tasks to the next day. Then I moved them to the day after that. By the latter stages of the week, all those tasks had been pushed back so far and had built up so much, that they came crashing down on top of me and I ended up doing very little at all.

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Update On My Weekly Planner 16th Oct 2007

October 16th 2007

Productivity

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Last week a reader asked if he could see a filled in example of my weekly planner so he could understand it better. I am more than happy to do that. You can view an example of a completed planner here, complete with a carefully chosen handwritten font for that authentic, filled in look I’ve only filled in Monday to emphasize my new habit of only planning out one day at a time. If you have any other questions about the example sheet or the planner in general, leave a comment and I will gladly answer it.

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Blog Action Day 15th Oct 2007: 20 Tips For Laying The Foundations Of Your Environmentally Friendly Habit

October 15th 2007

Living

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Today is Blog Action day which I previously discussed in my weekly recap. The topic for this year is the environment and my little contribution to this huge issue will be discussing those first small steps you can take to develop your environmentally friendly habit. After all, a lot of people are so used to being wasteful, leaving appliances and lights on, etc that it’s become a bad habit they really need to break. In a previous post I discussed the key concepts that you can use to take those first tentative steps to building a new habit. By combining that article with the following points you will have all the groundwork you need.