I don’t know what is wrong with me sometimes. The other day, I was walking through Michaels, on my way to buy a new sketchbook for my design projects (I go through three or four a year), when I saw…
The Quest for the Perfect Planner
Finding Focus
Bullet Journaling and Procrastination
There’s something about my love for all things creative, my fascination with finding the perfect planner, and bullet journaling. I love the look of bullet journals. I love that I get to have different colored pens and I get to…
Music to Write To: My Summer 2017 Writing Playlist on Spotify
The right music really gets me moving and feeling productive. When I’m writing or creating other content, I try to not listen to any music with words, or else it makes it harder for me to concentrate on writing. My…
Maximize Your WAHM Productivity this Summer While Enjoying Your Kids & Having Fun!
Summer is upon us, friends! I know most of you dread it because it wrecks havoc on your productivity. The main problems with summer and being a WAHM, from what I can tell, is a combination of a few things:…
Knowing Your Own “Shoulds” for Better Productivity
Maybe this is a bit of wisdom that comes with age — the biggest danger I see for me and for others in getting things done and managing our time best is not so much in being lazy, but in…
What is a Niche?
If you’ve heard anything at all about business, blogging, or working from home, you’ve probably heard the word “Niche” before. Usually, it’s used together with “marketing”, “business”, or even “blogging”. So, what is a niche? It is a very narrow…
Using Google Calendar to Manage a Family
Google Calendar. I think our entire family structure would descend into chaos without it. Okay, maybe not. That’s a bit of an exaggeration. However, the orderliness of our family life now that I have five adult kids who all live…
How Linking Evernote Notes Helps You Get More Done
The ability to link my Evernote together, and to create links within my Evernote notes is a function I use often to enhance my productivity and functionality. I’ve written earlier about how I use my Evernote setup to organize my…
What is Google Keep and Why Do I Love it?
Google Keep is Google’s note-taking app, introduced in March 2013. It’s similar to apps like Evernote and One Note. Each of these kinds of apps has their own strengths and weaknesses, of course. I like to use a mixture of…
Acting vs Reacting
One of the best skills you can ever develop as a human being is the fine art of acting vs reacting. This is one of those things you learn more and more as you get older. That is if you’re willing…
Using Google Keep & Drive to Organize Recipes, Menus, and Shopping Lists
I’ve found that using Google Keep, synced with Google Drive and Calendar, allows me to easily sort and organize my recipes, menu planning, and shopping lists. Let me tell you how. The Basics of Google Keep and Google Drive Recipe…
Living by Faith and a Plan
Is living by faith and setting goals at odds with one another? These are topics I’ve wrestled with in the past. Maybe you have too. The Two Sides of Living By Faith or By a Plan Is it too rigid for…