Are Your Emails Making People Nuts?

May 16, 2012 14 Comments
unsubscribe

The other day I posted this on my Facebook page: One of my pet peeves: When I unsubscribe from a mailing list in an effort to cut back on unwanted email, and then I get an email confirming my unsubscription. JUST TAKE ME OFF THE LIST! I was inspired to write that after I had {Continue reading…}

3 Tips to Keep Things Organized

May 7, 2012 45 Comments
bookshelves

I'm not sure what has happened to me over the last week, but I am on a major organizing kick. Here are some of the things I've done in the last 2 weeks: I sorted through my lingering papers and written notes. I had a few binders and a couple folders of paperwork and successfully {Continue reading…}

3 Things I Learned While Failing to Simplify

April 16, 2012 46 Comments
three things i learned while failing to simplify

I am prone to making things more complicated than they should be, but oh my stars, I totally outdid myself last week. I had this idea (famous last words) that I needed to simplify all of my blogging endeavors. So, I set out to design an entirely new site and install it on all my {Continue reading…}

My Latest Time Management Hang-Up

April 5, 2012 59 Comments
underestimating time

My husband and I have an appointment every morning at 6:15 am. Appointment isn't a good word. Maybe I should call it a date? I don't know, but the point is, every morning from 6:15 until 7:00, we hang out. No TV, no phones, no computer, no iPods, no kiddos…just the two of us. It {Continue reading…}

A Tool to Pare Down Your Facebook Stream

March 22, 2012 9 Comments
Facebook logo

There's a new tool in Facebook that makes it easy to add people to your Acquaintances list and therefore see less of their posts in your stream. Here's what to do: Go to your Friends page. Select "Acquaintances." Click "See all suggestions" in the right column. As the announcement says, When you add friends to {Continue reading…}

Quit Strategically

March 19, 2012 22 Comments

My kids enjoy riddles and the other day I asked them this: What have we all seen but will never see again? Have you heard this one? The answer? Yesterday. (Of course, my 8 year old son had to point out that actually, it's not entirely true because babies born after midnight today never saw {Continue reading…}

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