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Why College Students & CEOs Manage Their Time the Same Way
Francis Wade is guest posting today. I was a fan of his time-management novel and he became a fan of A Year of Living Productively. If you're a busy person, I think you'll be rewarded by reading. Top college students and CEO's share a few things in common. They both...
Week 1: Daily Devotions Challenge
There is no more powerful habit for an organized homeschool than devotional time. We won’t find the peace we want in a pretty bin, but in a relationship with the Prince of Peace. Personal Devotions I did not devote time to prayer and Bible reading until I was very...
Can Delegating Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 46 of a Year of Living Productively This week (and weeks prior) I tested whether delegating tasks to my family could help me get more done. Scroll to the bottom of last week's post for more on the concept. How Delegating Saved My Sanity This Week Allowed...
Can Working Without a To-Do List Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 45 of a Year of Living Productively This week I tested whether going without a list for all but the tasks that I would otherwise forget, which were added to Google Calendar, could help me get more done. Scroll to the bottom of last week's post for more on...
Can Time Tracking Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 44 of a Year of Living Productively This week I tested whether time tracking could help me get more done, although I did more routine tracking than true time. Scroll to the end of last week's post for an explanation. How Time Tracking Saved My Sanity This...
The 52-Week Get Organized Homeschool Challenge
If you're anything like me, you find dozens of great ideas you could use to get and stay organized in your homeschooling and life. The problem is overwhelm! Where do you start? It often feels like you aren't organized enough to get organized. I've been there. In fact,...
Can a Resistance List Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 43 of a Year of Living Productively This week I tested whether a Resistance List could help me make better use of my time when I didn't feel like working. I used Laza Lists to track tasks. Scroll to the bottom of last week's post for a full explanation. ...
An Easy, Beautiful Christmas Ornament You Can Make With Your Kids
I made this using my Cricut Mini cutter, adhesive vinyl sheets, Mop 'n Glo, glitter, clear glass ornaments, and ribbon.
10 Tips to Grow Gratitude and Increase Happiness in Your Children
My dear friend, Deb, is guest posting today. She joins me on the podcast for a talk on Overcoming Insecurity. Be sure to listen in, snag a free copy of her amazing book for girls of all ages on December 3-5, 2013, and read more about her at the end of this post....
A Great Gift Idea for Coffee Lovers
If you know a woman who loves coffee and Jesus even more, Coffee Talk with Jesus would make a perfect gift. Tuck it into a gift basket with a bag of gourmet beans or a Starbucks gift card and you're done! But the gift recipient won't be. This book will have her...
Can Inbox Zero Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 42 of a Year of Living Productively This week I tested whether Inbox Zero (with the help of Sanebox) could help me get more done. Scroll to the bottom of last week's post to see exactly what I did. One addition I made was to use Boxer on my iPhone which...
Create a Zentangle Notebook (with free download)
Last year I bought my daughter, Elaina, a Zentangle book and some pens for Christmas. I bought myself a book, too, and discovered that I was zentangling when it was called doodling. It turns out that doodling is good for you and produces some pretty cool...