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Can Mark Forster’s Simplest and Most Effective Method Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 5 of a Year of Living Productively This week I tested the ability of Mark Forster's Simplest and Most Effective Method of All which hereafter I will refer to as SMEMA. Scroll to the bottom of this post to see how I used it. I used the Clear iPhone...
Have You Caught the Kids Being Good?
If you want your child's attention, just get on the phone and they'll appear in an instant with the latest whine or dispute for you to referee. Am I right? Unfortunately, misbehavior works to get our attention. Good behavior often doesn't. The Problem with Ignoring...
Can a Paper Planner Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 4 of a Year of Living Productively This week I tested the ability of Ann Voskamp's daily and weekly planner to help me get more done. Scroll to the end of this post to see my plan. I was super excited to use my new folder/clipboard (from Target) with the...
Project Life: Scrapbooking for Busy People
I've been scrapbooking off and on since I was a girl. I really got into it when I had my first child and loved going to Creative Memories crops with friends. It didn't take me too many children to determine that keeping a scrapbook of every good photo for every child...
Do Routines Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 3 of a Year of Living Productively This week I tested the ability of routines to help me get more done. At the end of last week's post I shared my approach. I have morning, school, afternoon, evening, and weekday routines in my HomeRoutines iPhone app. I...
Why You Should Consider America From the Beginning to Teach American History
I've written before about being a huge fan of Mystery of History. This year as we were finished with all three volumes and planned to do Cycle 3 of Classical Conversations, I was really disappointed that Volume IV wasn't yet available. This volume of Mystery of...
Save Your Sanity by Organizing Your Wardrobe
Clothes piled up on my closet floor because I hated how long it took me to put them away. When they were put away, I couldn't find what I wanted because my closet was stuffed with clothes. When I went clothes shopping, I invariably came home with another pair of black...
Do Covey’s Quadrants Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 2 of A Year of Living Productively I wanted to know if categorizing my tasks by importance and urgency using Stephen Covey's matrix from First Things First would increase my productivity. I chose to create labels for each quadrant using IQTell. I spent...
One Word Extreme
It's become popular to choose one word to focus on for the upcoming year, especially among bloggers. Last year, I chose Extreme because I thought it was funny. Put the word "extreme" in front of something and it not only sounds silly; it sells. The book company my...
How to Pray More Powerfully
Have you ever wondered why your prayers aren't answered? There are many possible reasons, including those that have nothing to do with how we pray. But the account of the woman whose daughter was demon-possessed in Matthew 15 redefines what it means to pray...
Could “We Choose Virtues” Make a Difference?
Christian parents want their children to choose godly virtues, but training them to make good choices can be a challenge. Certainly the Bible is the ultimate tool, but how can we help kids focus on godliness when ungodliness is constantly vying for their attention?...
Can a Paper To-Do List Help You Get More Done?
This is Week 1 of a Year of Living Productively When I told a friend whom I met on a productivity forum that I was going to be using a paper to-do list this week, she laughed and said, "Techno Girl is going paper, huh?" Yeah, I'm out of my element. I haven't...