Category: get focused

  • Blitz what?!?! My secret method for beating overwhelm

    Blitz what?!?! My secret method for beating overwhelm

    Ever have so many little but important tasks on your list that just beginning feels like you’re about to set out to climb K2? Even though I’m a planner and like to strategically go about my day, this happens to me from time to time. I get stuck! I want to make sure I’m starting with…

  • How to Crush The Day – Here’s My Secret

    How to Crush The Day – Here’s My Secret

    Question time: Being intentional and productive in your day… a. sounds like I’ll be doing the same thing each day. b. is just what I need (or so I’m told). c. feels overwhelming – where do I start? d. all of the above Answer: D – all of the above. True, having a structure to your day-to-day is all of those…

  • 5 Reasons You Need a Routine NOW

    5 Reasons You Need a Routine NOW

    When I say the word “schedule” what comes to mind… … shackles on. … yawn city. … stodgy, boring, and bland. If you’ve ever felt like needing to follow a daily schedule, for say, school or a 9-to-5, was super restrictive, I’m here to remind you that you are the boss of YOU. In the…

  • Working from home sucks and how to fix it

    Working from home sucks and how to fix it

    Act as if. Play the part. Fake it ’til you make it. They’ll believe it if you say it with confidence. When I left my corporate job to work in my business full-time, I decided to work from home. And boy was I was stoked! I could work in my pajamas, start and end my…

  • How to Plan a Life

    How to Plan a Life

    My friend’s son is turning ‘1’ next week and in lieu of presents, she’s asked us, friends and family, to write a letter to her son in the future. It’s part of a time capsule that he’ll open on his 18th birthday. I loved the idea instantly. And then I dragged my feet almost a…

  • Have writer’s block? Here’s how to bust through it

    Have writer’s block? Here’s how to bust through it

    So many times, clients and colleagues will tell me that they WANT to write, but they… … don’t know where to start. … don’t feel inspired. … don’t have anything to say that ‘hasn’t already been said before’. I want to acknowledge that yes, writing is hard. And yes, these are mental hurdles standing in…

  • Need to find balance? Find your opposite.

    Need to find balance? Find your opposite.

    Systems, routines and schedules. My entire life runs on them. I’m an INTJ so seeing systems and how they function and can make things more efficient and productive is something that comes naturally to me. And up until recently, I had a lot of ‘manuals’ for all the people in my life – parents, friends,…

  • Two Secrets to a Productive Day

    Two Secrets to a Productive Day

    We all have LOTS we want to get done within any given day, right? You want to be efficient. You want to be creative. You want to be mindful and intentional. You don’t want to feel like you’re always putting out fires. When I work with clients to be more productive, there are two actions…