Productivity Archive

  • Cut out Non-Value Added Tasks and Chores

    Cut out Non-Value Added Tasks and Chores

    Posted on 18 June , 2010 | 25 Comments
    Tweet Making the bed. I cannot think of a more useless activity to do each morning. Some people feel the need to make their bed each morning so that they have a neat bed to get into when they get back home. Me, I find […]

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  • Little tricks to get yourself to de-stress and relax.

    Posted on 7 June , 2010 | 3 Comments
    Tweet Have you heard of this? It’s all about slowing down your life, because we’re all so hyper-stressed and wound up so tight, we are about to snap. It is certainly nigh impossible to slow down anything when you have kids but here are my […]

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  • Why I don’t carry my cellphone

    Posted on 28 April , 2010 | 21 Comments
    Tweet I am not so important that people need to reach me 24/7. And I don’t want to be so important that people need to do so. Some people are obsessive about this, but I am obsessive about NOT being able to be contacted 24/7. […]

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  • How we cut down on our electricity

    How we cut down on our electricity

    Posted on 16 April , 2010 | 4 Comments
    Tweet We basically became more conscious of it and implemented these changes for the largest impact: Shut down all your laptops and devices at night Turned off the microwave put other devices on a power cable to turn on only when needed Set up a […]

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  • The negative side of having free time

    The negative side of having free time

    Posted on 26 February , 2010 | 14 Comments
    Tweet I talked about my own personal pressure with dealing with too much free time. People make you feel pressured to be guilty about having free time It’s ridiculous but true. My parents would call and harass me about not working. My reply was: I can’t work if […]

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