Articles tagged "Personal productivity"

How to build habits that will last all year

A habit is something you do on the regular, almost without thinking. And yet—when it comes to forming new habits, it feels nearly impossible to get behaviors to become sticky. We exercise for a week before begging for the couch to take us back.

4 Ways to Have Fewer Meetings at Work

At Proof, a 15-person seed-stage startup where I work on the marketing team, we all wear a lot of hats. We spend time on everything from customer support to interviewing candidates to assembling desks—in addition to our time-intensive primary roles.

How to automatically keep track of almost anything

I used to have a sticky note on my desktop where I'd write down everything that annoyed me in a given week. Freelancer bailed? Wrote it down. Coworker mansplained something? Wrote it down.

Your brain isn't a computer, and that's a good thing

You are not a machine—and that's a good thing. You can do things, right now, that no machine ever could. And I'm not talking about mushy stuff like loving your dog or appreciating a concerto. I'm talking about concrete skills.

What working parents need at work

I've been a working parent for three years. I've worked remotely the entire time, and it has been such a blessing in my family life. I don't have a commute, so I get to spend more time with my kids before and after school.

Create an agenda in Google Docs when you schedule a meeting in Google Calendar

Meetings run better with an agenda, but only if you remember to actually make one. Why not automate the process? Here's how to automatically create an agenda in Google Docs every time you schedule a meeting in Google Calendar.

Want to be more creative? Take a hike.

I have a confession, Reader: sometimes I lie to myself. Sometimes, I promise myself that I'll get work done, and then it's somehow 4 p.m. and the only meaningful thing I've done is...go for a really long walk.

How to Be a Productivity Ninja: Attention management

In any knowledge work job, you're really playing two different roles at once: you're simultaneously the "boss" and the "worker".

Why January is the worst time for resolutions

Are you thinking of resolutions for the new year? Here's an idea: don't. I'm not saying that self-improvement is a bad idea, or that you shouldn't try to improve yourself.

The most common New Year's resolutions for 2020—and how to achieve them

I'm great at making New Year's resolutions. I'm also great at forgetting about them. This is probably because of my total lack of discipline, which...I'm working on.