productivity

Willpower

Your mind (and imagination) can really be a powerful thing. If I look at a task negatively, then I tend to procrastinate. I tried to trick myself Sunday evening, and surprisingly enough — it worked! I had spent most of this past weekend catching up on laundry and chores that didn’t get [...]

Paying it forward… to ME

I’m sure most of you have seen the movie “Pay It Forward“, so I’m not going to bother with a synopsis. It’s amazing how much you can really get done when you decide to “pay it forward” to yourself. I guess I would define that as doing a few extra things, even though [...]

Poultry and Appliances

I stopped by the grocery store on the way home from work to pick up a couple of things. Boneless-skinless chicken breasts were on sale so I decided to buy a pack of them and make some chicken stir-fry for dinner since John will be late. While the stir-fry was cooking, I started [...]

Getting Myself Together

As a child and teenager, I was what Flylady might call B.O. — that’s “Born Organized” to everyone who’s snickering right now. I was neat and organized, always had information at my fingertips and had countless facts stored in my head. I got good grades, and never needed to write anything down. [...]