3 days agoStrategic Scheduling: Lock Down Your Calendar, Post-AuditAh, the good ol’ calendar audit! Have you heard of it? Have you done it? If you need a refresher, here it is: But here’s the thing. I’ve seen THIS play out time and time again: You do the calendar audit. You remove useless meetings. You reduce the frequency and…3 min read3 min read
Nov 20How to Prevent Zoom Fatigue Before It StartsPhoto by Andrea Piacquadio So, you know what you need to do, right? Right?? Hint: It’s not to make your workday longer by adding in breaks but keeping meetings intact! It’s time to shorten your meetings! I know it’s scary to be the one to speak out, to make a…2 min read2 min read
Nov 13A Strategic Approach to Holiday Stress ReductionPhoto by Nicole Michalou Around this time every year, I post something about how to reduce holiday stress through a little upfront planning. The stresses that accompany big holiday gatherings are myriad. And even if COVID were a distant memory (which it is decidedly not), flu season is upon us…5 min read5 min read
Nov 6How To Stop Waking Up To Surprise MeetingsDoes this sound familiar?: You planned out your day for tomorrow. You even took care to plan realistically. (You’re not falling into that trap of aspirational work again!) You’ve cleared your schedule for some deep work. You’re so excited to finally make some major headway on that big project. You…2 min read2 min read
Oct 25Can Being Kind To Yourself Boost Your Productivity?Photo by Divaris Shirichena on Unsplash What’s happening? Why am I talking about a parenting technique? Don’t worry, I promise I’m not here to tell you how to parent your children. Heck, you don’t even need to have children for this post to make sense. Why? Because I want you…2 min read2 min read
Oct 23The Secret To Doing It All Is…Not ToImage created using Dall-E 3 Well, I’ve got news. News you likely don’t want to hear. You can’t do it all. And you definitely can’t do it all at once. When folks reach out to me, it’s often because they are trying to crack the code about how to “do…3 min read3 min read
Oct 16Your Busy Schedule vs. Your Health. You don’t have to choose.Photo by Karolina Grabowska It’s October! And that means it’s breast cancer awareness month. Until last October, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Month wasn’t on my radar. But you bet it is now. And so I want to use this opportunity to make a case…3 min read3 min read
Oct 9How Cancer Changed My Relationship To TimePhoto by Angiola Harry on Unsplash On 10/7/22, almost exactly a year ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. To say it was a surprise is a gross understatement; I was utterly shocked. I don’t have a family history of breast cancer. I’ve done genetic testing and I don’t have…9 min read9 min read
Oct 2The Real Reason You Should Be Using AI (Hint: It’s Not Productivity)Photo by Tara Winstead (Ah, who am I kidding? I’ve been on this bandwagon for a while now. But there’s one thing I definitely DON’T use it for, and that’s writing this blog. I LOVE writing an article every week, and rest assured that this voice is all me, no…4 min read4 min read
Sep 25Leave Work at Work: How to Actually Enjoy Your VacationPhoto by Marissa Grootes on Unsplash “I’m too busy to go on vacation!” Have you ever uttered those words? Out loud, or in your own head? But if your vacation days aren’t rolling over, you don’t want to lose those days, do you? …4 min read4 min read