Making Time for Life Admin
Life admin, we’ve all got it. And I’m not talking about housework either. Cooking, cleaning and laundry are its own kettle of fish. Four Categories The Life Admin Life Hacks podcast had an awesome episode on the topic which I thoroughly recommend a listen. They divided life admin into four different categories: household operations – […]
Upping the calendaring game once again!
I love calendaring! And it’s not just a one time thing. How I use mine and interact with it is always changing. I was recently reading a newsletter from Kiah Worling (tech genius!) and she had the following suggestion: Create time to rest and recharge, strategise and plan by having “refresh weeks” blocked out in […]
How to respect our humanity and adjust to our available energy and attention
I was talking with a friend recently about the spate of hot nights we’d had recently and how that had affected our plans for the following day. You know those nights where it’s just too hot to do anything and slipping under is just not going to happen? No matter how many wet cloths you […]
How to cope with leaving a task mid way
The phone rings! Something urgent has come up! Your attention needs to be elsewhere. You need to switch gear and get the urgent item done asap. What this means is that you won’t have time to finish the other task today. So my question is, how do you leave a task mid-way? What to do? […]
Making all commitments important
At a recent party I got talking to a woman who told me about her career change. She had moved from being in the Navy to working in Construction. What I found most interesting was that she was finding it hard to leave work on time. She had an agreement with her manager in place […]
Realistic balance over beating ourselves up
Recently a client of mine was beating herself up for having not got things done fast enough. She felt behind. I assured her that it’s something we all experience as humans. Even very good time managers have days like that. For me personally, there are days that flow so well and leave me feeling very […]
Ever feel like you’ve done nothing?
I wonder if you can relate to this? The other day I had a break at 1pm and I felt like I had achieved nothing. I was thinking back over the morning and my inner critic was loudly telling me that I was behind on EVERYTHING. Which simply wasn’t true. My tasks for the day […]
Calendar Booking Etiquette
Confession time! I find the process of booking meetings or arranging when someone should call me, stressful. I did as an Executive Assistant and I still do running my own business! For that reason, I like to have processes in place that minimise stress at any opportunity. Here are some of my processes that NOW […]
