Readers: for those of you who are in the office 2-4 days a week, what are your best tips to make a hybrid work situation more efficient, predictable, and productive?
Focusmate Review: “Body Doubling” Tips to Increase Productivity
Have you heard of the new trend of “body doubling” to increase focus or productivity? Kate tried it out…
How to Manage Your To-Do List at Work
Readers, what are your favorite ways to manage your to-do list at work? How to you organize your tasks and your time so everything gets done?
Which Routines Help When You’re Burned Out at Work?
Feeling a bit unmotivated lately? Join the club. Let’s discuss which routines help when you’re burned out at work (and with life in general)!
How to Get Out of a Work-From-Home Slump
Are you feeling a lack of motivation and general slump? What are your best tricks to get out of a work-from-home slump?
Executive Functioning Tips and Tricks
We’ve talked a lot about productivity tips and time management over the years, but I don’t think we’ve ever explicitly discussed executive functioning… so let’s discuss.
How I’m Using Atomic Habits to Create Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
What systems do you have in place that have led to good habits (or helped you break bad habits)? Readers just had a great discussion on habits, so (inspired by the book Atomic Habits) let’s discuss SYSTEMS…
What Is Your Favorite Paper Planner?
What is your favorite paper planner — and why? Do you prefer to use digital tools (which ones?), or a mix of everything to keep your life organized?
4 Ways to Make the Most of Your Evenings
How do you make the most of your evenings in terms of health, happiness, and productivity? These are some of of my best tips, but I’d love to hear yours…
What Productivity Hacks Really Work For You?
Here’s a fun question for today: What productivity hacks really work for you? Does your diligence with productivity hacks come in waves (as resolutions strengthen and weaken) or have you hit on anything that is your new normal? What have you tried but failed to implement regularly — and what productivity hacks really work for … Read More about What Productivity Hacks Really Work For You?
Do You Schedule Breaks to Increase Your Productivity at Work?
We recently discussed taking breaks at work: how long we work between breaks, if or how long we leave our workspaces on our breaks, what we do during them, and so on. While we’ve had many posts about productivity, including how to keep track of work to-dos, how to focus on work when other things … Read More about Do You Schedule Breaks to Increase Your Productivity at Work?
How to Organize Your Personal Email
Readers, what are your tips on how to organize your personal email(s)? Do you use tools like Unroll.Me to keep clutter low, a ton of Gmail filters, or some other trick or hack? Do you practice a zero inbox policy with personal emails — and how do you keep from getting overwhelmed? (Psst: I know … Read More about How to Organize Your Personal Email