Category Archives: Organization

Too Many Projects: A Remedy

Now that we have a diagnosis of too many projects, it is time to discuss remedying the problem. Write your project list To begin with, we will need to come up with a list of all our projects, similar to the one that I made in the diagnosis post. To be fair, here it is [...]

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Getting Your Life in Order

Social site Enlightr.com has a comprehensive list of 50 things you can do right now to get your life in order. It could have been a little better-organized, but surely there are a few things on it that we can all benefit from doing. What are some of your decluttering techniques?

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Setting Priorities

Setting goals is an effective way of getting many things accomplished. However, for personal finance and similar activities, there is an even more important task at hand: setting priorities. Prioritizing is a process similar to goal setting, but there are some subtle and conspicuous differences which are important to know and master.

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How to Do a Year-End Review

Any regular reader of the One-Year Tightrope and all who follow a lifestyle of planning know that reviewing is one of the most important activities involved in staying organized and productive. Reviews also have the ability to increase motivation both negatively (“I wish I would have…”) and positively (“I am so glad I…”). This is [...]

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Life Coaches: Useful?

One luxury becoming increasingly popular over the last few years is that of having a life coach. A life coach is a person one sees regularly for advice, updates, and help with planning and executing life goals. A life coach may also be a therapist, a close friend, an interior designer, a business mentor, or [...]

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The Art of the To-Do List

Plans: they come in many forms, but what good are they if they aren’t easily usable and doable? The perfect plan is something easy to follow that flows well and makes sense – changing tasks in the middle of performing them is never a good thing – but is also elusive and impossible. There is [...]

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