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You need quiet time to be able to focus, plan, think, and reboot. Yet it’s often at a premium.

I have to have quiet time in my life. I am an introvert, and quiet time recharges me so that I can be around people. Take away my quiet time too long and the results are not pretty. I snarl when my reserves are too low.

So I have compiled my methods to get the quiet ti...


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One of the points of doing a monthly challenge is to make my life better. My previous challenges have been aimed at my physical body with exercise and better eating. This month I am expanding a bit: I am making my mornings less stressful by resetting the common areas of my house in the evening.

Why

I have noticed that mess attracts mess. If there is a dish soaking in t...


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One of the challenges to staying focused is interruptions from others. Being pulled off task can result in anything from loss of train of thought to something that pulls you off task for hours. Since we can’t lock ourselves into a room to avoid distractions, we have to learn how to deal with them. Here are three strategies I use for dealing with interruptions.

1. Turn Off...

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Time blocking is a method of laying out your day, taking into account your appointments. Then you can slot tasks in in order to give yourself an idea of what can be accomplished during the time given.

For years I resisted the idea of time blocking. It seemed to me to be awfully close to putting tasks into a calendar, which I believe is on the same plane as stealing a k...


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