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When Mastery Creates Margin: Rebuilding Routines and Rethinking Productivity After Breast Cancer
Productivity after breast cancer involves rebuilding our routines and embracing margin when we have time to rest. Do we add one more thing to our list, or do we choose to relax with the extra time we have?
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The Sunday Reset That Changed My Week
I used to reset my week on Mondays—until I discovered the peace of a slower Sunday reset. Here’s how one small shift helped me start the week peacefully.
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New Year, New Word: Focus
I’m not a New Year’s Resolution type of person. I don’t resonate with beginning-of-the-year goal setting. But, I have developed a practice over the last few years of choosing a word of intention to guide me as I enter the new year. In 2025, I’ve chosen focus. In 2024, I didn’t choose a word of intention. This was pretty fitting,…
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Productivity Problems? Make It Easy- For You!
Will a new method solve your productivity problems? Not if it isn't easy-- for you. You need a tool that works how you work!
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New Year, New Words of Intention: Embracing Evolution
New year, new words of intention. While my nature is to avoid change, I know this year will be full of transformation and growth. As a year of change begins, I choose to embrace evolution joyfully and purposefully.
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Progressive Christmas Decorating: Getting your Home Decorated While Preserving Your Energy!
Christmasing is not a one-day event in our home. Every year, at the beginning of December, I have the family help me get out the Christmas boxes. Then, I take about a week to decorate the house. Progressive Christmas decorating is one of my favorite times of the season.
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Falling back into Productivity with GoodNotes and Bullet Journaling
After a summer of medical in-betweens, I’m ready to fall back into productivity. I'm going back to bullet journaling with GoodNotes!
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How to Create a Sticker in GoodNotes
Have you ever found yourself writing a list over and over again? Maybe it’s a weekly routine you do at home or work. Or perhaps it’s a procedure you do every once in a while, but you don’t want to miss a step. Wouldn’t it be great if you could shortcut the time it took to write the list down?…
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Escape From Routine Prison
Routines are great until they become a prison that we’ve trapped ourselves in. When routines get bloated, rigid, or oppressive, it is time to break free from routine prison. So how do we recognize we are in routine prison, plan our escape, and avoid putting ourselves back into routine prison?
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18 Personal Development Books for Our 18 Year Old
When our eldest son turned 18 last year, my husband and I gifted him with a collection of 18 inspirational books. Instead of a gift that he would outgrow or need to charge, we thought this would be a great way to begin his nonfiction personal development library.
