New week, new hair

Had fun getting my hair done on Friday. Call it a Pink for October endeavor. Also enjoyed visiting with friends most of the weekend, and had a good hike yesterday (we’ve been going on Saturday afternoons lately but switched to Sunday this week due to weather and over-crowded schedules).
Most Important Tasks

Prepare for and participate [...]

Thursday, October 2

This is going to be short because I need to run to a doctor’s appointment—I’m doing my glucose test today, and this also marks the switch to every-two-week visits (I’ve been going monthly). The big life change is getting closer!
Most Important Tasks

Site review for a client (this will take almost the whole day)
Renew hosting for [...]

Happy October!

photo credit: Per Ola Wiberg
The first day of a new month (rabbit rabbit!) and it’s the one that feels most like “autumn” to me—nevermind that it’s supposed to get up to almost 90° F today! The only downside: dreaded invoicing day. I really hate invoicing. A lot.
One reason for my passionate loathing is just [...]

Tuesday, September 30

photo credit: bogenfreund
One of the things I’m going to have to watch out for is the tendency earn a reward but skip actually getting it. Part of the problem is setting it up like I did yesterday: time-sensitive. I completed my entire list, but by the point I got there, I had run out [...]

Yet Another Plan for Productivity (YAPP)

photo credit: tracyhunter
After my post last week, I carefully considered both of the productivity courses I was thinking of taking… and decided to go with “neither.” Why? Because realistically, I already know most of what I need to do and am not doing it, so I think it would be a mistake to spend [...]

Tackling One Habit at a Time

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I was up early this morning with heartburn (completely new to me courtesy of pregnancy; I’d never encountered it before last week, so I can only be so whiny ) and decided it was finally time to buy the Zen To Done ebook.
I’ve been wanting it for months and am starting [...]

Monday Motivation: Good Habits

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Feeling much more upbeat this week. I think a little legitimate discontent was exactly what I needed to push me in the right direction.
I tend to do life in cycles. Right now, I’m moving into a fitness phase where I care again about being healthy, so I’m going to shift some of [...]

Monday Motivation: Capitalize on Existing Opportunities

The ebook is finally finished and up for sale! Whew.
I’m generally a very positive person, but last week’s demands just about killed my positivity. The Mac issues I mentioned turned out to be a crashed hard drive. There were definitely some things to be thankful for (that I had backups of almost everything; that the [...]

Monday Motivation: Reduce Project Load

I’m hoping against hope that it’s not going to be “one of those days.” It started out well, considering I’ve already gotten through most of the 150 emails (!) that came in over the weekend and it’s not even 8am yet, but then I wandered into the office (I’d been working on my laptop) and [...]

Monday Motivation: Ooh, Shiny!

I struggle with focus. I love the challenge of new things, but have a bad habit of taking on too many at a time, and the result can be very stressful.
Right now I have three major client projects in the works, I’m writing an ebook (due to my editor on Wednesday), and I’ve signed up [...]