A documentation of my journey to improve my life
Tag: plan
Step 2: Automate to Execute To truly be effective at the important things I need to first get through the mindless things. I can’t count how much time I regularly waste on last minute grocery shopping, trying to figure out what I’ll make for dinner, paying bills, searching for information online, and on and on… To fix this issue my plan is to get as many of these things off my plate as I possibly can by implementing some of...
The Productivity Plan If you’re anything like me your biggest problem with productivity isn’t motivation; the biggest reason I don’t get anything done is because I’m either overloaded, distracted, unfocused or all 3. Besides battling constantly to try and put a dent in my endless lists of unfinished work and generally struggling with prioritization and time management (see GTD article) I am regularly fighting with personal distractions and a lack of focus. After researching for the last few weeks and...
3 hours 32 minutes, 4 cups of tea, half a box of somewhat stale Triscuits and 1 celebratory beer after we began I took a step back and I felt a huge weight lift off my shoulders. My girlfriend Brittney and I had just spend the better part of an evening writing down and filing every single last “need to do” in our lives. And when I say every I mean Every! “Finish installing the return-air vents, send thank you cards to friends,...
My name is Molly and I live on $50 a week all 52 weeks of the year. So I am not really accepting Ryan’s challenge, since budgeting is something I already do in my everyday life, but I am going to tell you about how I live of $50/week and why budgeting and meal planning is so important to me. First, a bit about me and how I know Ryan. My Story I live in Kelowna, BC and work in...
Cooking Reflections If this month’s cooking challenge has taught me anything its that I suck at planning ahead. I don’t know if it’s just a male thing or maybe something to do with my birth month (I’m a Libra if you were curious) but scheduling, and planning ahead are just not my areas of forte. This has really seemed to bite me in the ass this month as apparently cooking a good meal is only about 20% actual cooking and 80%...
