Life of E's

Recently I taught the class If You Do Nothing Else This Semester to help colleagues get organized at the beginning and throughout the semester.  One Life of E's member who also took the class asked the following: How do I go on (or how do you go on) when the myriad tasks become so incredibly [...]

Tags: master list, organize, overwhelm, plan, Productivity, projects, review, task list, tasks, time management, weekly

Collins, Peggy with Saverance, Deborah. Help Is Not a Four Letter Word: When Doing It All is Doing You In.  This book has all kinds of wisdom in it.  At least find it at your library and give it a perusal!

Tags: book review, delegate, help, overwhelm, Peggy Collins

Recently I presented a webinar using the Paper Tiger Software to manage paper filing systems.  One of the Life of E’s members who attended asked:   Any suggestions about getting started? Because I have hundreds and hundreds of articles it is a bit overwhelming to get started.   Meggin’s answer:   In the webinar I [...]

Tags: clutter, filing paper, filing systems, managing files, managing paper, office, organization, overwhelm, Paper Tiger, productivity tools, work, workspace

When people first started receiving email, it was exciting!  On any day when you got an email you thought, “Oh, I got an email!” Then, when you got about five emails a day you could still be pretty darn thrilled. But now that you’re at the point of receiving 100 to 150 emails a day or [...]

Tags: distraction, email, inbox, overwhelm, procrastinate, stress

Money clutter is something that not many people talk about. Business owners will admit to paper clutter, digital clutter, mental clutter, but they rarely talk about money clutter. It’s time that we did because it can at least as debilitating to your business as the other types of clutter (which you also need to deal [...]

Tags: clutter, credit cards, money, overwhelm, overwhelmed, stress, tips

Write down a problem that you have been trying to deal with (or that you’ve ignored) in your business. I’ll wait. OK. I’ll assume you have that written down. Now, change the wording of that problem into a question. I’ll wait. OK. I will assume that you now have a great question posed. You want [...]

Tags: answers, creativity, overwhelm, overwhelmed, positive, problems, questions, solutions, stress

In today’s world, people think that the height of productivity is responding instantly (or as close to instantly as possible). In fact, in many cases, this lessens your productivity. In business, we can’t afford to be less productive. Here are tips for downshifting your ability to be responsive so you can upshift your productivity. Email: Getting [...]

Tags: distractions, focus, overwhelm, productive, Productivity, tips

Here is how someone recently started her email to me: “I am dying…I have lost my way in the jungle.” Does that sound familiar to any of you? While I know (from frequent experience) that this a horrible feeling and I am dreadfully sorry for anyone who feels this way – there are some upsides [...]

Tags: overwhelm, stress. relief, too much work

  Good grief, Charlie Brown! Families are running around like crazy–and it’s chaotic, to say the least. Here’s my question: Is this the experience that you want your children, nieces, nephews, parents, and friends to remember about any time spent with you, i.e., that it’s chaotic and crazy? Hmmm….I think not. So, here are some [...]

Tags: focus, overwhelm, overwhelmed, positive, tips

As an adult, have you ever said, “Gosh, I have so much time and no real idea what to do with myself.” HA! It is, of course, the opposite.  Day after day, everyone is saying, “Yikes, I have way more to do that I can possibly do!”  Here are five ideas to help put ‘pockets’ [...]

Tags: overwhelm, overwhelmed, Productivity