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Real Life Organizing
Tips on keeping organized and staying on track when you’re juggling multiple projects simultaneously.
5 Reasons to Practice Timeboxing
Timeboxing is a time management technique that limits the time during which a task (or set of tasks) is accomplished. Although it’s commonly used by software development teams, more and more individuals (designers, writers, engineers — even students) are using it to boost personal productivity. Why? Here are five goodRead More
How to Make a Brochure on Microsoft Word 2007
Microsoft Word 2007 (a.k.a. Word 7) offers a variety of brochure templates, but what if you quickly want to create your own? This tutorial gives a thorough walkthrough on how to do just that.
How a Sticky Note Can Change Your Life
In this era of always-on, constantly connected mobile and computing devices, it’s comforting to know it’s still possible to be incredibly efficient and effective using the humble sticky note. In this article I’ll show you how to use a system called “The Critical Six” to manage your most important lifeRead More
Making Your Passion a Higher Priority
Many of us are working at jobs that aren’t exactly horrible but they’re not quite our dream job, either. We might be harboring our own secret goal or ambition, but put it aside for the sake of a steady paycheck, benefits, and a sense of reasonable security. But the moreRead More
21 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block
Overcoming writer’s block is hard – really hard. You could spend hours staring at that blank screen and not even come up with the title for an article. I’ve suffered through it many times since I started contributing actively to my own blog and various other sites. Although a writer’sRead More
Relocating Your Home Office
Moving into a new house or apartment is stressful enough. But when you work from home, and you’re moving both your household and your home office, things get a whole lot hairier, as I discovered during my own move earlier this summer. It’s been a few weeks, and things areRead More