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On Procrastination

Anybody else have trouble working on things (in a serious way) unless the deadline is just around the corner? It’s a classic problem. Procrastination. Teachers can generally identify work done in a slipshod manner, it generally involves a loss of sleep for the student, and an entire sub-genre of t-shirts have sprung up in praise of and admiration towards the procrastination of the slacker. Slacker or not, the important thing is, in many cases, simply being on time. If there is a deadline, and you consistently make it, then you’ve certainly solved a problem. Getting things done on time is … Continue reading →

Filing Taxes

February is half over. Did you have a pleasant Valentine’s Day? It was very nice in our house. My husband gave me flowers and sweet cards from himself and the girls. Daddy gave chocolates to our toddler and a card to each girl. I’ll do better next year. The passing of Valentine’s Day means that there’s a month and a half left to file our taxes. Have you started working on yours? Have you already filed and gotten a refund? I wanted to get an early start on our return this year, but we haven’t even bought TurboTax yet. Last … Continue reading →

Are You a Procrastinator?

Are you the type of person who waits until the very last second to get things done? Are you wearing your last pair of clean socks when you do your laundry, and are you chasing the garbage truck down the street with the last sack from the bathroom trash? Do you put off making important phone calls until later, only then to realize it’s midnight, and too late to call at all? This is all right … sometimes … if you don’t mind living this way, but in other circumstances, it can be very detrimental. If you’re late paying your … Continue reading →

Using a Timer to Stay Focused

Time management is a subject that is often on the mind of those of us that work from home. How do we get our work done when there are so many other things that we could be doing, and all of those other things are within easy reach? One potential solution is to use a timer. It does not need to be a fancy timer, it can be as simple as the twisty one that you have in your kitchen that you use to tell you when it is time to take the cookies out of the oven. My kitchen … Continue reading →

Calling All Procrastinators – Read This Now, Not Later

“Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow….”. Why is it that so many of us put things off until tomorrow? Is it because we fear that we will not have anything to do tomorrow, so we postpone something that we could have done today so that we will have something to do tomorrow? Probably not, because no matter who you are, there is always plenty to do on any given day. Procrastination is a potential pitfall for anyone, and those of us that work at home are especially susceptible because we do not have nosy office mates or bosses looking over … Continue reading →