Getting Organized
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
If you’re like me, you have writing ideas, to-do lists, reminder lists, etc. to keep track of. Here’s a little piece of free software that you might find useful.
Tiddlyspot
This is an online organizational tool that’s free to use. It’s based on GTD (Getting Things Done), but it will work with your own methods too. I [...]
Goal Achievement Update
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
I think posting goals has a very positive impact on the amount of work I get done each week. I may not finish all my to-do’s, but I do finish MORE because of the list than I would otherwise.
Here’s how I did last week. Not bad, considering that I was out of town three days.
Go [...]
Week’s Goals
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
I want to get back to planning out my week. Here’s my list of things I need to accomplish this week.
Go through my email
Go through all blog comments and moderate/answer/etc.
Post two articles to Constant Content
Post 3 blog posts to each blog
Spend 1 hour working on elance profile
Spend two hours on the novel
Spend two hours networking
Set [...]
18 Great Tips to Get Motivated
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
Whether it’s editing your novel or scrubbing the toilet, there are things that you need to do, even want to do, but just can’t find the motivation to do. When you’re in that situation, what do you do?
Do it for five minutes. The key here is truly letting yourself off the hook after your five [...]
Accountability – Late
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
I’m still fighting off a cold, so my progress post is late. I hope I’m not the only one who finds that a bit ironic.
Well, here’s how I’m doing.
Spend two hours on the novel done
Spend two hours on the non-fiction grammar book I have in the works no, and I’m thinking of pulling this off [...]
Progress Update
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
Wow, what a spectacularly unproductive week. We were out of town a couple days, and then I came down with a rotten cold. Anyway, here is my update, such as it is.
Spend two hours on the novel no
Spend two hours on the non-fiction grammar book I have in the works no
Go through my e-mail yes
Find [...]
Accountability Day
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
Last week, I set some goals for this week. So, here I am to update you on how I did.
Go through my e-mail (not yet, but I plan to tonight)
Write 3-4 blog posts for each of my 3 blogs (done for 2 blogs, only 1 post for the third)
Send thank you’s to people who stumbled [...]
Links
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
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Here are some interesting (and useful) writing links that I’ve come across lately.
Tools to Life
This site lets you set and track goals, and get support from group members as well. Warning: the site has sound.
MindMeister
This is an online mind-mapping tool. Yes, there’s a free version.
Google Smart-Pricing
Courtney Tuttle explains how to avoid having [...]
This week’s plan
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
I’m taking a cue from e-Moms at Home and her Monday Motivation. I’m not into the reward (or punishment) like she is, so I’m just going to see how being publicly accountable works out for me.
Here’s what I’m going to do…
Announce each Monday what I plan to accomplish for the week.
Update by the end of [...]
Master your E-mail
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
I’ve been trying to get better about responding to e-mail, and to do it more quickly. I find that I get a couple hundred messages daily, but most of those are either spam, newsletters, reminders, or other messages that I don’t really need to respond to.
And buried amongst those are the e-mails I DO need [...]
