Category: Productivity

  • Clutter – The Invisible Enemy Hiding in Plain Sight

    Clutter – The Invisible Enemy Hiding in Plain Sight

    This time of year is can easily become overwhelming. With clean up from Thanksgiving, preparations for Christmas, New Year’s, and/or your holidays of choice, there are a lot of to-do lists, to-hang lists, to-get lists, etc, etc and life can easily become cluttered and messy. I find the “things” pile up and the stress levels rise.…

  • The Next Step (then the next one) – Build the Vector

    The Next Step (then the next one) – Build the Vector

    The first step is the most important. I just wrote about it, including an amazing quote from Lord of the Rings!  But is it? What about the other thousand miles (or shall we assume a step is about a foot and its more like 5,280,000 steps)? All it takes is one step to get started…

  • Grim Soul Survival: A Brutal Lesson in the Slow Build

    Grim Soul Survival: A Brutal Lesson in the Slow Build

    I love games. The problem solving. The slow build towards success. The big payoff. If you know me, then you know that I always manage to find a way to keep gaming. Some games are lighthearted distractions, some are team building and cooperative, some are just enough dopamine to keep you constantly playing, and some…

  • The Horror and Majesty of the Omnipresent To-Do List

    The Horror and Majesty of the Omnipresent To-Do List

    I’m sure that we all have them. On our phones, sticky notes, backs of envelopes, white boards, all over where we live. They may be one item long or they may be lines and lines long. It is, the horror and majesty of the omnipresent to-do list! The all-powerful to-do list is probably one of the…