Me and GTD

I first read the book “Getting Things Done” by David Allen when it was published in 2001. Despite enjoying the book and the ideas therein, I didn’t actually implement them. When I began this blog and became aware of some of the blogs available with productivity ideas, I saw that this book has a huge [...]

My Sister Invented The Birthday Calculator

My sister is a smart cookie. She devised an Excel worksheet that calculates the ages of family members on their birthdays with a formula. (Names have been changed to protect the innocent.) You too can have your very own birthday calculator. Simply enter the names of your own family and their birthdates in the appropriate [...]

GTD Gmail experiment update

It’s been a little over a week since I began the GTD Gmail Experiment.
I quickly discovered that I have great difficulty adjusting to the no folders email environment of Gmail. As my email was forwarded there, I experienced an overload of psychic baggage. I soon took off the forwarding from my other email account. I [...]

It’s a sign

This message was sighted at a real church near me.

Amen.

What is Your Love Language?

Dr. Gary Chapman describes “The Five Love Languages” in his book:

Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Receiving Gifts
Acts of Service
Physical Touch

One love language speaks most clearly to us, and it may be a different one for your partner. Use the one that connects to communicate your love. At the Five Love Languages website, there is a 30-second assessment [...]

More Things To Do With Index Cards

Why Not?

Indexed is a blog made of index cards that often make me smile, created by someone with a quirky mind and sense of humor!

Booknotes on The Long Tail

I’ve been reading “The Long Tail” by Chris Anderson, a fascinating look at how the Internet is changing the world. Before the Internet, products were confined by constraints of the physical world that created scarcity economics, a world where only the big hits were accessible. But now an abundance of products can be offered digitally [...]

An Incredible FREE Resource

September is library card sign-up month, so here are 52 Ways to Use Your Library. Just remember to get those books back in time!

Listening Skills

“Studies show that we’re distracted or preoccupied during about 75 percent of our conversations.”
Have you really been listening lately? Increase your listening skills with these 7 Listening Techniques. Stop, Listen and Learn is the other half of the article by Robin Westen at Family Circle.

Help! I’m using GTD Gmail and I can’t stop!

I started experimenting with my new Google Gmail account (thanks to Andrew!) and I’m so fascinated I’ve been at it for hours! I immediately got the GTD Firefox extension, which to me is what makes it so cool. I had no difficulty importing my address book and calendar. I set it up to forward incoming [...]