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Digital Bullet Journal Video: Monthly Review in Notability
Digital bullet journaling is changing my life for the better. I already have my iPad with me on any given day, and not having to carry around an extra notebook and pens for traditional bullet journaling lightens my load a lot (which matters more now that I’m nearly in my third trimester of pregnancy!). In this post and video learn how to do a monthly task migration in Notability.
Bullet Journal Supplies You May Need to Get Started
This post will be all about materials you may need to get started. Obviously this list will accordion based on what you already have, but I wanted this post to be a one-stop-shop for materials you may absolutely pick up in order to get started on the right foot.
How to Maximize Your Blogging and Content Marketing Workflow
In a soundbite and popcorn-brain technology-driven world, it can be difficult to be able to focus and to generate high quality content for your blog, especially when writing or mapping out a project plan or outline for something. While it's taken me quite a long time to be able to perfect my own blogging workflow, the process I've developed has been incredibly helpful for productivity. (Note: I know my process is far from perfect, but it's miles from where I started.)
An Accountability Calendar Will Help You Form Good Habits
You want to start a new habit or routine. You want to “exercise more” and “eat healthier,” but without a set routine your goal may feel futile and too flexible. There’s an easy way to fix that: with an accountability calendar.
Motivation Doesn’t Exist
Motivation doesn’t exist. If you depend on its existence for you to get your work done and show up consistently, the job’s not going to get done. Here’s how to make sure you get stuff done.
My Bullet Journal Setup for Blog and Business Planning
I am keeping all of my life in one bullet journal, including personal, blog, and business stuff. If I had multiple bullet journals I feel like I would be overwhelmed! I'm glad to have everything in one place, so I hope it works out in the end. While I'm using my bujo for everything in my life, this post will be focused on how I'm using my bujo for my blog and business.
Protect Your Time
Create with consistency by scheduling time and then protecting it. No one is going to guard your time like you will, and if you want to achieve your goals you have to set some boundaries.
Best Practices for Freelance Design Project Management
Here are a few productivity hacks, compiled by an efficiency nerd. My best advice for how to use time-tracking apps and project management apps, and how to organize your project files.
The done list
The Done List can help you keep a healthy balance of all three by helping you recognize your accomplishments.
How to Maximize Your Productivity as a Creative
When you've got a lot going on (creative, multipotentialite), you're probably working on at least 5 things in your brain right now. At least 5. If you do what I've done, and make a physical list of all of the things you're working on or would like to be working on, you may be surprised.
Motivate yourself past resistance
I’m in the middle of reading The Desire Map, a book about mindful living and goal setting, which asks you to set goals based on how you want to feel, not based on what you want to have. Mind explosion!
My Best Productivity Secrets
With my blogging and web design endeavors, there's something that I admittedly forget from time to time: Hard work pays off. I've fallen into a routine that makes me confident that I will get where I want to go, and I wanted to share some tips with you.
Becoming a content creator: How to find the right mindset
Blogging is a huge blank canvas where anything is possible. That vision is both exciting and terrifying all at once. The goal for starting any project is to fall somewhere between the Dreamer and the Doer. You want to make sure to have a well-thought-out plan of attack so you end up with a tangible and sensible blog, but you also don't want to analyze so hard that the blog never comes to fruition. Here are my best tips to start a blog!
How to tackle a difficult project while working from home
Late last week, I quietly launched my new blog design. It has been the biggest, most intense web design challenge and push for me to date. I spent a total of 68 working hours on the redesign. During this process, I learned a lot about myself and my productive work habits during this period of vigorous work, and I'd like to share my tips with you!
How to avoid shiny object syndrome when writing or working
If you're anything like me, you sit down at your computer to be really productive that day (or with those few hours you have in between work and sleep), and before you know it, it's hours later and you haven't gotten anything done.