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How to set up automatic reminders of your new year’s resolutions

If rules are made to be broken, then resolutions are made to be forgotten. No matter how good my intentions are, I seem to fall off the wagon. And it’s usually sooner than later. Shameful, I know.
Sometimes it’s because of laziness but other times it’s because I simply forget. Fortunately, it’s easy to send yourself [...]

Confirmation: how to start working faster in the mornings

Turns out I’m not completely nuts about some of the things I write on here. For example, this guy who is much more experienced and undoubtedly makes much more money than I, also suggests planning your day the night before, and goes into a little more detail about why it’s a good idea.

While I don’t [...]

Gadget charging: reduce the clutter

While I haven’t tried this out personally, I think if I traveled more (or at all) I’d probably find $110 ($50 for the base and $10 for each custom charging cord) well worth the investment.
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Unschedule your life

The concept of unscheduling essentially means making sure you have time to do what you want to do: don’t schedule work, schedule free time.
I’ve used a concept similar to this at work. I’ve found that when I get particularly bogged down with projects I have to schedule time to, well, work. I’ll block off chunks [...]

Series: simple ways to remember Day 4 – Gmail to-do’s

I tend to live in my e-mail program (Gmail) and, despite lacking formal to-do functionality, today I’ll review a way to use your Gmail account to track to-do’s and other things you want to remember.

1.Create a label called “To-do’s”

2.Create a filter that says if any e-mail’s subject line contains “To do”, apply the label “To-do’s” [...]