Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
~John Andrew Holmes
Procrastination, like so many things, is a habit. A habit most people seemingly love to or can’t help indulging in. Hm… reminds me of chocolate… But this is great news! It’s not hard to break a habit.
Procrastination actually causes more discomfort than doing the actual task. While procrastinating, we anticipate an unpleasant/boring/difficult task, and the mind has already created and is living through a difficult situation. It’s non-productive to virtually torture yourself this way, as doing the actual task will cause less pain.
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Email is notoriously overused, especially at the office. Something that would take 5 minutes over the phone, may only take you 2 minutes to email, but leaves the responder with the arduous task of interpreting and answering what is often a very open-ended question. But even more often, we email when it would be much faster to call someone or walk over to their desk. Check out this interesting concept of 5 sentence emails.
Simplify your email, simplify your day, stress less:
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Society and daily living have become very fast paced. We hurry all the time, stress piles up and our bodies and minds become tense with anxiety. A calm mind and body will allow you to get more done, be healthier and take pleasure in life. Below are some simple and unique ways of getting into a calm frame of mind.
- Herbal tea. Chamomile, linden, mint and lavender teas are soothing and calming. Brew a cup of one
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Tags: Calmness·Simplicity
Having choices is nice. It can be marvelous. It is a mark of freedom.
It can also induce a sudden paralyzed-deer-in-headlights look in front of the cereal aisle.
Simply try to choose some cereal or a yoghurt for breakfast (nonfat, lowfat or whole, fruit on bottom or mixed, with granola or without, organic or standard, soy, cow, sheep, or goat milk …etc).
I’m not advocating having no choices, but the multitude we face today is overwhelming to our overworked little grey cells. Studies indicate that instead of a feeling of freedom at heaps of choices, we are stuck with anxiety…
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In my previous post I covered the many downsides of multitasking. Yesterday I stumbled upon this great interview on the power of being present that supports and adds to my article.
Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau from the Kathleen Show interviews Claudia Wallis, who is Editor-at-Large at Time Magazine and has specialized as a writer and editor of stories covering health, science, women’s and children’s issues, education and lifestyle. She definitely has experience, so give it a listen. I think the interview will speak to many of you, as the multitasking “disease” is spread at the office as well as far outside of it.
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Tags: multi-task·Multitasking·power of now·power of present
