Archives for the 'Lifestyle' Category
Finding your productivity turn-ons [Hack Your Day]
I’ve noticed in myself and others that there are some factors in their (and my) life that trigger much more productivity than usual. I think everyone experiences this, but you may only think of it as simply being in a good mood. A good night’s sleep, a delicious lunch will make you work better because [...]
Natural working hours [Hack Your Day]
Medical studies have concluded and I myself have seen the effect that working in the morning is better than in the afternoon. Many people say that they like working or studying at night because all is quiet and there’s nothing to distract them. I used to be like that, but then I tried going to [...]
Masking procrastination with work [Hack Your Day]
Procrastination is definitely the evil brother of productivity. While it doesn’t necessarily mean you do nothing, it means that you concentrate on things you don’t need to do, or don’t need to do now.
I’ve noticed in my daily routine a special kind of procrastination, which would probably be called borderline procrastination if I had to [...]
Managing your time in chuncks [Hack Your Day]
One of the main reasons people have a never ending, never completed to do list is that they simply create the list, and either don’t prioritize it, or don’t make a conscientious effort after that to get stuff done. Creating the list is only solving part of the problem, you need to productively handle that [...]
The basis of all organization and productivity [Hack Your Day]
I think that there is one part of organization and management which is either not stressed enough, or people sort of “voluntarily” forget about it, because it’s probably one of the hardest, and least fun of all.
I am of course talking about our friend persistence. The ability to keep at it, even if you feel [...]
How to make difficult decisions [Hack Your Day]
Those of you who read Hack Your Day probably noticed that I didn’t show any life signs for about two weeks. This was a conscientious decision I made, and although it was hard, it was ultimately worth it, and I feel totally comfortable with it. I also have a day job, which I do from [...]
Correcting bad habits [Hack Your Day]
Bad habits surround each and every one of us, and correcting them takes a lot of effort and patience, so I thought I’d give you all my piece of mind on the subject.
First of all, everyone has them. For some people this may be drugs or homicidal tendencies, but even if you don’t smoke, drink [...]
3 Simple Steps to a Healthy Home [Ian's Messy Desk]
A post for Blog Action Day on the Environment.
We spend a large percentage of time indoors. Between workplace, home, shopping, entertainment, etc., we can spend as much as 90% of our time in a building. On an average, we spend 50% of our time at home.
Recent studies have shown that indoor environments can contain a range [...]
Why Recycle? [Ian's Messy Desk]
A post for Blog Action Day on the Environment.
1. Conserve Resources
Recycling helps reduce the consumption of natural resources, such as trees used to make paper, fossil fuels used to make plastics, and metals extracted through strip mining.
Producing aluminum from scrap instead of bauxite cuts energy use and air pollution by 95%
Making paper [...]
Physical Activity at Work [Ian's Messy Desk]
The Alberta Centre for Active Living have posted a series of on-line video clips, taken from two exercise videos, on stretching at your desk. The two videos are divided into five clips and are available in MOV and WMV format.
The exercises are progressive, so they recommend starting with Stage 1 and then moving to Stage 2.
People [...]