resolutions

Read more about the article A Creative’s Guide to Staying on Track with Resolutions

A Creative’s Guide to Staying on Track with Resolutions

This is about the time of year when shiny New Year’s resolutions start to look a little tarnished. Those thousand fiction words a day I was writing at the beginning of January? Yeah, not so much now. All that sugar I’m not supposed to be eating? Well, I may have made brownies a few days ago. And I may keep sneaking bites of my husband’s desserts. I wrote last week about one important tool you can use to keep on track with resolutions and goals: accountability groups. But I think one of the biggest things you can do on your…

Read more about the article Three Brains Are Better than One: How Accountability Groups Keep Me On Track

Three Brains Are Better than One: How Accountability Groups Keep Me On Track

On Thursday, I fired up my computer at 8 AM to get on Skype. I’m normally working that early already – or at least putting the kettle on and checking email – but I try to avoid conversating with the outside world until later in the day. Thursday, I didn’t have a choice. It was already 11am Stephanie's time and 6 PM Ayelet's time in Israel. Plus, we had a special occasion to celebrate: our two-year "Grupoversary". Although we've never met in person, Stephanie and Ayelet have become an important part of my life over the last two years – they’re my freelance…

Read more about the article How to Set Goals You’ll Actually Keep

How to Set Goals You’ll Actually Keep

(Note: I originally wrote this post last year for GovLoop, but as the year’s end has rolled back around I think it’s still relevant. I’ve adapted it for this blog.) The new year is a traditional blank slate for most people, but despite our best intentions most of us don’t keep our New Year’s Resolutions much longer than January. The problem with the usual way of making resolutions is that they’re not often made in the context of our lives. I’m as guilty of that as anyone, so I want to propose a new way: rather than simply picking a goal…

Read more about the article Get In the Habit of Yearly Reflection

Get In the Habit of Yearly Reflection

(Note: I originally wrote this post last year for GovLoop, but as the year's end has rolled back around I think it's still relevant. I've adapted it for this blog.) Brigid Schulte, author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love, And Play When No One Has The Time uses the word "time confetti" to describe the harried mishmash of time in modern life. Our days are sliced to ribbons by hordes of overlapping responsibilities, our constant connectivity to work allows it to seep into our personal lives, and the demands of our families seep into our work days. And any free time we manage…