If you maintain any sort of regular hours on the job (i.e. 9 to 5, etc), at some point or another I’m guessing you’ve experienced the “workday doldrums.” This is when either through boredom, fatigue or “office fever” (aka cabin fever) you hit a productivity wall. In this post, I’m going to propose two solutions which will leave you feeling refreshed, revived and ready to tackle the rest of the day. Continue Reading

In part one of this series, I showed how easy it is to create your own free photoblog using WordPress.com and Flickr. Now that you know how to create your own photoblog, I’m going to share my tips for maintaining an efficient photoblogging workflow. Continue Reading

This past November, I noticed that I had fallen into a rut. I had several big projects to work on, yet I would often only work on one project each day. I was getting behind, and I wasn’t even making good progress on my one daily project. Typically, I was getting bored and taking too many breaks. I might hit a good work grove only to find that it was time to clock out and end the work day. Something had to change, otherwise each day in the office was going to be an uphill climb against an avalanche of deadlines.

Fortunately, after wasting my time trying a couple of scheduling and productivity tools, I discovered a very simple solution: a hand-written daily schedule. This simple process has given me a 70% productivity boost during the past two and a half months*. Now, I’ll share how this low tech method works and how to implement it in your day. Continue Reading