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What Did You Do All Day?

by Brenda on December 14, 2011

Do you ever get to the end of a day and wonder where it went? Do you feel as though you’ve wasted the entire day with nothing to show for it? Yeah, me too. It’s pretty common for people with Attention Deficit Disorder to feel that way, and even worse – they’re often right. There [...]

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List It and Forget It

by Brenda on August 4, 2011

That’s what usually happens with our to do list right? We add 47 things to it but never actually do any of them. We tend to forget them. Or maybe ignore them is a better way to put it. Or maybe we do some of them, but those are rarely the most important ones. (Unless [...]

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Getting To Do Done

by Brenda on October 14, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about to do lists – specifically how to get from to do to done. I wish I could tell you that I’ve found the magic formula, but no, sorry. I have come up with a few ideas and observations however. First, writing a list is easy. It’s doing the [...]

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The Dump List

by Brenda on May 20, 2010

I know I’ve written about the dump list before, but it never hurts to have a reminder. I have been feeling especially overwhelmed lately. The house is really starting to feel neglected, especially the closets and cupboards. Add in a long weekend in Michigan and a day spent in the hospital with my daughter (who’s [...]

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Autofocus: Getting Things Done

by Brenda on April 16, 2010

Mark Forster is the author of a number of time management books and the creator of the Autofocus system. The Autofocus system is basically a list of all of the things that need your attention. Its very similar to what I call a dump list. According to Mr. Forster’s system, you start by making a [...]

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