Modern life can become a frantic exercise to get everything done. But life isn’t about doing. It’s about making deliberate choices with the limited time and energy you have so that you can live your life to its fullest. This blog will show you in weekly articles the successes – and the failures – as I explore techniques and offer tips.
LauraEarnest.com When A System Goes Rogue In times of life changes, my system goes rogue, forcing me to reassess, simplify, and rebuild tools so they fit my life instead of chaining me. Read More 113 Cherry St #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com Deliberate Living Made Simpler. VIEW IN BROWSER Are You Planning 2026? For the past few weeks I have been thinking about the future. This wasn't something to note before 2024, but 2024 was a medical nightmare for me, and 2025 has been spent recovering from the long-term effects of my treatment. Now that I have more energy, I am starting to think about what I want to do in terms of large projects. I know better than to start something like that in December (hello crazy holiday...
LauraEarnest.com The Foundations of Productivity This week we started the series on the Foundations of Productivity. The Foundations of Productivity (11/10/2025) Don’t Fiddle (11/11/2025) Use Tools Appropriately (11/12/2025) Limit Projects (11/13/2025) Focus on One Thing (11/14/2025) Start As You Intend To Continue (11/17/2025) Build Your Habits (11/18/2025) Lasting Change Isn't Sudden (11/19/2025) Complete or Abandon (11/20/2025) Eliminate the Unnecessary (11/21/2025) Don't Rethink...
LauraEarnest.com The Foundations of Productivity This week we started the series on the Foundations of Productivity. The Foundations of Productivity (11/10/2025) Don’t Fiddle (11/11/2025) Use Tools Appropriately (11/12/2025) Limit Projects (11/13/2025) Focus on One Thing (11/14/2025) Start As You Intend To Continue (11/17/2025) 113 Cherry St #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com The Foundations of Productivity Today starts a 12 part series on the various foundations of productivity. Read More 113 Cherry St #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com Decluttering the Stuff: KonMari I revisited the KonMari method after previously trying it and found it had good points but was too impractical for my lifestyle, so I adapted it to work better for my needs and space. Read More 113 Cherry St #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com Deliberate Living Made Simpler. VIEW IN BROWSER 50 Rules To Change Your Life Ryder Carroll put together a great video about 50 (Short) Rules To Change Your Life. It’s a great summary. One of the things I took to heart: pick a notebook that is not too “precious” to write in. I often don’t use a notebook because I’m “saving” it. (For what?) The thing that really hit was having one source of truth. I work in data. and this is a really important concept that we ended up having to...
LauraEarnest.com OneNote: Removing Data Easily I extracted my craft patterns from OneNote, removing them to organize on my hard drive, making it easier to find what I need when searching for projects. Read More 113 Cherry St #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com How To Set Up A Google Calendar For Planning I used Google Calendar for planning to keep my goals and tasks separate from my regular appointments. It helped me track deadlines, set milestones, and visualize my progress all in one place while keeping my main calendar uncluttered. Read More 113 Cherry St #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com This week I published a series of articles on dealing with job loss. So many people are losing their jobs, due to monetary saving measures, closures or being replaced with AI. I went through this myself and I wrote a series of articles on what I did to make the difficult time more navigable. This series of articles is linked below, but I also put it all together in a free e-book that is available on my shop. I hope you are not dealing with a job loss, but if you are, I hope...