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 The Hidden Cost of Being Too Busy Being too busy has a cost: stress, distraction, and less clarity. Explore what overload really does to your days. Read More 600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com What Deliberate Living Means to Me Deliberate living is about making intentional choices with your time and energy. Here’s what it means to me and why it matters. Read More 600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com Deliberate Living Made Simpler. VIEW IN BROWSER “Don’t Do Speculative Coding” It’s intern season at work. This year we have two thoughtful and mature interns who are quick to pick things up. Working with interns can be a challenge, because it is typically their first exposure to the “real” world. One of our interns is making a system to keep our source data in sync by centralizing our retention policies. That means that we won’t come in to find that half of our data is gone...
LauraEarnest.com Why I Have So Many Pens: A Lesson in Impulse Buying I break down my pen obsession, impulse buying, sunk costs, and how I learned to stop chasing “better” for good. Read More 600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com My Bullet Journal Weekly Spread I use my bullet journal weekly spread to organize maintenance tasks, long-term goals, and project deadlines—all at a glance. Read More 600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com Deliberate Living Made Simpler. VIEW IN BROWSER Making Time For Connection We all lead busy lives. And that means that often times we are scurrying from task to task, place to place, with little thought to making connections. Social interactions start being by default: people at work, church, or other adults at child activities. And while that may be enough, that routine of seeing the same people by default is not how I want to spend all of my social interactions. My church...
LauraEarnest.com How To Do A Productivity Reboot I rebooted my stalled productivity by closing tasks, taking a break, and restarting with only what truly matters. Read More 600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com The Power of Saying No: Boundaries as a Productivity Superpower I learned that saying no is a productivity superpower by setting clear personal boundaries to protect my time and energy from becoming overwhelmed. Read More 600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246Unsubscribe · Preferences
LauraEarnest.com Deliberate Living Made Simpler. VIEW IN BROWSER Murphy and Acceptance Murphy (of the law) loves me. Actually, it’s more of a long-term stalker situation at this point. If things are going to go wrong at work, it’s going to happen to me. Software will misbehave, computers won’t reboot, Outlook will drop people off my meetings, I will find new ways to break websites. And I’ve accepted this. I’ve learned that when the big stuff happens, I need to slow down, assess the situation...
LauraEarnest.com What if a Full Inbox Isn’t Procrastination? A full inbox may signal email addiction, not procrastination. Learn how to break the habit and reclaim focus. Read More 600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246Unsubscribe · Preferences