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The "Short Things" To-Do List

February 05, 2007

I had a stellar week last week in terms of getting things done. It felt like everytime I felt an idea coming on, before I knew it, it was a done deal. I bought domains, put up bare-bones sites waiting... Read

More on Goals

December 05, 2005

Can you tell I've been thinking a lot about the new year, and resolutions and stuff like that? Here's a site that gives you 77 goal setting tips. I like the way the tips are grouped into "themes", like Commitment... Read

Busy Season Around Here ... And Some Motivation

November 28, 2005

I haven't posted in over a week - it's busy season around here again. This week coming up is particularly heavy, with four deadlines. It slows down a bit next week but I have to keep on top of things,... Read

I'm Going To Give This a Try

October 14, 2005

I just came across Jonathan Wold's blog, courtesy of a blogging list I'm on, and found this great project management idea. It sounds like just what I need. I've been making do with lists, but I love sticky notes and... Read

A Little Confession (or more about BJ's adventures in procrastination)

June 20, 2005

I have a little tiny confession to make. If you've been following along with my web publishing adventures, you'll have heard me mention that old site of mine, the one that I discovered earlier this year is one of Yahoo's... Read

Home Office Makeover

May 25, 2005

One of the things I find helpful in terms of getting things done is clearing off my desk. We recently moved our old desks out of here, and bought these huge desks which now sit in the middle of this... Read

Hipster PDA

May 24, 2005

Just a quick post tonight. I was blindsided by a novel (Elizabeth George, With No-one As Witness – and if you’re a George fan, I won’t give it away but let me just say, I was absolutely stunned. And I’m... Read

Getting Things Done

May 16, 2005

I just received my copy of Getting Things Done from Amazon today. So far, I've read about midway through Chapter 2. And I'm feeling really really hopeful. I think David Allen's system works. It definitely sounds like it works. I... Read

A Tough Thing About Reaching a Milestone

April 10, 2005

I realized a couple of days ago that I've reached a milestone. It's not necessarily something I was working hard towards - it's more of a mindset change. I've fully integrated my web publishing and affiliate marketing business into my... Read

Getting Down to Business

February 27, 2005

I'm working on a deadline for tomorrow, and then I have five days freed up to work on all my sites. This is pretty exciting, because I've been deluged with deadlines for the past five months - great for my... Read

One Hour a Day

February 13, 2005

I received Dr. Andy's EZ SEO newsletter today and it contained a great article by Colin McDougall. Colin, a successful affiliate marketer, wrote about starting an affiliate marketing business, and among all the great gems in his article, one in... Read

Planning - Part I

January 12, 2005

Yesterday morning I officially began my "two deadlines a week" movement here in the home office. For the past month, I have been scrupulously keeping an eye on my schedule and making sure I don't overbook myself. It's been hard... Read

Day 2 of the New Year ... and What Have I Done So Far?

January 02, 2005

Sounds like a song, doesn't it? I'm pleased as punch, actually. Yesterday I started the design of a site that has been on my to-do list for two months now. I actually went into Photoshop and designed the banner myself!... Read

Paul Myer's Goals Workbook

December 31, 2004

I've been doing a lot of thinking about setting goals (who hasn't? It's that time of the year, right?). And I came across this free goals workbook offered by Paul Myers (saw it at the Warrior Forum). I've quickly scanned... Read

It's a Start

November 08, 2004

Well, it's a start. I finally did the Paypal thing - it turns out I had signed up with them before so it wasn't as big an ordeal as I had feared (now doesn't that tell any marketers something about... Read

Take Action Weekly Wrap-Up

November 03, 2004

I am quite embarassed to see that I have not done a single thing that was on my list last week! Another avalanche of work - at this rate, I won't be getting that many sites up. The good news... Read

This Week's Take Action List

October 26, 2004

I'm sort of "on time" with this week's list - it's a week late but at least I'm posting it on Monday! 1. Write product reviews (I bought a few ebooks over the weekend, plus I've promised several people a... Read

Take Action Weekly Wrap-Up

October 25, 2004

So much for taking action - I just realized I had planned to post a weekly to-do list every Monday and post my take action wrap-up every Sunday, but in the hectic rush of deadlines in the past two weeks,... Read

This Week's Action List

October 12, 2004

Okay, I have to admit to feeling a bit of frustration with myself for not doing as much as I should. I'm hoping to remedy this with a new routine. Every Monday I'm going to post a list of things... Read

Five Minute Breaks

October 10, 2004

I've been getting through my work these past few days by doing very small tasks in between chapters of the book I'm working on right now. As a result, I see that I've actually managed to get quite a bit... Read