I recently learned something interesting about working under pressure. We all know people who say “I work well under pressure.” This could be at work or just doing things at home. I guess those people may also be called procrastinators because they will put off doing something until it’s crucial and then they complete the task in some record time.

The New Year is going to be here before you know it, whether you like it or not! I thought this would be a perfect time to share my favorite planner of 2018, before the New Year. So if you’re looking for a new planner, this may be a good option. It’s called the SELF Journal.

Before I get started, I wanted to say that this is not a sponsored post. I’ve just really enjoyed using this journal/planner for the past three months and wanted to share my thoughts. I also got another one for the next three months.

You’re sitting at your desk at work and you realize 45 minutes has gone by and you haven’t actually worked during that time. Maybe you were shopping online or reading news articles, whatever it was, it wasn’t productive work. The bad thing is that you didn’t even realize a whole 45 minutes had passed! Whoops! How can you focus and stop the procrastination? The answer is the Pomodoro Technique. It will help you focus and stop procrastinating in as little as 25 minutes.

Do you ever feel like you don’t want to get out of bed, let alone open your eyes? And then other days, you feel so refreshed and ready to start the day! I’m sure we all have both of these kinds of days. Probably more of the ones where we don’t want to get out of bed. I would rather have more days where I feel refreshed, ready to get the day started and be productive. Do you know how sleep affects productivity?

By many, time blocking is considered the best time management and productivity technique that they use on a daily basis. It may not be for everyone though. We’re going to go through some Q&As about time blocking to see if time blocking is for you. Though, the best way to find out if it’s right for you is by actually trying it out for a week or two.