Sometimes, you just can’t catch a break. My friend, whom I’ll call Katherine here, is one of those people. She never used to be. She is level-headed, motivated, and fairly organized. But life keeps happening to her. First, she got …
You had regular habits BCV (before COVID-19). They may or may not have worked well for you, but you had them nonetheless. Now we’re in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of those routines have been blown to …
At the start of the Coronavirus outbreak here in the U.S., I, like many others, didn’t think much of it. Then, there was a weekend in mid-March when suddenly, it became real. The following Monday, I started working from home. …
Broken limb. COVID-19. Surgery. Comprehensive battery of medical tests. Health-related conditions, even more temporary ones, tend to wreck havoc on our schedules. The stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 (global pandemic as I write) means people are working and living at home …
They can creep in, step by slow step. Or they may hit you all at once, like a freight train. Regardless of how they arrive, they always create chaos in your calendar! I’m talking about life transitions-yours or others. Do …
Life is always changing, but for long periods, you feel like you can get into a routine. Your general daily life is consistent and has the same tasks, for the most part. A large life event, such as a hospitalization, …
You’re in the middle of a busy day when the phone rings and you hear, “I just broke my arm and I’m waiting for the ambulance to take me to the hospital.” Sounds like an emergency, right? Get a cast; …
Will you? Can you? Would you? The request itself may not matter, your reflex may be to answer “yes” without much hesitation. The issue with an automatic “yes” is that it may negatively impact your schedule and stress-level. The challenge …
You see THE LIST OF TASKS and you head for the television or the chocolate ice cream. One of the most effective ways to decrease schedule-overwhelm is to Set Real Boundaries. Since a boundary indicates a border or limit, boundaries …