Have you ever been overwhelmed with the amount of work on your plate? At a past job, I was hired to support 3 people. That number grew to 5 people. And then it grew again to 10 people. When the number increased to 10, there were times pretty much every day when I would receive so many requests in a short period of time that my brain would start to freak out. Thankfully, after a few seconds of panic, my rational brain would come back online and whisper a consoling thought.
Read MoreDo you have any of the following New Year resolutions? Be more productive. Get my to do list in order. Feel like I am controlling my email instead of it controlling me. Finding time to live my best life. If you use Microsoft Outlook or Gmail and want to crush any of these resolutions in the year ahead, then check out Focus to Evolve's NEW Online Academy!
Read MoreI absolutely love listening to audiobooks. Listening to a nonfiction book at 3x speed while walking is the closest thing to a Matrix-style knowledge download as our current reality has to offer. My number one app for fueling all of my audiobook needs is Libby.
Read MoreDo you have books that you consistently want to read but they’re so long that you get overwhelmed and never start? A habit that I picked up somewhat recently is taking those long books and making them a yearly reading project.
Read MoreAs we head into the last week of the year, we want to wish you our very best. May you have all the time you need and want to relax and rejuvenate with yourself and those you love before the start of 2023. We appreciate all of you.
Read MoreThe holiday season is such an idealized time of year in my mind. If I’m not careful in managing my expectations, I can unwittingly create disappointment in myself that is completely unnecessary.
Read MoreDecember is a time when many of us enjoy more time with family, and we use some of our precious vacation time. You know I love checklists, and I found keeping an out of office checklist that I referenced each time I took time off really helped me to have peace of mind when I finally turned on that out of office assistant and left the office.
Read MoreIf you’re anything like me and you buy holiday gifts throughout the year based on when they are the least expensive, then I highly suggest saving your holiday gift list to keep track of everything.
Read MoreI like to decorate my house for holidays. Easter, Halloween, and Christmas are times when I love to transform our home with decorations to commemorate the season. Not so long ago, I realized I have a secret weapon that can help me save a lot of time when decorating…pictures.
Read MoreIt’s Thanksgiving Week! I love Thanksgiving and its emphasis on gratitude. Gratitude is such a powerful player in my life. It helps me to more readily see the good in the world and simultaneously be able to deal with the difficult. Each year, around Thanksgiving week, I like to have a dedicated 24 hours devoted to gratitude.
Read MoreOn occasion I receive a Plain Text email. A Plain Text email is an email that contains no formatting. It’s text only with no fancy fonts, pictures, colors, etc. When you reply to a Plain Text email, your reply will also be in Plain Text. So if you add your signature line and you have fonts or pictures in your signature line, all of that formatting won’t show up. But you can kick your reply email back into HTML (with formatting) in just a few clicks.
Read MoreIn Microsoft Outlook, there is a categorize option to add a color category to emails, calendar entries, tasks, notes, etc.
Read MoreWelcome to the spookiest day of the year. It’s the time when werewolves, mummies, and vampires are supposed to be the scariest monsters around. But in real-life, some of the scariest entities that we actually want to beware are the things that rob of us our time.
Read MoreWe’re inching toward year-end review time in our professional spheres. Do you ever have a hard time recalling the important projects you accomplished throughout the year? If so, then start a brag list.
Read MoreDo you ever have issues finding an existing email, task, or other Outlook item?
Read MoreDon’t discount your personal life when scheduling your professional time.
Read MoreThere are few inconveniences more annoying than shopping, getting home, and realizing you forgot something you needed. A little more time planning before the first trip to the store will often eliminate the need for those frustrating second trips.
Read MoreIn Microsoft Outlook, when you add new entries to your Calendar, each of those entries has a 15-minute reminder automatically attached to it. But you can change reminders if the 15-minute default isn’t what works best for you.
Read MoreBeing intentional about how you use the “Show As” feature for each of your calendar items can save you time.
Read MoreIf you save contact information in Outlook, there is a handy shortcut to get that contact started.
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