Chunking vs Multi-Tasking
Everyone knows what multi-tasking is; we ADDers claim to be experts at it. Multi-tasking, as it turns out, is rarely that: doing two things at once. Even more important – it’s rarely as effective as you might think. For instance, if right now, as I am writing this, someone came into the room to talk […]
A New Look at Time Management
I just read an interesting article over at Real Simple called Time Management Struggles and Techniques for the Modern Woman. The author, Ruth Davis Konigsberg, says that women today are trying to do too much. You think?? In addition to working outside of the home – which is true for many of us – we […]
Time Management Tools
As ADDers we often find ourselves with too much to do and too little time to do it in. We have issues with time in general. And no, don’t tell us that everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. We won’t believe you. 😉 I found a great website that reviews a number […]
Getting There on Time
We ADDers have all kinds of issues with time. Time is very elastic for us. It is either numbingly slow or so fast we can’t keep up, depending on the circumstances. We also have issues managing time, although a non ADD person will tell you that we all have the same 24 hours. It doesn’t […]
Time Management Personality Types
I found this great article by Susan Ward on Time Management Personality Types at About.com Small Business Canada. In the article Ms. Ward describes 5 different time management personality types: the Fireman, the over committer, the Aquarian, the Chatty Kathy and the perfectionist. You’ll have to read the article to find out which type you […]
An Effective To Do List
As ADD Moms, we are great at making to do lists. In fact, most of probably have more than one. You know, there’s the one you wrote down on that scrap piece of paper, and the one that comes with your calendar, and then you found this program online that you were sure was going […]