More hours in my day

Let's think about the options:

• work fewer hours
• find job closer to home
• move closer to job
• have a flexi-time arrangement
• don't pack a lunch box
• don't do any cleaning yourself
• get help with the chores
• get help with cooking supper
• buy instant/convenience meals
• have fewer hobbies
• sleep fewer hours
• etc
• etc

This list touches my pocket - needs my money. Clearly not an answer.

So, now I think it's time to think about a life audit - I had something, need to find it. Hopefully can report back tomorrow.

The "bragging" board

Achievements

I tend to focus on the TO DO LIST and and all the outstanding items on the list. But what about celebrating success?
My team was recommended today for having the best "Visual Performance Managament" boards for the whole plant - excellent achievement. And just recently our Organisational Effectiveness score came out - ours was one of few departments whose score went up - the rest went down. Again - excellent achievement.

That made me realise - we need a "bragging" board. That said - I will start it today!

Today, once again, I'm amazed at all the available media, social and otherwise. Facebook, blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn, email newsletters, and hundreds of others. How do we keep track without loosing our mind? Information overload!
When I was at university, no one had a computer - you were lucky to have an electronic typewriter. Now kids have cellphones, playstations, computers with internet access... I think that someone needs to document for them how it was in the "old days" without 24 hour TV, no cell phones, no internet, no email, no sms's... It did not seem so rushed, not so fast, not so overloaded...

Well, I'm not sure I would survive in the "old days" anymore and would I like to? That is the million dollar question.

Quick thought

What would you do with an extra hour a day?

How would you spend the extra time?

What would you give up or do to get that extra hour?

Note to self: what would I do? Smell the roses? Watch a sunset?

T...R...A...F...F...I...C

Grrrrr.... 90 minutes for a trip that should not take longer than 25 minutes. And that's without an accident clogging up the roads any further. I should consider myself lucky. Yeah, right.

Anyway, the time spent in traffic adds up to 8 hours to my work week (not counting the work I do at home at home when the kids have gone to bed) - this means that I work a minimum of 60 hours for a 45 hour salary.

So, what can I do?

• just work my 45 hours? I don't think so.
• ask for an increase? Again, I don't think so.

What can my employer do?

• pay me more?
• make the traffic more bearable? I'm thinking: supplying business books on MP3 or a bus?
• allow me to work from home?

I'll try to add to this list and see if I/we can come up with an answer.

Technology ;)

Indeed, clutter can be very confusing.

Today

I wanted to clear some clutter today and throw old stuff away. Instead, I finished reading a book and then we visited my mom and had supper there. It turned out to be a lovely day, my husband even replaced the washing line, something I had been reminding (sounds better than nagging) him about.

About blogging

I have been reading some blogs and it really amazes me where these poeple get their ideas and inspiration from. I can just aspire to (one day) have the same type of following they have.

On my mind

Is the secret of productivity in the execution? I mean, does it help to read all those books if you're not going to try what they recommend? Are we wasting our time reading all the books? Well, I don't think so, but I'm still struggling with doing the stuff, no matter how brilliant the tips...

I think I should be reading about "doing stuff" next.