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Building a better office snack
Several years ago, a writing instructor told me writers should do all they can to stay healthy. He ran every day. Me, I run around every day. That’s not the same thing at all. Snacking is where I have...
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Baby in the background: is this professional?
My toddler son, one of my sweetest writing interruptions, ‘helping’ me in my office by standing on a step-stool. (I’m deliberately not focusing on the way he helped me redecorate my office floor.) For...
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Writing like a FlyBaby
I’m a flybaby. For the past few years, I’ve been fluttering on and off with the FlyLady system for managing my home, my office and my life. I’m slowly, very slowly, getting better at it. One technique...
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How new curtains make me write better
I write better when I feel at home in my office–and these curtains help me feel at home. It’s the week before Christmas. I look around my office. It’s not clean. The toy box I keep in my office to...
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Biking down Imagination Lane
This is how I bike down Imagination Lane Of all the things that take up space on my office floor, the compact stationary bicycle I borrowed from my sister is the most inspiring. I can’t type while I’m...
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Four social strategies to ease telecommuting stress
Get out for a walk! Anyone who’s ever worked from home for a significant time will connect with Steven J. Brachmann’s new post, Telecommuting: A Tough Life. I’ve worked mostly from home for the past 17...
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Write past the holiday noise
It’s becoming evident that time management is an obsession of mine. As a work at home writer with a busy family, it has to be–and the more I learn about time management, the more I enjoy it. Even now,...
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Three strategies to jump-start sluggish writing weeks
This is my office timer and, I suspect, home to Inspiration. (At least, she seems to come out more when I use this timer.) Sluggishness happens to everyone occasionally. These are the days when you...
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How the Flylady strategy keeps my life manageable and fun
It’s time for another Flylady Reboot. I’ve mentioned before that I’m a Flybaby, that I write better when my home is at least somewhat clean and that I really love my timer. I do tend to get...
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Writing tip: Don’t lose your timer
This is (was) my dependable office timer. I am currently experiencing a change in timer models, as described below. I have this issue: I don’t want my toddler to play with my cell phone, but he loves...
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