getting things done – Quiet Mystic (previously Tarot Salve)

getting things done

8 Ways to Supercharge Your Affirmations*

These days, if you want to work with affirmations, it's especially easy to do so on your phone or computer. Although it was never that hard to work with them…

Are You Pissed at the Universe? Then Stop Broadcasting Static

23 Jun 201723 Jun 2017

This morning, my husband was telling me about how "pissed" he was because he ran out of printer paper at work, and had to print a 60-page deal for…

getting things done…

Random Thoughts: Does Distractibility (and even ADD) Improve Intuition?

So, I was doing something else, minding my own business, trying to pursue my own agenda for what needed to be done this morning. Then I looked up and saw…

You know Mercury MIGHT be retrograde if…. (or, why we should appreciate Mercury retrograde!)

27 May 201527 May 2015

your Google Voice voicemail is somehow ending up in your cell phone's voicemail account. your child missed the school bus this morning because it unaccountably arrived several minutes early. you…

Practical Tarot: Ending Productivity Paralysis

Have you ever had one of those days -- or maybe one of those weeks, or one of those months -- in which you are either a) feeling so anxious…

aromatherapy…

Essential Oils: Stop Procrastination in its Tracks by Grounding

Many strategies for combating procrastination emphasize personal self-discipline -- setting timers, making to do lists, even becoming accountable to a third party such as a life coach -- or affirmation-centered…

Rose Quartz: the Go To Crystal for Emotional Pain

Some of you are thinking, "This is a productivity blog. What's with the crystal? Where are the calendars and organizers?" Answer: In my opinion, if you are having problems being…

Productivity doesn’t coexist well with depression

To that end, consider this quotation by Pema Chödrön, from her book, The Places That Scare You. More on meditation and productivity later--meanwhile, this quote is courtesy of Shambhala Publications.…

getting things done…

: Keeping It Simple

The thing I hate about most productivity advice (as I think I've said before in this space) is that it assumes that unproductive people procrastinate or get distracted because they…