In a recent post I mentioned that the Arawak Beach Inn confiscates your electronic devices upon checking in. It’s their way of helping to ensure that you have a peaceful, stress-free vacation. However, not everyone is willing to go to this extreme. For those, myself included, who like a bit of outside communication at least [...]

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Here’s one more dig at multitasking: a study reported by the Wall Street Journal (January 3) suggests that drivers who are talking on cell phones drive slower and that interferes with the flow of traffic. Are you surprised by that? Probably not. In my time management seminars, one of our focal points is multitasking and [...]

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As we’ve seen in the news lately, air travel is taking more and more of our time. Not only do we need to get to the airport early enough to park and go through the extensive security measures, now we have to count on delays in our flights. According to the Chicago Tribune, in the [...]

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Driving While Texting (DWT) is an issue being taken up with some state legislatures after enough car accidents have occurred because of the distraction. We already know that distractions from eating, putting on makeup, changing CDs, and cell phone usage are potentially dangerous for us and those around us. DWT may be the extreme version [...]

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Packing for a trip should get easier the more often you do it. If you want to be very organized when traveling, you can even use checklists for each trip. Yet I find that the more organized I am, the more I pack because I’m trying to envision every possibility. How many times do you [...]

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