Time management is a necessity, even after you retire. You might think that retirement is all about sleeping in, and having total freedom over your life, but just because you no longer have to follow someone else’s nine-to-five schedule does not mean that your mind or body is at all ready to slow down and start living a sedentary lifestyle. Retiring will only make you more acutely aware of your remaining years, no matter how many or few there may be, which is why time Read More >
Time-Saving Tips for the Holidays
By Good Neighbor Concierge
The holiday season is a time to reflect on the passing year, and to celebrate the love we share with family and friends. It can also be a time of increased stress, as we work to fit our preparations and celebrations into already busy lives. Planning parties, shopping for gifts, holiday baking, and attending celebrations are great fun, but you can run out of time fast if you don’t plan ahead. Here are some ways to save time and reduce stress this holiday season. Make Read More >
A Boston Personal Assistant’s Story: Wait for Service Installation in Chelsea
By Good Neighbor Concierge
http://youtu.be/V9_IGs-Be_4 Today, my travels took me to a small suburban city in Boston called Chelsea. A corporate housing company in Colorado contacted me to assist with a cable and wireless Internet installation inside an apartment complex. Their client will be moving into the apartment soon and would need the installation done prior to move-in. As a personal assistant, I was being asked to wait-for and watch over the entire install process. It was raining on Read More >
How to Manage Modern Day Time Traps
By Good Neighbor Concierge
Do you sometimes wonder why the 24 hours allotted to you each day are seemingly not enough to do all the things that you need to do? Even with modern time management gadgets like hand-held computers, personal organizers and digitized pocket diaries, why do time management issues still persist? Clinging to old habits and the difficulty of breaking them are the common causes of time traps that lessen productivity whether you’re a lawyer, teacher, farmer, business owner Read More >
Why Time Management is Dead!
By Good Neighbor Concierge
You're getting ready for bed and as you wind down from your hectic day, you remember the dry cleaning you forgot to pick up that you need for tomorrow, which reminds you that you still haven't bought the plane tickets to visit your parents, which leads to the card you got your mother for Mother's Day that still hasn't been mailed... the list goes on. How is it - in this digital age when you can check emails on your phone and set alarms with electronic reminders - how is Read More >
Time Management Tips for Active Seniors
By Good Neighbor Concierge
Active seniors today are living longer, healthier, happier lives and are rapidly getting up, getting out and getting involved in their communities. The only obstacle preventing them from living a fully engaged, hectic-free lifestyle is time management. There is a great deal of stress involved in the trivial chores we do in everyday life. Minute tasks such as getting groceries, cleaning house or picking up prescription medication can take time away from seniors that they Read More >
Time Management Tips for Dinner Prep
By Good Neighbor Concierge
Spending large amounts of time in the kitchen whipping up 3-course meals is fine for those people who have the time. For the rest of us, it is often a challenge to find meals that are quick, easy, and also nutritional. Families with dual income earners, children in school, and extra curricular activities, often find dinnertime to be a nightmare. Follow these time management tips, and you can turn dinner chaos into the relaxed, enjoyable sit-down meal your family Read More >
Teaching Children the Concept of Time
By Good Neighbor Concierge
All children are born into the world with no concept of time: eating and sleeping on their own schedules. As they move from babies to toddlers, to preteens and teens, their sense of time often remains distorted, not having learned the necessary skills to manage their time. In today’s busy world of trying to squeeze in just one more activity, two of the most important lessons you can teach your child are the concept of time, and how to use that time Read More >
How to Gain an Extra Hour Every Day
By Good Neighbor Concierge
Wouldn’t it be terrific if you could magically create an extra hour in the day? You could spend it doing something you really enjoy. But in this world of too much work and too many obligations, it’s hard to find even an extra minute. Time deprivation has become an epidemic, and we are packing our days so full, we feel as though we are always on the go. But let’s say that you were able to magically create an extra hour. How would you use it? Take some time to write Read More >
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