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Why We Can’t Rely Only on Things Like Google Tasks and Apple Reminders.

Ahhh I hate being negative on things, but given the attention this is getting in the NYT (in an article from yesterday), I want to urge you NOT to spend a ton of time organizing your to-do’s in Apple Reminders or Google Tasks.

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I teach professional working women a method for managing career, personal and family time with less stress and more clarity.

If you’re like Past Me and many of my clients, you’ve tried other time management strategies or apps in the past to no avail. So you may be wondering how this system will help you while others have failed. Great question.

Here are three ways that The Bright Method™ is different from other methods you might have tried:

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I’m someone who craves practical instructions. I don’t really know what to do with high-level concepts without more.

For example, when I was interviewing for jobs during law school, I remember hearing messages about being “confident.”

But what does that look like? Am I supposed to look smug as I talk about my accomplishments? I doubt it.

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Having a child is life-changing stuff in and of itself. Figuring out how to make motherhood work – including how to plan for maternity leave – with your career is a whole new ball game. One of my clients, a woman who works in an executive capacity within an organization, recently asked me if I […]

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When I describe what I do, I almost always avoid the word “productivity.”

Productivity conjures up images of go-go-going and getting stuff done.

Often people think productivity is the opposite of overwhelmed. “If I can just become productive, I won’t feel this way.”

I don’t think so. Productive people can still struggle to turn it off, relax, and know when to say no. They can still feel overwhelmed.

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One of my very first clients casually mentioned that she listened to podcasts while working.

I remember feeling both exhausted just thinking about it and fascinated about how she did it (turns out, not surprisingly, it didn’t work very well).

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How many of these sound familiar?

▻ I can’t relax enough to enjoy my downtime

▻ I take on more than I should but I’m not sure when it’s reasonable to say no

▻ I spend most of my time reacting to what others need at the expense of what I know is important

▻ I want better boundaries between work and my personal life

▻ Working from home has been hard because work is bleeding over into all parts of my life

▻ I’d like to feel accomplished at the end of each day and not just every 3-6 months when I submit a project

▻ I want to be more present at home and not think about work all the time

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I don’t offer a quick fix to overwhelm.

I offer a long-term solution.

Here’s the thing: we’re often overwhelmed because we struggle to know how to manage ALL the life logistics, to-do’s, projects, and tasks on our plate. And I’m talking across our professional, personal, and family roles – while also protecting time to enjoy life.

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The mental load women carry is no joke. Yet most time management systems don’t address it (other than perhaps telling you to get it out of your head and onto a to-do list – but without more, well… we all know how well that works).

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Ah, meetings. While they can be useful, they’re often overused, drag on too long, and prevent us from getting our real work done.

Here are a few tips to make them run more smoothly (and quickly!).

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Realistic time management designed for professional working women

I'm a former big law attorney who got overwhelmed as a first year and slowly pieced together a time/task management system that actually reduced my stressed, helped me stay on top of it all (and know it), feel confident drawing boundaries, and soak in time with my family and friends. I'd love to get you there, too.

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