Less Stress: Reduce Possessions
My name is Joel. I have too much stuff. Most people in the western world have way more stuff than we know what to do […]
Organization
Less Stress: Reduce Phone Calls
I got an email from one of our secretaries yesterday asking me to call one of the other administrative assistants. The message left no indication […]
Less Stress: Reduce Responsibilities
Time is a commodity where everyone is equal. But some people seem to do a whole lot more with their time and others seem to […]
Less Stress: Reduce Paperwork
One of the biggest drains on my energy is paper clutter. One of the biggest drains on the environment is trash. For these reasons, I […]
Less Stress: Declutter Your Car
If we’ve been following the stress reduction tips so far, we now have a clean desk at work, a clean computer desktop at work and […]
Less Stress: Declutter Your House
Well, this is one of my weakest areas. I have my work environment very organized and neat, but my home is not. Part of my […]
Less Stress: Declutter Your Inbox
We now have our Desk and Desktop under control. But how do we keep them under control? Better yet, how do we keep from having […]
Less Stress: Declutter Your Desktop
Yesterday, we began decluttering our desk. Today, we will declutter our desktop. One of the things that drives me crazy is when I install a […]
Less Stress: Declutter Your Desk
I have written about having a clear desk before in passing, but here is a little bit about why to do it as well as […]
A Recipe For Less Stress
In preparing for my month-long series on 25 Tips For Less Stress, I realized that I left out a few key ingredients. If you follow […]
25 Tips For Less Stress
Download the entire series in e-book format here This school year has been remarkably stress-free for me. As a middle school band director working with […]
New Teacher Survival Kit
We’ve all been there. The beginning of the first year of teaching can be daunting, to say the least. It was the best of times. […]
Rethinking The Systems
I have spent much of last week and this week with one of the high school band directors thoroughly analyzing our marching fundamentals for the […]
Habit 1: Communication Habits
This is the first in a series of articles entitled 5 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers. Communication Procedures Without question, one of the most essential […]
Clarity Leads To Organization
In my last post Organization Leads To Sanity, I wrote about how I personally get organized at work. In this post, I am going to […]