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3 Ways You Deplete Your Energy For a Task Before You Even Start

December 20, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Every task requires a certain amount of bandwidth, or energy, to complete. The more that consumes your bandwidth, the less available to do the task, resulting in procrastination. Here are the 3 main culprits and how to clear the space.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: anxiety, bandwidth, capacity, decisions, drains, energy, fatigue, figuring out, mindset, negotiations, procrastination, productivity, task avoidance, tasks, thinking, worry

5 Steps to Breaking a Habit

December 18, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Breaking habits is much harder than creating habits, which is why they say “old habits die hard.” But hard doesn’t mean impossible. You can break habits with this simple 5-step process.

Filed Under: Habits, Productivity Tagged With: awareness, breaking habits, habits, mindfulness, personal development, productivity, rituals, self-awareness

What’s Your Pull?

December 17, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Any endeavor we take on in life can be made easier and more sustainable when we identify the “pull factor” and connect with it. Read on to learn what this is.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: desire, habits, motivation, productivity, pull, push, push vs pull, rituals

The Cost of Hitting Snooze

December 14, 2023 | Renée Fishman

In the moment you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock, you may think you’re indulging in self-care by giving yourself extra sleep. But you’re actually setting in motion a cascade of events that will wreak havoc on your body’s functions, your productivity, and your energy.

Filed Under: Life, Productivity Tagged With: habits, health, morning ritual, morning routine, productivity, rituals, sleep, snooze, wellness

Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn Offers the Structure for Your Year-End Review

December 13, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Mercury in Capricorn wants to plan the path forward; when it turns retrograde it can feel like a stop to our momentum. Rather than viewing this as a slide backward in progress, we can view it as a perfect opportunity to review and revisit issues from a new perspective.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: Capricorn, Mercury, Mercury retrograde, planning, productivity, reconsider, retrieve, retrograde, review, rework, year-end review

The Secret to Sustaining Daily Workouts

December 9, 2023 | Renée Fishman

I haven’t missed a daily workout in over a decade. This is one of my secrets for sustaining this practice and many others.

Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: daily practice, heavy, load, practice, productivity, resistance, rest, sustainability, weightlifting, weights

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