Quiz Time: Are you more of a What-er or a When-er?

Quiz Time: Are you more of a What-er or a When-er?

In our almost two decades of training others toward Togetherness, we have noticed that people tend to Together themselves across two different dimensions. There are those people who seem to favor the calendar a bit more (we call them When-ers) and those that strongly...
How Does Maia Stay Together? Commitment Issues and System Hopping

How Does Maia Stay Together? Commitment Issues and System Hopping

I have a confession. Ever since I finished my latest book last February (a little over a year ago), I’ve been playing the field a bit with my Together Systems. As a longtime printed daily Outlook / Workflowy / Evernote combo lady, I’ve been experimenting with some new...
DEEP Admin Time: Do You Need Some?

DEEP Admin Time: Do You Need Some?

We have all heard the phrases Life Admin, Cave Time, and Infrastructure Weeks at this point, but let me coin a new one for you — DEEP Admin.  A few weeks ago, I had several evenings to myself (the reality of divorced parenting life is my biological kiddos were...
How Colorful is Your Calendar?

How Colorful is Your Calendar?

Perhaps you did a Spring Calendar Sweep and your appointments and events are looking tight – in line with priorities, time built in to prepare, some buffer zones – but my question is: how does your calendar make you FEEL? You may think this is kind of a funny question...
Our Top Three Favorite Calendar Hacks

Our Top Three Favorite Calendar Hacks

As a 25-year veteran Outlook user and right there behind it with my family Google calendar, I like to think I’ve learned a few tricks here and there. And Outlook continues to up its game with the new Evernote calendar integration, with MS Planner, and with the reboot...
5 Calendar Sweep Questions: Spring Break Edition

5 Calendar Sweep Questions: Spring Break Edition

For many of us, spring break is upon us. Whether you’re like our friends in Texas on break in early-ish March or like my own kids who have a mid-April break, most of you are managing to take a week off somewhere in March or April (except some of you nonprofit folks...