Setting a regular review of your productivity system is essential for maintaining it — Part of having a working system for productivity is doing a regular review of your system and ensuring that everything is in place and ready for you when you need it. I recommend everyone schedule in a weekly review as part of your productivity habits. …

A musician friend of mine wrote a song called “Curses on Purses” that she said was inspired from the days when she lived in New York City and was a busking musician. When she left for the day, she left for the day and had to have her instrument, her…

I don’t get to work from home. I work with the public every day, so that’s not even an option. I’m lucky that I have a 20-minute walking commute and don’t need to worry about traffic. But I don’t have a very Instagram-able morning routine to share on social media…

Note-taking while reading is a bit of a different process — Are you like me and get a lot of enjoyment from reading a non-fiction book? I enjoy my fair share of romance and historical fiction, but lately my reading tastes have gravitated towards self-help, memoir, and various time periods in history or social histories. …

I work at a public library and have been preparing a program for my patrons on To-Do Apps. It’s totally in my wheelhouse and I’m grateful for the opportunity, and it’s given me a chance to revisit the apps I use, have used, and weigh out the pros and cons…

Do you mindlessly scroll social media? Haven’t we all? Do you wish you could use your time better? I’ve come up with a couple of suggestions for things to do on your smartphone when you habitually pick it up to be a little more productive. First off, I specifically moved…

For the past week, I’ve been coming to the small town library near my in-laws’ farm so I can be away from the cats and have a desk space to get some side hustle work done. Here are some observations from a public library worker: It’s a Carnegie building that…

Don’t you miss it? — I worked for Borders Books for 3.5 years. I worked at 4 different locations at that time, and went from part-time working the register to specializing in AV and Children’s, and getting promoted to Keyholder and then Inventory Supervisor. Had the chain remained I would probably be a district manager…

From reviews to weeding, here’s what it’s like to be a book at a public library — Penguin Random House — only one of the major publishers — publishes 15,000 print titles a year (that’s not counting ebooks)! That’s a lot of books a public library may want to acquire for their community. …