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We’re moving!

Kim — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:52:58 +0000

I’ve decided to merge this blog with my blog for educators, “Edumusings”, as many of the topics I want to cover are really for both educators and learners. I’m also going to be including more general posts on personal and home organisation.

You can find the new blog, still called “Learning. Life”, here. I hope I’ll see you there

How to get more organised part 2: Make homes

Kim — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:10:52 +0000

Are your poor, unloved possessions lying around the place, with no home to go to?

Look around: if you have piles of “stuff” and you don’t know where to put it … watch out – the SPCC (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Clutter) might be on your tail! Find homes for all that poor stuff now!

Why: stuff without a home will lie on your tables, floors and shelves, begging for attention and cluttering up your home.

How to find your stuff a home in 3 easy steps:

If something is just lying around because you don’t know where to put it –

1. Pick it up.

2. Decide if it is (a) useful or (b) beautiful. If not, give it to a home that loves it. Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

3. If it’s useful or beautiful, find a home for it, close to where you use it.

If you use it often, put it somewhere handy.
If you hardly ever use it, repeat step 1 then, if you still have it, put it somewhere a bit harder to get at. If you haven’t used it in 6 months’ time, repeat step 1.
If you think it’s beautiful, display it somewhere. If you have too much to display, repeat step 1. If you still have it, consider storing some things away and rotating what you display.

A note on notes: if you have piles of notes and assignments from old courses, consider carefully whether they will be useful to you in the future. If you think they will, file them away, and review in a year’s time. Next year it may seem basic – or out of date.

For any paperwork, consider going electronic for non-legal documents (for accounting, tax and legal documents keep the original safely).

Happy home hunting!

16 ways to keep a razor-sharp focus

Kim — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:08:33 +0000

A great post on keeping focus from Leo of Zen Habits: 16 ways to keep a razor-sharp focus at work – good for students, too.

Welcome!

Kim — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:40:16 +0000

Hi – welcome to the Learning and Life blog. This blog is a place for me to share my reflections on learning, living, and how to do both. Over the next few months I will be blogging about:

Setting goals for this year
Figuring out what’s important, rather than urgent
Planning your study amongst all those parties (or work committments)

and, as test and exam season approaches, I will talk about study skills and tips, and how to study smarter, rather than harder.

Good luck with your plans for this year, and I look forward to seeing you here again.