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All the thoughts, organized and disorganized, from the "All The Tasks Fit to Print" Newsletter

Patreon, AI, and Humanity

Not to put too fine a point on it: I've launched a Patreon! You may or may not have picked up on the fact that this was never actually part of my original business plan for the Task Mistress. When it came up a few weeks ago, though, I was struck with how obvious it...

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Over planning, Over Thinking, and Over It!!!

The trouble with being so emotionally invested in planning for the future, though, is that while it may occasionally prevent catastrophe, the rest of the time it tends to exacerbate the very anxiety it was supposed to ally. ~ Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks I...

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Extraordinarily Ordinary, Pt. 5 – Wrap up!

  (Dang, I did not expect this story to take five parts to tell! But it is a pretty epic tale, IMHO. Well, at least for me!) When we left off (insert dramatic intro montage!) I had applied project management principles to start the long, slow slog of...

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Extraordinarily Ordinary, Pt. 4

  In the prior episode along this journey, I finally started to instigate some change in myself! Wooo hoooo!!!! *jazz hands* I put my project management experience to use by figuring out the three most critical projects I was facing: Fix brain Resolve marriage...

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Extraordinarily Ordinary, Pt. 3

Welcome back to my backstory! This is the third part of a five-part series explaining how I got where I am today as a solopreneur and productivity expert. The rocky road continues... Last week I talked about my big breakdown and my difficult, tottering first steps...

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Extraordinarily Ordinary, pt. 2

  Welcome back to the back-story! This is part two of the tale explaining why and how I started this business coaching solopreneurs on project management and productivity. Last issue I wrote about how a life-altering insight in 2007 did not actually alter my life...

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Extraordinarily Ordinary, pt. 1

  In May of 2022, I slammed my foot on the clutch of my life and threw it into fifth gear by launching this business, The Task Mistress. It had been an idea idling in my brain for a long time, but not going anywhere. A friend said I should start selling my...

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Can You Recipe?

  Clients are often wary when I first mention using project management to corral their calendar and tasks list. I get it, because project management is a whole big field of expertise with its own certifications and PhD programs. It sounds overwhelming! But then I...

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