Time-Saving Tips for the Holidays

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Remember your priorities. Take shortcuts where it really doesn't matter: buy cookies instead of baking them or barter a task you don't like for one you do. I know two women who trade chores at holiday time. One hates to bake; the other hates to do crafts. So one woman decorates the other's home and wraps her presents beautifully; the other does the meal preparation and holiday baking for the other! Cut out as many social engagements as possible if you want more family time -- you can't go to a school musical when it's more convenient. Kids appreciate happy and relaxed parents more than perfect decorations.
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Get moving! However you choose to get a head start on the holiday season, you won't regret putting in the extra effort early on. Keep yourself motivated by thinking about how nice it will be to cruise through the end of December stress-free and full of holiday spirit. You might make a date with yourself to visit the mall on the last weekend before Christmas -- just so you can observe the mayhem you successfully avoided by being so productive!

Make it a productive day!

© 2008 Laura Stack. Laura Stack (www.TheProductivityPro.com/blog) is a motivational speaker who helps busy workers Leave the Office Earlier® with Maximum Results in Minimum Time. She is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., a time management firm specializing in productivity improvement in high-stress organizations. Since 1992, Laura has given presentations on improving output, lowering stress, and saving time in today's workplaces, for companies such as Microsoft, Starbucks, and 3M. She is the bestselling author of The Exhaustion Cure (2008); Find More Time (2006); and Leave the Office Earlier (2004). To have Laura speak at your event, call 303-471-7401.