Adults with ADD: Are You Overcomplicating Things?
September 1, 2009
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re overcomplicating things?
There are certainly many important decisions in life that need careful consideration. But people with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) tend to get stuck “carefully considering” even the smallest decisions, like where to keep a new item that you bought, how to spend your day off, or what to order in a restaurant. We can easily over think the simplest of tasks, making them more complicated and stressful than they need to be. Continue Reading
Product of the Week: Embossed Pewter Canisters
August 31, 2009
The Big Debate over Canisters Rages On…
My mother and I have always had a big debate over whether a set of kitchen canisters on the counter top is a)useful or b)cluttery. I have always maintained the latter. It’s not that I don’t want to have flour handy for a quick white sauce or sugar for a baking job, it’s just that I don’t like a lot of stuff (or anything, really) on my counters. Continue Reading
10 Easy Steps to Good Note Taking
August 19, 2009
Taking good notes can mean the difference between a passing and a failing grade. If your notes are lacking and don’t have confidence in what you wrote, chances are you will not read the notes or take them seriously and only skim over them. If you have good notes that you trust, you will concentrate on what you wrote and the information will become imbedded in your mind.
Here are 10 tips on ‘note taking’ that will help you to study harder and more efficiently. These techniques are not only valuable for school, but for the rest of your life! Continue Reading