by Dr. Kate Siner | Jan 28, 2014 | Dr. Kate's Blog
4. Separate your homespace from your workspace. Once you\’ve assembled a bunch of homey things in your homiest possible place, and a bunch of worky things in your workiest possible place, separate them like a Puritan chaperone dividing teenagers. Even if your...
by Dr. Kate Siner | Jan 27, 2014 | Dr. Kate's Blog
3. Use your mental states to create physical spaces. The next step in keeping your work and home lives healthy and pristine is creating physical environments that support each side. Let\’s start with your homespace. Find the spot in your current domicile that...
by Dr. Kate Siner | Jan 26, 2014 | Dr. Kate's Blog
2. Establish a productive inner \”state of work.\” If you\’re lucky, you do the kind of work that sparks your creativity and makes you want to meet its challenges. For me that work is writing: Although I find it hellishly hard, it\’s the first...
by Dr. Kate Siner | Jan 25, 2014 | Dr. Kate's Blog
The time has come to write. I feel this on an almost cellular level. Why? Because I\’m sitting in my writing chair, wearing my writing glasses, chewing my writing gum. Now, I could sit in this chair, wear these glasses, and chew this gum while knitting tea...
by Dr. Kate Siner | Dec 26, 2013 | Dr. Kate's Blog
Sometimes, busy workdays can feel like a marathon with the finish line still miles away. You enter your office early to find a mountain of work waiting for you, a full inbox, and a calendar blocked out with meetings. It’s no wonder so many of us have grown accustomed...
