by Havi Brooks | Apr 21, 2010 | mindful time management, stucknesses & stuckification
Okay. Iguanability is short for Iguanaccountability, which is the best kind of accountability there is. Because it’s deguiltified. And because of the iguanas. Iguanas = the [stupid, crappy, annoying] things you don’t feel like doing. Calling them iguanas...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 18, 2010 | mindful time management
On January 12th of 2009, my duck and I decided to go on Email Sabbatical. The plan? To not read, write, or think about email. I called it the let’s see what 2009 will be like without email experiment. A month later, we wrote about it. In a post called The Great Email...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 15, 2010 | mindful time management, stucknesses & stuckification
Background: the metaphor technique is something I’ve adapted from Suzette Haden Elgin’s teachings. It’s a terrifically great tool for destuckifying. We play with this one at the Kitchen Table and at some of my wacky events. It’s mainly an...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 21, 2010 | mindful time management, stucknesses & stuckification
Explanation please? Iguanability is short for Iguanaccountability, which is what happens when you get deguiltified accountability with your iguanas. Iguanas are the [stupid, crappy, annoying] things you don’t feel like doing. Doing this iguanability thing is a...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 12, 2010 | mindful time management, stucknesses & stuckification
Uh. This might take some explaining. Possibly. Let’s see. So at my Kitchen Table we have a Deguiltified Chicken board, which is this zero-guilt space to get acknowledgment and cheering while working on stupid crap we don’t want to do. The chicken joke? Not...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 19, 2009 | mindful time management
I keep seeing this “timestamp” thing freaking my people out. You know, setting a date for something. This is when it’s finally happening. Because, you know, the productivity guru-ey people need you to say that whatever it is you’re busy...