By Jessie Pressman It’s that time of year…that time when we vow to change ourselves for the better. We make resolutions and promises to ourselves... and sometimes we keep them, but most of the time all of those resolutions and promises are forgotten by February. Why is it that we can’t keep our resolutions? Why is it that we so often fail? I’ll admit, I’ve made my fair share of resolutions and, like most of you, I’ve failed miserably at keeping them. What I want to share with

Bingeing has become a huge part of our society’s culture. Binge eating, binge watching of tv shows, binge dieting…often this bingeing has negative connotations. But what about binge focusing? I previously wrote about harnessing my focus when I notice that I’m zoned-in…what I’ve come to realize in paying more attention to this is that I can take advantage of that focus in bursts and get way more completed than I would going in and out of focus for twice or even three times tha

Branching out to work on my own has had many challenges…it’s also had many pleasant surprises. One challenge that turned into a pleasant surprise was learning to harness my focus in a different way. Working in a traditional office setting for the majority of my career, I learned to adapt to the environment. Trying to focus in a noisy, open, collaborative office can be quite a challenge, so I adopted my own tricks to deal with the noise and interruptions. Some interruptions, t