Posts Tagged ‘home’

10 Tools for the Non-Handy Person’s Toolbox

I’m not handy. I wish I were, sometimes – I’d love to craft a bookcase, patio bench, or computer hutch with my hands, or even fix a busted electrical outlet. But I can’t – somewhere along the line I missed out on developing that talent, and at this point in my life learning to be more handy is simply too far down on my list of priorities to be very… Continue reading

September 21 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: home, housework, maintenance, repair, tool | 17 comments»

A Place of One’s (Work’s) Own

I’m moving this month, and one of the things I’m looking for in a new apartment, even though I live alone, is a second bedroom where I can put up an office. My current place is a small 1-bedroom, and while there is a little computer “nook” in one corner of the living room, it’s just not working for me.

I’d noticed my productivity falling… Continue reading

August 3 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: home, mind, priming, psychology, work, work-life balance | 43 comments»

Review (and a Contest!): “10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget” by the Writers at Wisebread

For years now, the folks at Wisebread have been giving out great advice on living well for less. Now they’ve gathered all their wisdom together between two covers in 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget, a new book featuring hundreds of great ideas from all their talented writers. Beautifully designed and engagingly written, 10,001 Ways… is a fun read straight through… Continue reading

May 18 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: budget, contest, finance, home, household, Lifestyle, wisebread | 121 comments»

Managing the Transition from Office Job to Work-at-Home

When lay-offs and redundancies are on the rise, it generally follows that people trying to make a living from home, working for themselves, or over the Internet are on the increase as well. So it stands to reason that as we speak, thousands of people are sitting in their new home office (quite possibly the living room, or the dining room table) and tearing their hair out asking: How do… Continue reading

March 18 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: focus, home, office, work | 14 comments»

10 Resources for Beginning Freelancers

The idea of making a comfortable living without leaving your home or putting pants on in the morning is an idea that makes many people drool all over their office clothes. No more commutes, no more company politics.There are negative aspects to freelancing—clients can be slow to pay or demand millions of revisions that decrease the quality of the product—but the positives by far outweigh the negatives. But, if you… Continue reading

December 3 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: freelancing, home, Money, office, work | 21 comments»

Home Automation: Evaluating the Options

In Monday's article, we discussed the various ways home automation can make life easier. Today we'll look at the primary commercial methods of automating the home—a true and grand lifehack, in that it hacks the primary habitat in your life!At the end of the day, there are two main methods of home automation. The most popular is probably most popular because it is most affordable, and that's plug-in automation provided… Continue reading

November 19 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: automation, Communication, entertainment, home, lighting, security | 8 comments»

Home Automation: What It Can Do for You

Over my next couple of articles, we're going to take a look at home automation. This is a fascinating area that is, for some, a reality, but for many, something that borders on science fiction. The truth is, there are all sorts of products out there to help you automate elements of your home, ranging from those that the average Joe can afford and implement to those that cost as… Continue reading

November 17 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: automation, Communication, entertainment, home, lighting, security | 8 comments»

50 Ways to Make Your Home More Organized, More Attractive, and More Efficient

The modern home is far bigger than the home of just 30 years ago – and far more cluttered! How can that happen? Basically, our demand for stuff is outstripping our ability to buy space – no wonder self-storage is one of the leading growth industries in the United States.Questions about runaway consumerism aside, what all this excess stuff means for most of us is more time spent maintaining… Continue reading

September 8 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: cleaning, clutter, home, organization, paperwork, storage | 21 comments»

Summer Giveaway: Living Your Values at Home

We all know about using the recycling bin and using reusable grocery bags, but how else can we live our values at home -- whether they're environmental, political, religious, moral, social, or otherwise?Sam Davidson and Stephen Moseley tackle the question of living according to your values in their book New Day Revolution, along with dozens of tips for bringing positive action into every part of your day. The winner… Continue reading

August 21 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: art, environment, ethics, giveaway, home, life, values, work-life balance | 51 comments»

Summer Giveaway: Let’s Relax!

Summer’s almost over, folks! I don’t know about you, but my summer was go! go! go! the whole time. Between the kids being off school, writing a ton (here and elsewhere), finishing up and self-publishing a book, keeping the house in order, looking for a new house (looks like we found one!), and of course, working my day job, I’m bushed.Time to relax!Ah, but how? It can be hard to… Continue reading

August 20 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: aromatherapy, giveaway, home, life, relaxation, white-noise, work, work-life balance | 25 comments»

Summer Giveaway: Let’s Organize Stuff

Welcome to Day 2 of the Lifehack Great Big Summer Giveaway. Today, let’s talk about organizing your home.Keeping your house, apartment, shack, or cardboard box organized and presentable is a constant struggle for most of us. There never seems to be enough space for all our stuff – and if we do find a place to put everything, we can never seem to find it again when we need it.Maybe… Continue reading

August 19 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: giveaway, home, life, organization, rubbermaid, work | 76 comments»

Summer Giveaway: How Do You Balance Your Work and Home Life?

Let's open the Lifehack Great Big Summer Giveaway with a big question -- and a big prize! How about a 1-year subscription to The Clutter Diet? The Clutter Diet puts a team of Professional Organizers – including our own Lorie Marrero, creator of The Clutter Diet – at your disposal to help you whip your house into… Continue reading

August 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: clutter-diet, giveaway, home, life, organization, work, work-life balance | 10 comments»

Home/Work: The Great Big Summer Giveaway

It's here, folks: The Lifehack Great Big Summer Giveaway! We've got some great sponsors, great prizes, and some great contests coming up over the next couple of weeks."Home/Work" is the theme of the giveaway, and over the next two weeks we'll be asking you, Lifehack's readers, to tell us how you manage the tricky feat of keeping your home life and… Continue reading

August 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: giveaway, home, work-life, work-life balance | 3 comments»

10 Hacks to Improve Your Home Office Productivity

If you work from home, the central part of your work life is the home office. For some, that means the kitchen table, but most of us assign a specific room to be the base of operations and (try to) do our work from there each day.Given that we must take into consideration strategy before tactics, it stands to reason that we should make it a room… Continue reading

April 25 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: creativity, focus, home, ideas, office, workspace | 22 comments»

How to Back-up Your Life

Too often people go through life with a tunnel vision approach of how they plan to go about their daily activities, long term goals and work related endeavors. Any well thought-out strategy is successful because the planners know that “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”.Life is always tossing in the monkey wrench. You should never assume that what you plan today will… Continue reading

January 17 2008 | By AJ | Tagged: backup, career, home, planning | 20 comments»

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