managing attention

Tips, tricks and observations about living an ordered life, despite being arguably crazy. If you have issues with focus and attention, these posts might be helpful. Or at least entertaining.

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  Leading from any position

  Posted on November 3, 2011 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships

  Chris and I decided to create new characters and play through the first two Mass Effect games, this time making choices bearing in mind what we know about the last game in the series. We also wanted one last run through each to see some of the differences in plot that would come from making [...]

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  Costumes & Candy, Cider & Cornbread

  Posted on November 1, 2011 by Kat French in managing attention, real life, relationships

  I think it’s safe to say that “Halloween @ Aunt Katina’s House” is now a family tradition. It’s probably 50% location, and 50% my extreme enthusiasm for any holiday that involves shameless chocolate consumption and flamboyant costumes*. My sisters both live in much more typically suburban or straight-up rural neighborhoods, with no sidewalks, long driveways and [...]

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  Happy Bosses’ Day

  Posted on October 17, 2011 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  I bet you didn’t know today was National Bosses’ Day, did ya? These days, and especially in the blogoverse, it’s not fashionable to say you like not being your own boss. But I like not being my own boss. I can say that pretty conclusively, having been my own boss and run my own company [...]

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  Getting Ready for PodCamp! (& Sharing about Oversharing)

  Posted on October 13, 2011 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships

  So next weekend, on Saturday October 22, I’m heading to Cincinnati again. Well, technically, northern Kentucky, but it’s in the metro Cincy area in the same way that my small Indiana hometown is technically in the metro Louisville area. I’m going to be attending (and presenting!) at PodCamp Cincinnati. My topic?  Separating the Professional from [...]

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  The School of Work & Wonder

  Posted on October 6, 2011 by Kat French in managing attention, real life, story & craft

  Fall always makes me want to go back to school.  Partly for nostalgic reasons, but partly because I like learning new stuff. I was cleaning this last weekend, and I noticed several college textbooks in my garage from when Chris was attending Cincinnati Christian College. So I decided to go back to school this fall, [...]

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  Five Reasons I Love Culvers

  Posted on September 30, 2011 by Kat French in managing attention

  As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been working remotely from southern Indiana a couple days a week due to #Shermageddon.  Most of the day, I’m working from home, since without the kids, it’s generally a wonderfully quiet, high-focus environment. But after a couple of weeks, I’ve learned that if I need to keep working after 4PM [...]

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