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Celebrity Bucket List Wishes

August 28, 2014/0 Comments/in Contest, Fellow List Producers, Happiness, List Making, People, Tool for Success, Travel/by Paula Rizzo

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The past few weeks I’ve been doing a contest with SkinnyScoop.com where you can win a chance to have a productivity session with me and a $50 Amazon gift card! All you have to do it share you bucket list on Skinny Scoop before September 5th. To get you motivated to share your bucket list I’ve created a list of celebrities who have talked about their own plans.

Jim Belushi, Actor

“I’d love to do Broadway one day. I’ve done Broadway, but I’ve never opened my own show on Broadway.” Read more

Checklist to Overcome the End of Summer Blues

August 26, 2014/0 Comments/in Children, Food, Happiness, Holidays, Home, People, Reduce Stress, Travel/by Paula Rizzo

As the summer draws to a close the cooling temperatures and waining sunlight can leave us feeling down. But it’s not over yet, there’s a chance for you to extend your summer experience and keep the good feelings going through into the fall.

Eat Summer Foods – While most summer foods are actually available all year round, they are undoubtably at their peak right now. So indulge in some tomatoes or strawberries while their still in season. Read more

Adopt a “Back to School” Mentality

August 19, 2014/0 Comments/in Decision Making, Happiness, Reduce Stress/by Paula Rizzo

Even if you don’t have a child in school most people will get the “back to school feeling” in September. I know I do as soon as the weather starts to cool down. Summer Fridays are over and it’s time to buckle down for another winter. September is also a great time to do a personal and professional status check. Are you happy with your job? Your career? Your home life? If not, now is a great time to start making new goals.

Here’s a list to help get you back on track this September:

Look at your job through the eyes of your intern – Whenever I get down on my job…I think about the excitement of what it was like when I showed one of my interns around for the first time. They are always in awe of all the equipment in the control room, the buzz in the newsroom and the energy in the studio. It’s easy to forget these things when you’re walking in there every day. Make sure you don’t take your awesome space for granted.

Getting Rid of Writer’s Block is as Easy as Baking a Cake

August 14, 2014/0 Comments/in Fitness, Food, Happiness, Increase Productivity, Tool for Success/by Paula Rizzo

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We are all writers in some form or another. Some of you will have your own blog or journal, or maybe you’re a student writing essay after essay. Even office workers write emails or send out a few tweets here and there. I’ve been fortunate enough to never really suffer with writer’s block. Not that often, at least. It can be difficult to break out of though.

Here’s a checklist of tricks to try when writer’s block pops up:

1. Bake a cake – I’m not kidding, baking a cake (or any other sweet treat) is a great way to get your creative juices flowing. Thinking about your ingredients and what your going to make helps to distract you from the problem at hand and gives you something else to focus on. Once you’ve put the cake in the oven, go back and look and your work with fresh eyes. You’ll probably find what was missing before. Plus you’ll have something tasty to eat once you’ve finished your work! (My intern Nicole has found this method to work time and time again!) Read more

Win Free Stuff for Sharing Your Bucket List

August 5, 2014/0 Comments/in Benefits of List Making, Fellow List Producers, Happiness, Holidays, People, Reduce Stress, Travel/by Paula Rizzo

This past week I went on vacation to Miami for my birthday. I had a fantastic time relaxing by the beach and eating lots of delicious food. Even though this wasn’t an especially exotic vacation, it got me thinking about my bucket list and all the amazing places I’d love to visit and things I want to do before I “kick the bucket.” The thing about having a bucket list is that it is personal to you, so you’ll never feel like your list isn’t as good as someone else or the other way around.

My Bucket List

Thinking about the goals you would like to achieve is a great way to get started planning your future…especially after having another birthday! If you’ve always wanted to trek along the Inca Trail – why not research what time of year is best to go and what you’ll need to bring?

Here are a few things I’ve got on my own bucket list:

Visit San Francisco
Live in Paris
Hold a koala bear Read more