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Executive Functioning Tip #9: Tickler Files
(Tip #9 of the series 15 Tips to Support Your Brain for Good Time Management) I’d never heard of a tickler file until my son introduced me to Getting Things Done by David Allen. Apparently the idea has...
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Executive Functioning Tip #10: Filing Those Papers so You can Find Them |...
(Tip #10 of the series 15 Tips to Support Your Brain for Good Time Management) For my own time management skills, paper organization was the last skill I mastered as I got control of my executive...
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See Your Future – Can the Resolutions
January is the traditional time to make a list of resolutions to improve our behavior. For those with executive functioning challenges it may be a time to make “resolutions” to clean up time management...
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Executive Functioning Tip #11: Create Space
My time management tip for today isn’t exactly about time, it’s about the “stuff” in our lives. I firmly believe that the stuff in our home and work environment takes up space in our brains as well....
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Executive Functioning Tip #12: Restorative Time
I always tell clients that they won’t to use their time-management tools if they aren’t planning the space and time to do things that are fun, that restore your energy, your spirit, and give you joy....
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Executive Funtioning Tip #13 – Eat Well
Time Tip #13: Eat Well—Menu Planning Our brain, the center of our executive functioning, requires fuel. It takes energy to power our brain and that energy originates in food. That’s why I include...
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Executive Functioning Tip #14 – Exercise
Tip #14: Exercise To maximize your executive functioning–exercise. Exercise is good for your body and your brain. Setting a goal to exercise more is often on people’s to do lists. However the good...
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Executive Funtioning Tip #15: Sleep—A Fundamental Key to Executive...
Tip #15: Sleep The brain needs sleep. Getting enough sleep is critical for executive functioning. Typical adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep a night. Children and adolescents do best...
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Three Reasons to Use Old Technology for Productivity
Today we are all about using the latest greatest technology. Trust me, I’ve got my fair share of digital devices which I count on to make my life work. And, after fighting it for eons, I now have, and...
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Introduction to Teaching the Sklar Process Summer 2013
Join Marydee Sklar, the creator of the Sklar Process and author of the Seeing My Time books, to learn how to help children, adolescent and adults to build the executive function skills of time...
View ArticleExecutive Functioning Tip #8: Paper Piles
(Tip #8 of the series 15 Tips to Support Your Brain for Good Time Management) Piles of paper haunt many people who have issues with executive functioning. For me, paper management was the last piece of...
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Executive Functioning Tip #1: Get a Picture of Your Whole Life for the Whole...
(Tip #1 of the series 15 Tips to Support Your Brain for Good Time Management) A brain that lacks the executive functioning skills of time management, planning, and prioritizing creates a life full of...
View ArticleExecutive Functioning Tip #2: Plan to Carry a Planner; Paper vs. Technology
(Tip #2 of the series 15 Tips to Support Your Brain for Good Time Management) Let’s talk about the executive functioning challenges of using computers and smart phones as effective time management...
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Using Time Management to Strengthen Your Values
I just finished up the summer class for the Teaching the Seeing My Time Program. I love teaching this course and I’m always a little sad when it is over. Such wonderful people gather together to learn...
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Free Presentation from Marydee Sklar: 50 Tips to Help Your Student Succeed
Learn from Marydee Sklar, the creator of the Seeing My Time program, as she teaches practical tips and strategies for supporting students with their executive functions. In this presentation, you will...
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The Executive Function of Future Thinking: A Real Life Example
I have been focusing a lot lately on the executive function skill of “future thinking” or planning and prioritization, which is required for meeting multi-step goals. A year ago I participated in an...
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Executive Functioning Tip #5: Digital Clocks versus Analog Clocks
(Tip #5 of the series 15 Tips to Support Your Brain for Good Time Management), updated August 30, 2022 Today it’s hard to imagine that waaaaaaay back, around 1982, the digital clock was hot new...
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