023 – Getting Done While Still Having Fun: Holiday and New Year Productivity Planning – ProductivityCast

Summary: The winter holidays season is upon us and soon the new year! And, there’s no time like the present to start planning for the upcoming holidays and new year. To reduce distress and increase the opportunities to enjoy and celebrate time with family, friends and work colleagues during this season, good planning (and execution) is vital. What do you do to prepare for the holidays and new year? In this cast, the ProductivityCast team converses about strategies to squeeze more out of your time and resources during the holidays season. You’ll learn about Art Gelwick’s phrase for the celebration season, “getting done while still having fun.” What are your holidays and new year planning routines? Share them in the comments, comment on this cast on our ProductivityCast Facebook Page, or contact us to let us know! And, thanks for listening!<br> <br> If you'd like to discuss this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post).<br> <br> In this Cast | Holiday and New Year Productivity Planning<br> <br> Ray Sidney-Smith<br> <br> Augusto Pinaud<br> <br> Francis Wade<br> <br> Art Gelwicks<br> <br> Show Notes | Holiday and New Year Productivity Planning<br> <br> Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context.<br> <br> Holiday Budget Planner (Excel template) <br> Deep Work by Cal Newport<br> <br> AndroidWear smartwatches<br> <br> Apple Watch<br> <br> Time demands - also in Francis Wade’s book, Perfect Time-Based Productivity<br> <br> Evernote<br> <br> OneNote<br> <br> Google Keep<br> <br> Raw Text Transcript<br> <br> Raw, unedited and machine-produced text transcript so there may be substantial errors, but you can search for specific points in the episode to jump to, or to reference back to at a later date and time, by keywords or key phrases. The time coding is h:mm:ss.ms to h:mm:ss.ms (e.g., 0:00:00.000,0:00:04.000 starts at 0.00 seconds and ends at 4 seconds in the cast's audio).