Greetings to all of our gracious WLC blog and forum readers. We are truly grateful that you are taking the time to make WLC a better place. We envisioned this place being a hub for productive talk and tips and tidbits that can help you out every day.

It has been quite awhile since I last posted a blog post here at WLC. Things happen and this blog kept sliding down my list of priorities. Hopefully that has all changed and I will be here every two weeks with some insight that I hope you find helpful.

One of the things that has led me back into blogging (both here and my regular gigs at Black Belt Productivity and 1-Man IT Department) is that I have taken a long look at my areas of focus (GTD’s 20,000 level),  and gotten them straightened out so that I can be more productive. I have identified a number of areas in my life that I need to pay more regular attention to in the future and ‘Blogger‘ is one of the main areas that was lacking and I would like to remedy.

My biggest ‘Blogger‘ goal is to be able to network with others in relevant other areas in my life. I really want to try to better myself in a number of different ways and creating a network of like minded individuals is the best way that I can think of doing that. Sitting down with a piece of paper (or blank text document on your computer) and thinking about all of the areas that you are responsible for is really empowering.  It showed me that I was being pulled in many different directions and not succeeding at any of them. Now, before I make any commitments, I look at where it falls in relation to other areas (father, husband, IT professional, baseball coach to name a few) and make a much more informed decision.

I am hoping that this will allow me to plan better in all facets of my life. To be able to sit down and plan out blog topics for here or at BBP (with Jason) will hopefully result in better content from all of us. I would like to use it to hopefully branch out into a couple of areas that I have never attempted before, but suddenly have the urge to try.

What areas in your life are you struggling with? Have you had a planning session on how you might want to remedy that?  Take it to the blog and see what other WLC members think!