Tag: Time Management

• Choosing the Next Right Thing

  

  As someone who is easily overwhelmed by everyday life, I think about this phrase all the time: the next right thing.

  kathrynvela

  August 19, 2025

  Challenges, Uncategorized

  decision-making, goals, leadership, life, mental-health, new job, New role, Pareto Principle, priorities, productivity, Project Management, task management, Time Management, Todoist, values-based decision making, weekly reflection, work-life balance

• Aligning Your Work with What Truly Matters

  

  Whether you’re a solo librarian, part of a team, or managing a department, these time management strategies will help you focus on what matters most and reduce the noise that distracts you from your core mission.

  kathrynvela

  May 1, 2025

  Librarianship

  80/20 rule, calendar, efficiency, goal setting, goal-setting, goals, leadership, librarian, library, Pareto Principle, priorities, productivity, Professional Development, self-improvement, task management, time blocking, Time Management, values

• Rethinking Productivity in the Season of Motherhood

  

  When I discovered I was going to be a mother, I knew that my understanding of productivity would need to evolve. I welcomed these changes, seeing them as an opportunity to be more deliberate with my time and energy. What I didn’t quite expect was that my toolbox of productivity strategies would be largely useless…

  kathrynvela

  February 27, 2025

  Challenges

  Balance, career change, Change, librarian, Management, Manager, productivity, Professional Development, Time Management, Working Mother