10 Simple Steps for Copying a Video Off of Facebook

Grandparents, aunts, and uncles want to save videos of their little relatives that parents post on Facebook, but Facebook doesn't make it easy! 

Spending Too Much Time On-line

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I love the computer. As a blogger and a research attorney, I spend a lot of time in front of my laptop.

Small Groups on Facebook Can Change Your Mental Health

Lots of my planner and blogger friends are members of huge Facebook groups. There is even one for Giftie Etcetera fans.

How to Promote Your Blog For Free

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I read a really funny but absolutely true meme on Facebook once that said,  "98.5% of being smart is knowing what you are dumb at."

How to Use the Internet Like a Pro

If you are reading this, you are probably either a blogger or a Loyal Reader of my planner posts. 

Like me, you probably try to be smart about the internet and how you use it, either to promote your blog or to manage your life.

A Blogger's Guide to Rocking Facebook in Under 5 Minutes

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Most bloggers and business owners have a Facebook page for promoting posts.

If it takes you more than about five minutes per day to deal with the page or if you have to pay to promote your posts, you need to improve how you are using your Facebook page to save time and money!

How to Improve a Blog for a Year of Blogging Success

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My tiny blog has grown a lot over this past year. 

As I type this, the year is coming to an end and I am reviewing all that I have accomplished.

Top Ten Planner Posts of the Year: #7

Today's 7th most popular planner post of the year is about stuff that I don't do in my planner!

Throughout the rest of the year, I'll add to the countdown.

3 Things You Never Knew You Could Do on Facebook

Facebook is always changing. Recently, they rolled out three cool features that you should know about.

Take Your Blog from Cookie Cutter to Fabulous

I recently participated in a blog review. 

Each of us got assigned several blogs to review honestly. Then, we received all the reviews of our own blog in an e-mail.

Smart Organizing Logic From My Younger Self

Back in 2012, I wrote about organizing.

Not much has changed.

The Technology That I Use for Planning and Blogging

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I use a paper planner, but as a blogger, I am very techno-savvy. 

How can a Luddite in the world of planners love to tweak HTML and edit YouTube videos?

And what I am willing to spend (you KNOW it's not much) to do so?

Parenting, Planners, and Public Speaking

Once a week, I focus on technology. But I don't limit the technology talk to my blog.

I also teach my kids how to use technology in a positive way.

Currently, that means learning how to write, produce, and star in their own YouTube videos for kids.

Planner people, especially those with children or grandchildren, keep reading. I've got a special tutorial for you to watch (with or without your kid) about using planners!

How to Increase Blog Pageviews By Being Yourself

I'm friendly, intense, energetic, intelligent, and obsessed with planning.

Even with all that, last year my blog stats were low. Really low. I had a core group of fans (my Loyal Readers), but that was it. No one else even knew my little blog existed.

3 Common Reasons for Planner Fail (and How to Overcome Them)

Planner peace is so elusive.

People want a way to keep their lives in order and record their thoughts and to dos.

But time and time again, they fail.

Don't be one of those people! 

It's Time to Start Planning for the Holidays

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I hate it when a store plays Christmas music before Thanksgiving.

I rarely buy a single gift before Black Friday.

I never put up a tree until we have some leftover turkey in the fridge.

Check out the nose on our Cajun St. Nick!

7 Smart Ways to Attract Readers to Old Blog Posts

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

I feel your pain. I wrote blog posts in the past. 

Some are awful.

The perfectionist in me wants to fix them.

Some were brilliant, but no one had discovered my blog back then.

Some are incredible, jammed-packed with great information, and went viral.

People still visit those posts. And, frankly, letting them look at them is the digital equivalent of that picture of me in the 1980s with my mullet.

(Stay tuned for that goodness, later in this post!)

Achieving All Your Fitness Goals by Understanding What Motivates You

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Staying in shape this summer was super easy.

Dump Your Smart Phone (For a Planner)

I understand. You love your smart phone.

I do, too. I am a proponent of technology. I use my smart phone all day - to check email, make calls, look up information, and check Facebook.

But for planning, I think it's time for most people to break up with technology.

You Can Solve Your Planner Problems

Some people have called me a planner guru. They tease me about how I have to write everything down and comment, "you're so organized."

HA HA HA HA HA!

I am such an imperfect plannerd!

Today's Flashback Post proves it. (Make sure to read it.)

Since then, I've changed the tip that I gave in that flashback post from writing computer-related tasks on a post-it app to using OneNote with my Surface Pro 3.

Depending on your laptop, you might decide to use a post-it app or OneNote.

Otherwise, though, I doing things the exact same way. The solutions still work years later.

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