Comments on: Functional versus dysfunctional environments http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/functional-versus-dysfunctional-environments Creating success, one night a week Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:18:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jocelyn http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/functional-versus-dysfunctional-environments/comment-page-1#comment-492 Jocelyn Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:25:52 +0000 http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/?p=802#comment-492 You don't "delete" unwanted feeds, you choose "unsubscribe to feed" in drop down menu. I learned (a) to remove google reader from my igoogle homepage. Too distracting! (b) Caro had a great suggestion - create a folder for new feeds, like a temporary holding cell before moving blogs up to ones I read regularly (c) Meet a friend named Mark Allasread. So liberating! You don’t “delete” unwanted feeds, you choose “unsubscribe to feed” in drop down menu.

I learned (a) to remove google reader from my igoogle homepage. Too distracting!

(b) Caro had a great suggestion – create a folder for new feeds, like a temporary holding cell before moving blogs up to ones I read regularly

(c) Meet a friend named Mark Allasread. So liberating!

]]> By: christina http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/functional-versus-dysfunctional-environments/comment-page-1#comment-491 christina Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:06:29 +0000 http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/?p=802#comment-491 Could you post what you learned about managing Google Reader? I have tried multiple times unsuccessfully to delete unwanted/unread blogs and yet they keep reappearing. I have folders set up for different topics and I've now set up a Z folder to put all the blogs that I can't manage to delete. Since the folder is at the end of the alphabet, it drops to the bottom making it easy to ignore. Could you post what you learned about managing Google Reader? I have tried multiple times unsuccessfully to delete unwanted/unread blogs and yet they keep reappearing. I have folders set up for different topics and I’ve now set up a Z folder to put all the blogs that I can’t manage to delete. Since the folder is at the end of the alphabet, it drops to the bottom making it easy to ignore.

]]> By: Jocelyn http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/functional-versus-dysfunctional-environments/comment-page-1#comment-490 Jocelyn Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:00:32 +0000 http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/?p=802#comment-490 Aaah, yes. It's the small stuff. This is why I created my "clean off the kitchen counter before going to bed" rule. Also, last night on the Fun Girls call I asked for advice on managing my google reader feeds. So much unread info, why bother reading it? Aaah, yes. It’s the small stuff. This is why I created my “clean off the kitchen counter before going to bed” rule. Also, last night on the Fun Girls call I asked for advice on managing my google reader feeds. So much unread info, why bother reading it?

]]> By: Jeremie http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/functional-versus-dysfunctional-environments/comment-page-1#comment-489 Jeremie Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:17:05 +0000 http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/?p=802#comment-489 Christina, There is such a balance between being supported and time management. I would love to interact way more with other blogs, but I have had to figure out exactly what you have mentioned: which ones provide me with support and value, and which ones do I feel obligated too. I have had to cut back on the "obligated" blogs so that I have more time and balance in my life. However, I think it is also important to note, and I think I missed this in my post that, if you change an environment and discover that you are now missing something important in your life, you may want to return to that support environment again. So, if you decide to stop commenting on some blogs (hopefully not this one!) and after a certain amount of time that doesn't feel right, you can always return again. Jeremie Christina,

There is such a balance between being supported and time management. I would love to interact way more with other blogs, but I have had to figure out exactly what you have mentioned: which ones provide me with support and value, and which ones do I feel obligated too. I have had to cut back on the “obligated” blogs so that I have more time and balance in my life.

However, I think it is also important to note, and I think I missed this in my post that, if you change an environment and discover that you are now missing something important in your life, you may want to return to that support environment again.

So, if you decide to stop commenting on some blogs (hopefully not this one!) and after a certain amount of time that doesn’t feel right, you can always return again.

Jeremie

]]> By: Christina http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/functional-versus-dysfunctional-environments/comment-page-1#comment-488 Christina Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:59:00 +0000 http://www.sundaynightsuccess.com/?p=802#comment-488 Enlightening. I have many blogs that I'm subscribed too and I've known that I'm spending too much time reading and commenting. Many don't support much besides the social aspect but its more from feeling obligated to comment. I hadn't thought of them as being dysfunctional but you're right, they are. Enlightening. I have many blogs that I’m subscribed too and I’ve known that I’m spending too much time reading and commenting. Many don’t support much besides the social aspect but its more from feeling obligated to comment. I hadn’t thought of them as being dysfunctional but you’re right, they are.

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