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Holiday Stress Busters

November 29, 2008

Feeling tired and tense as the holidays approach? Here are some more tips to manage stress and make your holidays more relaxed: Don’t be hard on yourself. Lower some of your expectations such as finding the perfect gift for everyone on your list. Divide and conquer. Enlist the help of others to get the holiday tasks [...]

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Five Quick Clutter Cures

November 22, 2008

Yes, I know that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that you have been busy planning and preparing. So I am thinking that some of the clutter might have reappeared in your day-to-day life. Here are five easy and quick clutter cures that can calm the pre-holiday chaos right now: take all the paper [...]

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Stress Less with a Holiday Budget

November 15, 2008

Even though I have posted about planning for a stress-free holiday, we haven’t yet touched on the topic of stressing less for the holidays by having a spending plan…it isn’t too late to mention it here. If you haven’t thought about your holiday budget yet here are some tips to build an easy system keep track [...]

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Timeline to Thanksgiving Day Success

October 28, 2008

So you began your holiday checklist and just realized that you have to take a detour and plan a Thanksgiving dinner too. By adding the following tasks to your calendar for early November (during the first two weeks) you will enjoy your Thanksgiving Day preparations as well as the actual celebration: Invite your guests. Determine the [...]

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What You Can Do Before the Holidays To Stress Less – Part 2

October 18, 2008

Here are five more tips to help you achieve the calm and peaceful holiday you have always wished for: Schedule time in your calendar now for holiday baking and cooking. Begin recipe collection and ingredient purchases for staples.  Also plan to prepare and freeze a few make-ahead meals for busy days. If you plan to [...]

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What You Can Do Before the Holidays To Stress Less – Part 1

October 14, 2008

Organizing several tasks weeks prior to the December can reduce some of your holiday stress. So take some time now to plan for a calmer, more joyous holiday. Here are some ideas of tasks that you can begin accomplishing now: Determine your holiday travel plans now. Make reservations now. If you aren’t traveling, but planning holiday [...]

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Holiday Planning Tips You Can Use

October 11, 2008

The holidays are a joyful time of year…time to spend with family and friends. A special time of the year to share hearth and home…to celebrate the season. Or does the word holiday conjure up feelings of stress, thoughts of chaos and a sense of being overwhelmed? Would you rather just book a trip to a sunny location [...]

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Manage Your Energy And Not Your Time

October 7, 2008

Do you feel that you need more than 24 hours in a day? Do you tell others about all the things you would accomplish if you just had more time? Do you feel time deprived? We all just have 24 hours every day. How do you spend it? Are you focusing on the things that [...]

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Are Your “Incompletes” Draining Your Energy?

June 17, 2008

I think the activity of evaluating the “incompletes” in your life and dealing with them is so important that I will share one other perspective with you today. In assessing your list of “incompletes” did you identify anything that required support from another person or group? Did you determine if you had their support or not? [...]

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Can Moving Your Stuff Change Your Life?

May 30, 2008

In a previous post I told a story about a friend who cleared out some clutter and things started happening with her business (http://clutterbustingcoach.com/?s=clearing+clutter&x=33&y=10).  Some of you may have thought it possible while others may have thought it a coincidence. In the book Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get [...]

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