Posts tagged as:

Taking Action

Organize Your Coupons

July 10, 2010

I had the pleasure of recently conducting a clutter seminar at a local library. The question of organizing coupons came up. The audience participated in brainstorming some ideas for coupon organization: • Organize by category or expiration date. Use a small accordion file labeled 1 -12 and placing the coupons in the respective tab (7 [...]

Read the full article →

Can You Really Speed Spring Clean?

April 24, 2010

In the March 2010 issue of Woman’s Day magazine author, Arianne Cohen, poses the question “who does a big annual cleaning anyway? and why?” in the Solutions Tip Talk section. In the article she shared her speed spring cleaning experience from last year. She decided to devote just three mornings to quickly moving from room [...]

Read the full article →

Spring Cleaning and Clearing Clutter

April 17, 2010

Spring is a great time of year. It is a time of year that we think about renewal, birth and freshness. Or at least I think of these thing. Many of us may think about spring as a time to do a deep cleaning like when were children. My mom cleaned the house from top to bottom [...]

Read the full article →

Declutter Your Kitchen Pantry

March 27, 2010

Do you know what you have in your pantry? Are all expiration dates current? Is it full of processed foods? To get yourself organized for healthy eating and to focus of whole versus processed foods which I will speak about it my next post take inventory of your pantry. If this wasn’t part of your [...]

Read the full article →

Habits of Highly Organized People

March 6, 2010

The March 2010 issue of O- The Oprah Magazine included a large section devoted to organization. That must mean that spring is in the air. Actually most magazines have a standard organization or declutter article these days. Part of the article in this magazine  included “The 10 Habits of Highly Organized People” which I thought was spot [...]

Read the full article →

Identifying Your Time Habits

May 23, 2009

I wanted to share another concept from the book SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life: a four step guide to getting unstuck (Fireside 2008) by Julie Morgenstern. In the book she discusses how the habits of mindless escapes, procrastination, perfectionism, chronic lateness and workaholism add to your schedule. These “habit attachments” can drain you of [...]

Read the full article →

Being in “the Moment”

May 19, 2009

I recently read the book SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life: a four step guide to getting unstuck (Fireside 2008) by Julie Morgenstern. In the book she discusses being in “the moment”. When you feel stuck this concept is unimaginable. Feeling overburdened, paralyzed and weighted down can cause you to constantly look either forward or [...]

Read the full article →

Steps for Getting Things Done

April 28, 2009

A few more insights into why things don’t get done: • Clouded vision. • The task is overwhelming. • You fear the end result. • You lack confidence. • You have distractions. • Indecision. Here are some suggestions for getting things done: • Visualize success. • Set realistic goals. • Use lists. • Maintain a [...]

Read the full article →

Stop Procrastination

April 25, 2009

In my previous post I talked about understanding why you may have the habit of procrastination. Identifying the pay offs and reasons why you procrastinate are the first steps to changing this habit. Here are some tactics you can use to stop procrastination in its tracks: • Do the worst first. It may not be [...]

Read the full article →

Insights Into Procrastination

April 21, 2009

Do you wonder why you are sometimes stuck doing the same thing or why you have settled for mediocrity? Why do those piles keep reappearing or why can’t you get some of your goals accomplished? We all procrastinate to a point but there are those that are consistently late, miss deadlines or put things off. [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →