Getting organized isn’t just about being motivated, developing a system, prioritizing or being productive. Whether you want to be spontaneous or you are a planner, getting organized begins with your frame of mind – so, get positive. Here are 10 rules that will help you to get in a positive mind-set and get organized: Don’t wait until you feel motivated – just do it! Make...
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Well, in my last blog post, I wrote about what is stopping us from getting organized, being productive and loosing perspective of purpose and priorities. Although we do often hold ourselves back from achieving or having the organized life we want to have, it is important to trust ourselves. Without trusting ourselves, any system, especially an organizing system, will likely not last long. In her...
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For most areas of my life, the only thing holding me back from achieving my goals is me. I know what I should do – what I could do – but when it comes right down to it, excuses slip in and override my good intentions… Glynnis Whitwer School has been in session for a month or so now – fall will arrive soon and we will need to...
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Have you thought about being overwhelmed? Have you ever consider that, other than uncontrollable life circumstance, most of the stress we have is self-induced. Expectations we have of ourselves, taking on too many things at one time and being a protectionist all create pressure on ourselves. Besides asking for help, here are two suggestions that will help simplify your life and get you on your...
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As a new school year approaches or has just begun, are you needing to find your pep again? By “PEP”, I mean Productivity, Effective organization and Prioritizing – of course! College Life Expert, Kelci Lynn Lucier, suggests these five rules being productive and avoid becoming overwhelmed. Although her suggestions on About Education are geared toward college students, we can certainly use her tips to simplify...
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As professional organizers, we don’t want to just motivate you to get organized — we want you help you know HOW to get started! There are many reasons to get organized, but if you don’t even know where to start, how do you do anything at all? To begin the organizing process, sort your stuff into broad categories by piling like things together, like you...
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This may surprise you… but, clutter creates chaos in our lives! Are you surprised? It’s so true! Keeping stuff around that we don’t need or don’t use impacts both our personal sanity, relationships, resources and the world around us. Look at this list written by designer Christopher Thomas: Do you relate to that list? There are many things that we could all do without!...
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If you read our last 26 Reasons to Get Organized blog post, Get Back Your UMPH, we suggested ways to find more free time. Life is so full of tasks, deadlines and keeping up, we aren’t able to find “free time” often enough. The number one way to find more time is… to turn off the TV! Not giving up TV all together, but making...
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According to Geoff Godbey, co-author of Time for Life, about 25-hours of free time during our weekdays usually come in 30-45 minute increments. So, how can we get organized and accomplish day-to-day tasks on a regular basis? We have two suggestions to get back some “umph” and to keep it!! CLUMP IT! If you can clump tasks together, you will tend to be more...
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Most of us have a daily beauty routine – it is a part of most of our lives. Whether you simply wash and moisturize or have a full on make-up studio. We all want to feel and look put together and having an organized system for getting there makes it an enjoyable and productive process. So, how do you organized make-up? Here are a few...
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