I am quickly learning that it is about the little things in life. Those small moments that happen everyday, that make us pause for just a second. In terms of our lives and our spaces, a little thing could be the look of a clean desktop first thing in the morning. It could be that […]
Small Steps, Little Rewards, Great Motivation
One thing that I learned this week is that even the smallest of decisions can add up to make a big difference. Often the most difficult thing about feeling disorganized is that sense of being overwhelmed by our stuff, our space, our time. This is when it is important to realize that progress begins with […]
Stress in Physical Form
Surroundings, spaces, clutter can affect you in many ways. Stress can, and often will, take on a physical form. That space that causes you anxiety whenever you see it, could also affect you in a physical way – muscle aches, back pain, a cold. The specific physical manifestation can differ for each person. For me, […]
Organizing Your Time – Assigning
The next step is to assign tasks to a slot of time. For instance, decide that bills will be paid on the Fridays that correspond to payday. Dinner with friends fits best on Saturdays because Sundays are usually spent with family. Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays will be gym days. Now that you have weeded down your tasks […]
Organizing Your Time – Weeding
Learning to weed my time commitments has been one of the more difficult, but beneficial things I have done. It is difficult because deciding what is really important and necessary is easier said than done. For me, commitments break down into: things I want to do, things I have to do, and things I […]
Organizing Your Time – Sorting
One of the first and fundamental lessons at Living Peace is the 6 steps to organizing: Sort, Weed, Assign a Home, Buy/Locate, Setup, and Label. What I love about these steps is that they can be used to organize anything, including your time. I learned this at Living Peace and also through books like Julie […]
“The Reality of Time”
Do you ever wake up bright and early on a Saturday morning (okay, maybe not bright and definitely not early) and think: I am going to get that project done? You know you have nothing else planned, so you have the time. I did exactly that this weekend. Somehow the hours passed, each one occupied with something […]
Falling Back Into Old Habits
Organizing is about making choices and creating habits. I recently talked about aiming for balance, not perfection. As much as I believe in this, there are times when I fall back into my old habits of perfectionism. When and why does this happen? It happens when life sends me a challenge. Ironically, my perfectionism, which is a lack of self-control, […]
Reasonably Organized – Balance, Not Perfection
REA-SON-ABLE: 1a: being in accordance with reason; b: not extreme or excessive. 2 a: possessing sound judgment A few weeks ago, we discussed a book by Kathy Waddill that said successful organizing for anyone means being "Reasonably" Organized. Success comes when a person allows for flexibility. If you ask any of my family and […]
Learning to Ask for Help
This week we talked about recognizing when it is “time to invoke help.” I remember thinking: Yes, that is a very important skill to learn and of course, I do it all the time. Sometimes tackling a task on your own just does not make sense. It is often not worth the consequences or your time lost. A […]
