Personal Development

Need A Break? Why Not Try A Staycation? Yes…A Vacation At Home!

Have you ever needed a break but didn’t want to spend a fortune to get away? Well, there’s is a way to take a break without breaking the bank. It’s called a staycation. It’s a little vacation that you take from home. Instead of worrying about traveling and flying to a new place, a staycation [...]

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The One Secret to Achieving Anything

I’m often asked what my secret is to being organized and how I get my clients to become more organized.   I used to rattle things off like: “purge and clear your space, establish routines, containerize, use labels, stop buying things, make lists” and on and on.  While all those things are true and certainly [...]

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7 Ways To Make Sure Your New Year’s Resolutions Come True

I recently attended an “Organize and Energize” Workshop hosted by a fellow professional organizer, Karen Meade of Let’s Get Organizing.  It was a great way to start the new year learning how to get organized, get fit, and stay healthy.  Karen started out the workshop by pointing out that one of the most popular New [...]

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Don’t Miss Out On The “Right Now”…Life Doesn’t Have a Rewind Button

Ever have one of those days where your head is spinning?  You’ve worked your butt off all day, ran a ton of errands, tended to the kids and now all you want to do is “zone” and “veg” out  in front of the tube?  Me too. Matter of fact, my husband and I had one [...]

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What The Heck Do Fitness and Organizing Have In Common?

I haven’t always been organized…and I haven’t always been fit.  If I told my mother 18 years ago that I wanted to be a professional organizer she would have laughed until she was blue in the face.  If I looked in the mirror at myself 10 years ago I would have never thought it possible [...]

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Take Back Your Time…17 Tips To Reclaim Your Day

I wrote an article last month in my newsletter about how to take back your time.  Although I wrote it in conjunction with Take Back Your Time Day (the 24th of October), it was only shared with my newsletter subscribers and a couple of other readers.  I thought I’d go ahead and post it for [...]

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A Free eBook on Simplicity by Leo Babauta from ZenHabits

I have to admit…Leo Babauta’s ZenHabits is one of my favorite blogs.  He has a way of taking everyday life challenges that we all face and doing something about them.  Oh, and he’s a husband, father of six (yes…6) kids, kicked the smoking habit, lost a bunch of weight, became a runner, etc, etc…all on his [...]

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