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Mindset
Mar 12, 2025 · 6 min read

Clutter is a symptom — not the problem

If you've tried 'everything,' you already know that. The real work is fixing what's underneath so it actually stays solved.

April 6, 2020

Your Ultimate Spring Cleaning Checklist

Spring Cleaning isn’t a day relaxing in a hammock. But it also doesn’t need to be torture. Find out how to make the process fun, fast and almost effortless.
Clothes + Closets
Digital Files + Email
Getting Organized
Happiness
Living An Organized Life
March 31, 2020

One Step at a Time

Rushing into something when you’re feeling desperate is not a strategy for success. Take one step at a time and watch your success increase.
Happiness
Life Lessons
Mindfulness
Simplifying
Time Management
March 23, 2020

Do You Want to FEEL Better or BE Better?

Are you more concerned with how you feel or your results? If you're more concerned with your feelings, you’re going to lose time managing them that could have been spent getting you closer to your goals.
Happiness
Life Lessons
Mindfulness
Simplifying
Time Management
March 16, 2020

Who's Got Time For That?

If you’re like me, you’ve got a full-time job, a middling social life and a few as yet unfulfilled dreams. And a desire to live life fully and fully awake. With no regrets. It’s difficult at times to then think that communicating with someone I cannot see and touch is more important than folding the laundry.
Happiness
Life Lessons
Mindfulness
Simplifying
Time Management
March 9, 2020

How Brave Do You Have to Be?

If you’re feeling overwhelmed in the face of historic clutter or some accumulation of stuff, you don’t have to be brilliant today at making it all go away.
Happiness
Inspirational Messages
Life Lessons
Mindfulness
Time Management
March 2, 2020

The Things That Waste Your Time at Work

Do you ever get to the end of the day or week and feel like you got nothing done? Find out how to quickly figure out why the day was less than successful, so you can commit to approaching tomorrow differently.
Happiness
Inspirational Messages
Life Lessons
Living An Organized Life
Mindfulness
February 24, 2020

Things Don't Change; We Change.

Change how you view the objects that surround you and more importantly, change how you view your mortality and the time you have left on this planet and I promise you, physical stuff will not be the issue for very long.
Happiness
Inspirational Messages
Life Lessons
Mindfulness
Organizing Your Work Life
February 17, 2020

The Best Way to Meet Unexpected Changes

Do you find yourself resisting change—even when it’s something you were anticipating or wanting? While we may not always be able to control or influence the changes happening in our lives, we can always be in control of our responses.
Happiness
Inspirational Messages
Life Lessons
Organizing Your Work Life
Simplifying
February 3, 2020

The Right Way to Measure Success

Progress is one of the ways we evaluate or measure success. You’ll want to come up with specific ways to quantify progress so you can track your results towards any math-based goal. Using the wrong tools, metrics or mindset will undermine your confidence and derail any progress you hope to make.
Getting Organized
Happiness
Life Lessons
Living An Organized Life
Mindfulness
January 27, 2020

The Key to Professional Wellness

To unlock your wellness at work, it’s essential that your work adds to your well being and doesn’t make you sick, literally or figuratively.
Getting Organized
Happiness
Life Lessons
Living An Organized Life
Mindfulness
January 13, 2020

7 Easy Steps To a Mindful and Stress-Free Home

A mindful and stress-free home is closer than you think. These 7 simple steps can be done in less than 15 minutes AND are totally free.
Getting Organized
Happiness
Life Lessons
Living An Organized Life
Mindfulness
November 25, 2019

The 8 Deadly Time Thieves™

Just like the 7 Deadly Sins, any one of these allowed to run rampant will make you miserable and eventually kill you or at least your happiness and productivity.
Getting Organized
Living An Organized Life
Organizing Your Work Life
Simplifying
Time Management
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