I’ve been yammering on for the last 22 days about being organized and managing your time and becoming more productive. And I want to hit the pause button and ask you to NOT take my message to heart. What? That’s right…in a way, I don’t want you to listen to me expound upon the virtues […]
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The gift of time (Day 17 of 31 Days of Organizing
Recently, I heard a great interview on NPR with Chris Rock (the straight-talking, tell-it-like-it-is comedian). He was pretty funny, even for the fairly serious NPR format. At least, he was funny until the interviewer brought up a comment he made about being in comedy for 30 years. The interviewer pondered, “At this point in his […]
Time to purge (Day 16 of 31 Days of Organizing)
This month I have talked to so many people who want to clear out their clutter. “It’s time to get rid of stuff,” they say. As my hubby and I are in the middle of our own very big purge (we’re downsizing again from 900 sq. ft. to becoming minimalists living in a tiny house), […]
Talk is cheap (Day 15 of 31 Days of Organizing)
I was reminded recently about a marketing study on laundry detergent where researchers discovered something amazing about people: feeling clean was more important to people than being clean. As long as their laundry detergent made their clothes look and feel clean, people were happy. They didn’t even care about scientific studies that showed one detergent […]
Be a Giver (Day 14 of 31 Days of Organizing)
Last weekend, my hubby and I watched a remarkable movie called “The Giver.” It starred Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline and was a based on a book by the same name. I know we’re talking about 31 Days of Organizing this month, and just for today I’m going ignore that. The movie was just SO […]
What brings you joy? (Day 13 of 31 Days of Organizing)
Let me ask you a question: are you in love with your stuff? Your clients? Your friends, family and followers? Have you ever even thought about being in love with ALL of those things? I recently listened to an interview on NPR featuring Japanese Professional Organizer Marie Kondo. Ms. Kondo has created a method called […]