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 […]
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#UNPLUG (Day 12 of 31 Days of Organizing)
My favorite part of snail mail is getting magazines. I don’t subscribe to many, but I love the ones I get: Inc. Magazine, Mother Earth News, Fast Company, and Our State. It was the July/August 2013 cover of Fast Company that grabbed my attention: #UNPLUG: My life was crazy. So I disconnected for 25 days. […]
Decluttering your mind (Day 11 of 31 Days of Organizing)
When you think of the word decluttering, what comes to mind? Papers? Knick-knacks? Clothes? I want to talk about a different kind of clutter today: the kind of clutter that junks up your mind. Buddhists often refer to an overly-busy mind as the Monkey Mind. I think it’s an apt description for what happens when […]
Lies you tell yourself (Day 10 of 31 Days of Organizing)
Did you even know you tell yourself lies? It’s true. Here’s a sampling of lies that keep us in chaos, disorganized and stuck: I’ll remember (the appointment, time, address, verbal commitment) If I’m good, that’s enough Someone will see how good I am and will choose me I don’t know how (this is the one where […]
Instead of being busy (Day 9 of 31 Days of Organizing)
I know you say it. I know I catch myself my saying it, even though it’s one of my pet peeves: “I’m so busy!” Part of my Make Some Room Manifesto contains “bad words.” The part of my Manifesto related to “being busy” is intentionally provocative: Busy is a bullshit word. Choose to say something […]
Mind full or mindful? Day 8 of 31 Days of Organizing
For this week’s worth of 31 Days of Organizing, we’re going to go inside…inside our heads. Let’s get introspective! There’s a beautiful illustration I love (though I don’t know the original source of it nor the illustrator’s name). It’s called Mind full or Mindful? and I feel it speaks to each and every one of […]