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. […]
Mindset
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 […]
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 […]
It’s easier to keep up than to catch up (Day 2 of 31DoO)
Over the past couple weeks in social media land, I asked for specifics about where you are struggling with organization, time management, and/or prioritization so I could speak directly to your issues during our 31 Days of Organizing together. One reader wrote, “I struggle with prioritization when it comes to organization. Where do I start?” […]
13 Ways to think differently about systems and organization
A client of mine tried to introduce me to his team recently. And he said, “I don’t know what to call you because you won’t tell me.” I’ve had this problem for several years. It started in 2011 when I joined an accelerator group and one of the members said to me, “You’re good at […]
There’s always work to be done
It’s been about a month since I wrote last. I had a perfect storm of health issues, family issues, and energy issues. Plus, add on moving and getting married this year and I was tapped out. Other than working with current clients or people who approached me, I checked out. After five years of non-stop […]