More Than Organized

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Focus on Focus

Sometimes, it’s hard to focus. There are a lot of things, activities, tasks, and people vying for our attention most of the time. One of the most frequent comments I hear from my clients is that they feel stressed because they never can focus for long enough to complete a project. They usually blame interruptions…

What to Keep on Your Desk

Just because your desk is a horizontal surface doesn’t mean it is the best place to store your piles. After awhile the motivational items, extra supplies, eternally future projects and personal knick-knacks are going to interfere with your efficiency. The more time you spend shuffling and rearranging the stuff on your desk just looking for…

It’s Time to Create

I work with a lot of creative types. Entrepreneurs and artists alike struggle with the fine line between inspiration and clutter. Bright shiny objects can be the spark for a fabulous new product or design or the stuff that’s in the way of actual production and creation. That is actually a topic for another time….

Maintaining Financial Boundaries

A big part of getting organized is simply to define things. By defining a space you create a physical boundary for certain things to live. By defining a system you create the boundaries to get something done. By defining your goals you create the boundaries for acquiring resources and fulfilling your potential. In other words,…

Holiday Expectations

Around the holidays, the clutter piles up. All kinds of clutter, the stuff, the time sucks, the expectations, the projects, the food, the people, the ideas, it’s enough to cause feelings of frazzle. Where will you put it after the celebrating? It has taken me years, but I have finally hit upon the holiday rituals…

Is Your Clutter a Communication Issue?

If it feels like your family is not on your side when trying to create an organized home, you may want to look at your own behavior in the situation. Have you asked your family for help? Have you expressed to them why getting organized is important to you? Have you explained why you moved…

Good System, Good Eats

Every time I work with a client in their kitchen I’m a little appalled by all the food we have to toss. Most of it just expired, but sometimes open and stale. A good system for rotating your food and shopping smarter can easily prevent this from happening to you. The system: Start with what…

Incorporate Your Holidays

Has your home office become a dumping ground for all items that need to be cleared from the dining table, kitchen counter and entry hall floor? Especially during the holiday season it is easy to fall into the “I’ll just set it here for later” and “hide the gift” syndrome. After the celebrating you are…

Boundaries for Productivity

Boundaries are an essential element to bring structure and focus to your day. Some people think structure is going to limit their creativity and spontaneity.  I have found the opposite to be true. When you create good boundaries, you can manage your energy, creativity and supplies to their best. This allows you to be more…

What’s Purpose Got to Do With It?

Ever feel like you used to be organized? Maybe even just last month, but now the piles have reappeared and the place is a mess and now you need to do it again? Why bother? Because, as my coach is fond of pointing out, your environment shows you daily what you can achieve. I believe…