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Posts Tagged ‘systems’

Dedicated Workspace

Having a workspace that can support both the administrative and creative aspects of entrepreneurship is key to your success. Especially if you work at home, as many of my clients do. Here are 3 easy to implement tips to creating a better home office: Establish a dedicated space, a whole room is ideal. If you…

Unmade Decisions

Clutter is unmade decisions. Projects are left to linger because you made a choice to do something else. Papers pile up because you think you need them but, you aren’t sure, so you say “I’ll decide later” and set them aside. Pretty soon all the decisions you didn’t make have spread around the house and…

I Paid Good Money For That

I paid good money for that… One of the excuses my clients use when we are going through their clutter is “I can’t get rid of that, I paid good money for it.” Yes I said excuse. The truth is that the amount of money we spend on something does not equate with its true…

Checklists Are Great…

I use checklists for many things. They are a fun way to keep yourself on track and tend to be treated more formally than a to do list. (Even though they are the same thing.) There are so many ways to customize them, an underline, a bullet, an actual checkbox – diamond – or circle,…

Adaptable Systems

I have always been a one project at a time, then on to the next kind of girl. It’s a good system and keeps me from becoming overwhelmed. This year I decided to create some new programs and ways of delivering my message of simplicity. Ideas came quickly and overwhelm followed. Luckily, I’m an expert…

I Don’t Have Time Too

Most of us have said it at one point or another, “I don’t have the time too….” Usually when we are feeling the most overwhelmed by the quantity of items vying for our time. It is the first excuse most people give me. “I don’t have the time to get organized.” Your thinking is wrong….

Is Time Getting Away From You?

It happens to people all the time. They get to the end of the day and think, “I worked hard all day and didn’t get anything done.” What has really happened is they have been distracted by bright shiny objects, people and things that keep us from working on what will helpus achieve our goals….

What to do with Boxes & Cords

Almost every home and office I work in has a problem with boxes and cords. They take up a huge amount of room and are just never used again. It seems like it should be easy for people to let go. And yet. When does this fear of getting rid of boxes first set in?…

Can You Delegate It?

Can you delegate it? I know a master delegator. We go to her house for dinner and a couple of minutes later, someone has been dispatched to the grocery store buying ingredients, someone is setting the table and someone is whipping the cream for dessert. Not once do I recall thinking, “Oh no, dinner isn’t…

Coming Out of the Closet Bag & Box #12

This arrived from my guest blogging client in my email box this morning. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make streamlining instantaneous but, I can’t. You have to do the work to create the habits. One thing that might help though – giving up will always cause failure and a lack of…