Posted By janice on January 28, 2010
Check out my latest post as The Organized Auntie on SavvyAuntie.com. Learn how to organize a scavenger hunt for your nieces and nephews. Keep them interested in museums, shopping trips, and car rides or occupy their time on snowed in or rained out play days. Have a little fun.
Posted By janice on January 26, 2010
When faced with a daunting project, it’s easy to decide to do something else. Anything else.
When I bought my house last fall, I knew it needed some updating. Nothing had been updated since it was built in 1964. The good thing is that anything I do is an improvement! As I wrote my house project list, I could feel myself getting overwhelmed. It would have been easy to write up the list and not look at it again.
My friend Donna Smallin wrote in her book The One Minute Organizer that trying to organize the entire house at one time is like trying to eat a chocolate cake in one bite. So true! When you have a cake, you have to slice it and then eat it bite by bite. I tell my frustrated and overwhelmed organizing clients the same thing. Bite by bite. Little by little. One thing at a time.
When you face a big task, break it into bite-sized pieces. Cross each “bite” off the list as you accomplish it. Then reward yourself when you accomplish your task. Perhaps a bit of chocolate?
Posted By janice on January 19, 2010
I don’t know what it is, but I seem to move slower in the mornings than I do in the evenings. I’m always comforted by the fact that I’m not alone.
The best way to prep for the morning is to do it the night before. What can you do to prepare for the next day? Here are a few things you can do:
A little time in the evening can save you so much time in the morning. Sleep tight!
Posted By janice on January 7, 2010
We’re a few days into our new year and new decade. How are those resolutions going so far?
If you need some help, several websites offer great tips and advice to help nudge your resolutions along. Visit The First 30 Days blog at: http://www.first30days.com/blog/main/2009/11/11-11-the-four-pillars/. Different experts offer advice on everything from health and exercise to debt reduction and dating. Each section has daily tips as well. These are doable movements forward toward your goals. Each day, a different expert writes the blog post.
Zenhabits.com is another website that has a variety of information for those seeking to change their lives. His daily blog is always inspiring and helpful.
FranklinCovey.com offers help for those who want to create a mission statement and goals. It doesn’t matter if you want a mission statement for yourself or your business. A couple of other helpful sites are mygoals.com and the federal government.
Here’s to a productive and Happy New Year!
•
