Make Time for Who You Love
"Plan the date of the month.” That’s what my calendar pops up to tell me at the beginning of each month. Do you date your mate? I remember when our kids were babies and a wonderful, [...]
Are you ready for a do-over?
As I wrote about in an earlier quick tip, the New Year got off to a sluggish start around here. The reason? Wintery weather and school closings made it impossible to create momentum and get into [...]
How to Create a Vision Board
One of my favorite things in my office is my vision board (a.k.a. goals board.) It’s big, bright and colorful, but more than anything it reminds me to stay focused on what I want to accomplish [...]
Lessons Learned from Setting 13 Goals in One Year
Whew, it’s hard to believe that 2013 is now just a memory. The year flew by for me. Perhaps not in the beginning, but somewhere around mid-summer, the year went on turbo-charge. I know when it [...]
Goodbye 2013. Hello 2014.
Every newsletter I write begins in the same way…with a blank piece of paper, wide open with possibilities. I begin with an idea...an intention for what the article will be about. And then onto that paper [...]
You asked. We listened. We’re changing.
Recently, we conducted a survey. If you participated in our survey, I can't thank you enough. You and your fellow survey-takers really came through for us, not only in terms of the number of surveys we [...]
Loosen Your Grip this Holiday Season
Some of my Quick Tips stick with me more than others. One that I find myself thinking about, and reminding myself to put into practice, is one I wrote many years ago. It was about loosening [...]
Black Friday Shopping Tips: Maximize the Savings + Minimize the Clutter
Whether you take part in Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, or quieter shopping days, keep these tips tucked in your back pocket to ensure you maximize the savings and minimize potential clutter after [...]
My 7 Experiment: Simplifying My Closet, Wardrobe and Life
Aby and Jay were clearly surprised when I told them during lunch that I’d limited my wardrobe to 7 items for the past week. I didn’t tell them about it until the week was over because [...]
3 Tips to Overcome Feeling Overwhelmed
This morning, in my online class The Secrets of Staying Organized, I received a question from a participant who was feeling overwhelmed. At one time or another, we've all felt this way—overwhelmed by clutter or by [...]