One-Year Organizing Plan + Free Printable
I recently blogged about how to achieve goals by breaking them into small chunks and tackling them a little bit over the course of time. This is the approach I’ve used the past two years to [...]
One-Year Organizing Plan Printable
This organizing printable will help you to plan your yearly organizing projects. The "rooms, zones + projects" page allows you to make a project list for your entire home. You'll then divide your project list into [...]
Time for Change
Back in 2004, after 13 years of working in corporate America, I decided to take the plunge and start my own business. It had been a dream of mine since college and the timing seemed right. [...]
What if someday was today?
Today's post is a throw-back-Thursday. It’s a post I wrote over a year ago, but feels very fitting for this time of year. We’re almost a week into the New Year which often means our enthusiasm [...]
10 Reasons Why January Isn’t So Bad
While I like the holidays every year, this year I actually loved them. I got to go home and see family. I went on a horse drawn carriage ride. I ran in the snow. And so [...]
Achieve Your Goals in the New Year
This past weekend I crossed the finish line on my 2014 running goal: 750 miles in a single year. For me, that is a whole lotta miles! When I set it I wasn't really sure if [...]
The Happiness of Pursuit
Ask me what I'm thinking about in November of each year and I'll reply "goals." Ever since I first took Aby's Achieve Your Goals and Create a Life You Love class I usually start making lists [...]
The Pros + Cons of Decanting
Do you decant? Picture an organized kitchen. Does the image in your mind include a pantry full of matching, neatly labeled containers? For a lot of people, the answer is yes. In fact, shelter magazines and [...]
5 Simple Ideas for Last-Minute Holiday Shopping
I'm finding it hard to believe, but this weekend is the last weekend before Christmas! If you still have shopping left to do, don't panic. Instead give these ideas a try to streamline your last-minute gift [...]
Flip Your Stack of Paper
During the course of preparing for the holidays (decorating, tidying up for guests or holiday parties, etc.) chances are that you'll encounter a stack of paper that needs to be sorted through and dealt with. You [...]