Can we talk about actual disorder and visual noise? How do you feel when you walk into your closet? Is it messy? Cluttered? Disorganized? Is it making you feel anxious? Do you even know? I mean, it’s a place you go every day. If it’s creating anxiety, even unknowingly, this needs to be addressed. Personally, I am taking… Continue reading Things I Have to Have: Skinny Velvet Hangers
Getting Focus BACK!
I lost my ability to focus. My mind was overflowing. Too many thoughts swirling in my head. Going in too many directions. Too many things changing in the work and the routine. I was losing sleep. I wanted to do it all, but was getting nothing done. Collapsing upon myself in a state of failure.… Continue reading Getting Focus BACK!
Things I Have to Have: Apple Cider Vinegar
Did you know that Apple Cider Vinegar can reduce a high fever? I just learned this when I heard that my nephew recently had a fever of 104! The usual Tylenol, Advil, Aleve didn’t work, so he went the homeopathic route. Apple Cider Vinegar, diluted with cold water, as a compress on his head, wrists and… Continue reading Things I Have to Have: Apple Cider Vinegar
Keeping Travel Straight
Are you planning some trips? Traveling soon? Always traveling? Are you setting up trips to look forward to while you wait for spring to come? Whether it be your trips, or members of your family’s trips, or visitor’s trips to you, I have a quick organizational tool to help you keep it all straight! No longer will… Continue reading Keeping Travel Straight
Things I Have to Have: …Everything in Its Place
This is not an OCD thing. This is me implementing the above suggestion/reminder of everything having its own place! I’m getting better at this habit! Now that I’ve moved my workspace out of the way, I’m striving to keep the kitchen clear of any overflow of my stuff. When I notice myself falling into old patterns,… Continue reading Things I Have to Have: …Everything in Its Place
A Place for Everything…
Is your dining room table covered with stuff you haven’t put away yet? A catch-all for things that don’t have their own place? How about the crap in your car’s center console? Or the random trinkets atop your dresser? Or the one-off documents and empty folders in your Google Drive? Or the mess that is… Continue reading A Place for Everything…
Things I Have to Have: A Hair Dryer
Not always…but eventually I am going to need a hair dryer. I prefer not to bring my own on trips, to conserve space in my suitcase. But for some reason lately, I’ve had to track down the hair dryers in my travels. What happened to the hair dryer being a standard amenity? What’s up with the universe? For the record,… Continue reading Things I Have to Have: A Hair Dryer
3… 2…1…Happy New Year! In 1, 2, 3!
Does the New Year bring you a feeling of pressure to make changes? To put all things in order? To be better? Well, before you go resolving to do everything monumentally, here are 3 simple and productive things you can do right now to get started. Each takes only 10 minutes! These small, productive actions will build momentum in the… Continue reading 3… 2…1…Happy New Year! In 1, 2, 3!
Things I Have to Have: Being Present
The practice of being present is something I am constantly working on. Sometimes it’s easy to be in the moment, letting it all unfold, relinquishing control. At other times, not so much! When dwelling on the past or worrying about the future, I fight hard to be attentive to the here and now. Can you relate? To me, in… Continue reading Things I Have to Have: Being Present
Procrastinate NO MORE!(or a lot less)
I was avoiding my work space…it was cluttered and disorganized (which is really not me). I was walking by it…doing the bare minimum, waiting for my focus to came back. Little by little, my dissatisfaction built and built, until…BAM! I couldn’t take it anymore! Enough was enough! My focus was back! And back with a… Continue reading Procrastinate NO MORE!(or a lot less)