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Change your Mood

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:47:39 +0000

You can change your mood by the changing your environment. Clear a space and you will instantly get a new perspective and the sun will shine on you again. Happier times ahead.

Toronto Real Estate is on Fire

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:20:45 +0000

People are selling and buying homes like crazy. And of course following that is panic of the inevitable move. Packing, unpack and settling is a great opportunity to pair down get organizing and start fresh.

So be prepared to take the time to edit the things you no longer want or need, pack one room at a time and label your boxes and you settling will quickly and easily.

Let it go….

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:21:06 +0000

Let it go, free yourself from stuff. What is holding you back?

First week of the new year- how are you doing?

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:29:14 +0000

Seems like everyone is doing or trying their best this week to keep those positive intentions forthcoming. Let me know if you are having successes or if you have hit a bump in the road and got side tracked. My best organizing and life planning tip is to write it down and to be detailed with the steps around those goals.

Can’t find your keys again?

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:05:54 +0000

Can’t find your keys again?

You have looked in your purse again and again, checked your pockets at least a dozen times, you have checked the garbage just in case, moved around your papers to see if they are hidden, checked your coat pockets several times, looked around the floor as maybe they dropped. Then you might check the car, or maybe you left them in the front door. You are frantic and have back tracked your steps- still no keys. If this sounds uncomfortable and painfully familiar, know that you are not the only ones. The disappearing act of the keys is very frustrating and can cost you time, energy, money and stress. There is a solution that works, and that is to create a designated area, that is completely clear of clutter, that is in your daily walking path inside your home. You need to create a specific intentional home for the keys such as a basket, plate, bowl, jar, bin, saucers, peg board or drawer. Then you have to practice thirty times, coming in and out of the home utilizing your new system for the placement and removal of your keys. With this newly aware behaviour and pattern change you will always know where your keys are.

Let me when you find your keys. PS, misplacing your keys in most cases doesn’t mean you are going insane.

Packing up after the Holidays

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:45:26 +0000

After all the hoopla of the holidays, calmness and serenity has resurfaced_ Ilove that! Many organized enthusiasts ask me when is the appropriate time to put away the Christmas decorations. I have to laugh because although I have organized 100’s and 100’s of Christmas bins, boxes, storage area and tangled lights- I don’t celebrate that holiday, so my answer is practical. January 7th seems reasonable.

The main thing is that when you start to pack up your holiday memorabilia and decorations ensure you don’t pack up things you not longer use. Edit as you are packing up, store like with like and labeling each box. Do that now and you will be very grateful next Christmas season. A tip for storing lights for next year… cut a firm piece of cardboard from a box, square or rectangular in shape, then start wrapping the lights neatly from one end to the other.

Good luck packing up and beginning this year with one step at a time, one foot in front of the other.

Get Ready For the New Year/ New Year Resolutions

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:36:56 +0000

Getting ready for the new year doesn’t mean writing a to do list of all your short comings for the past year and beyond. And n it doesn’t mean verbalizing to all your friends and family last years new year resolution which didn’t work so much.

Getting ready for the new year is an opportunity for a fresh start, a new beginning and a reason and inspiration to put your best foot first. If we have a blank canvas we have the potential to create a masterpiece.

Try your best to clean up old non advantageous situations and look towards a new angle to solve and give you restitution.

Let the sun shine on all of us.

Until next time, be your best self.

Everybody has stuff.

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:20:31 +0000

Everybody has stuff. The question is how much stuff do we really need? Last week, I had the opportunity to audition for a host position for a soon to be launched television show called “The Hundred Thing Challenge”. The concept is based on a social experiment having families buried under too much stuff, to attempt to pare down to a mere 100 items for 10 days.

Could you do it? George Carlin had some interesting thoughts on stuff, have a look here. Let me know your thoughts.

Its freezing out tonight. Get inspiration from that.

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:36:06 +0000

Its freezing out tonight. So I challenge all of you who are cuddled up by the fire or in a snuggie watching television. To take advantage of the boring repetitive 3 minute commerial break by taking action. During each set of commerials get up and clear a counter, take out the newspapers to recycling, unload the dishes, organize a junk drawer just do something that is productive throughout that time. Let me know what you accomplished. Happy organizing!