…clearing clutter from your mind, body and space
We have hit the month of October and I, for one, start to gear up to holiday thinking. And that can lead to a sense of being overwhelmed if I let it.
Instead decide along with me to give your brainpower and motivation a boost by using some or all of these 50 Productivity Tips which include suggestions for focus, time, priorities and motivation.
I am ready. Are you ready?
Do you know who you are? We all play many roles in our lives: mom or dad, colleague, wife or husband, aunt or uncle, manager, daughter or son, or volunteer. The list can go on. But do you really have a sense of who you are? Are you lost in all your roles?
You could hope that you asked and answered the question in your teens or in your 20s about whom you are and who you want to be. But it is a normal part of life to re-ask those questions when we hit middle age in order to regain our sense of purpose and self-understanding.
Sharon Martin, LCSW, created some questions and journaling prompts that will help you gain understand of who you really are. Consider journaling on a question or two daily to help you work through this process of rediscovery.
I am so glad I came across this resource. Next…my journaling for today.
Just think about that for a minute.
We try to lose weight. We try to stop smoking. We try to stop working so much. We try to not eat sweets. We try to get rid of clutter.
We focus on trying to stop doing the things we deem bad.
Let’s start attracting and keeping good habits. What a concept!
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Is less more?
I guess it depends on what we have less or more of.
Think about some of the negatives in your life. Would your life be better if there were fewer of them? Then I could argue that less is more.
Here are a few more things to do less of:
Do less of these and make room for the positives in life.
I recently read the book “Organizing for Success” by Kenneth Zeigler ( The McGaw-Hill Companies 2010).
Even though I help my clients clear mental and physical clutter from their lives to create harmony, I like to read for more ideas, but also to continually improve myself and my techniques.
I have also recently felt a little less organized than usual so I was drawn to this book to see if I could find any morsels of wisdom for myself. Here are a few gems that stood out to me:
I have recommended and employed many of these ideas myself. This is just a good reminder that we have choices and we can make the choice to change especially if something no longer works for us.
Implementing even one of these things can improve your productivity and, therefore, your success. I realized that I needed to gain control of my desktop again. And I am finding that I am getting more done and feeling less overwhelmed with fewer distractions in my line of sight.