Office Organizing

A Place for Everything

I am guessing that if you haven’t read the book, you know someone who has. The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo has been on the best seller list for some time.  I think there is life changing magic in the most basic of organizing principles.  It’s known as “a place for everything”.  Since I started … Read more

The Tangled Mess Beneath Your Desk

I can organize pretty much anything. The exception are cords and cables for electronic and computer devices. It’s as though I have some sort of mental block when it comes to turning that tangled mess into neat and tidy.  Usually, when I see a mess, I can’t wait to dig in and sort, purge and set up … Read more

Finding the Right Motivation

Yeh, yeh, I know you know that getting enough exercise and enough sleep are good for you. Why on earth do I need to bring it up again? Well, what if you’ve been struggling with getting things done, checking things off your list, moving projects forward at home and at work, and generally being productive? … Read more

Key Areas of Your Business

While in Toronto in early November at the Professional Organizers in Canada annual conference I attended a workshop delivered by Deanne Kelleher from Kaos Group called “Essential and Powerful Business Tools”.  The session made me realize how many systems all of us small business owners should have in place and perhaps don’t, myself included.  If only I could find the time!

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To Take Vacation or Not To Take Vacation? – Jane Veldhoven

You guessed it, my struggle during this time of year is what to do about vacation.  Somehow, in the old days, when I worked for someone else it was so much easier – I had no choice.  However, now that I own my own business I do have a choice.  One would think that the freedom of being able to take time off whenever you want would be an amazing thing.  However, as many of you small business owners out there know, taking vacation is filled with feelings of guilt instead. 

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Tasks Expand to Fill Time – Jane Veldhoven

Summer is finally here and I’m getting really tired of working 7 days a week.  It’s so easy to get sucked into doing that especially when you run your own business. If I continue to do it summer will be over and I’ll have missed it. So, I’ve made a commitment to try to stop working on the weekends at least until the fall. Now, I have to figure out how to do that. 

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Can You Live a Good Enough Life?

I am fascinated by how the concept of ‘good enough’ relates to being organized and our many attempts to be what we perceive as ‘well organized’.  What does being organized mean to you?  Most likely not the same as it does to your spouse, your best friend or your children.  What if, instead of constantly striving to be more organized, better organized or even, heaven forbid, perfectly organized we strove for

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