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Fact Friday: Sustainable Systems
“Organizing is sustainable, if your system is built around the way you think and designed to grow and adapt with you as your life and work changes. In addition, like eating well and staying fit, organizing is a way of life that requires monitoring and ongoing effort until it becomes satisfyingly ingrained.“ [Organizing from the [...]
How to Make Time for Exercise
Why do we never seem to find time to exercise? Often, it gets put on the back burner, especially when other things come up. Personal Fitness and Nutrition Coach, Taryn Perry, tells us how to put aside the excuses and keep health and fitness on the front burner.
As busy moms, dads, corporate executives, [...]
NASA Can Help You Prepare for a Move
NASA knows what it’s like to move after being in the same place for a long time. They’re ending their space shuttle program after 30 years. Just like anyone who’s trying to clear out a home or office, it can be a daunting task. The nice folks at NASA have been separating the good stuff [...]
Quick Tip: Flexible Vases
I love a fabulous vase. They just make the flowers look that much better. They even smell better, don’t you think? Well, maybe that’s a stretch. =) I also love their various shapes, sizes, and textures.
I recently came across a different sort of vase – a flat, flexible one. Yep, flat and flexible in [...]
YouTube Puts the Spotlight on “Hauls”
Ever heard of YouTube? Stupid question, I know. I have an account and I bet almost everyone reading this article has one, too. Sometimes, the videos are funny and other times, not so much. And, sometimes, they are just unexplainable. Take, for instance, the popular YouTube craze called Hauls. In these videos, people show off [...]
Fact Friday: Meetings and Productivity
“45% of senior executives felt that employees would be more productive if meetings were banned once a week.”
[Office Team · Let's Not Meet · 5.7.2009]
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Spring Fling: Get Your Closet Ready for Warmer Weather
It’s hard to believe the official start of spring is only a few weeks away, but it is! Warmer weather, silkier fabrics, bare skin, sandals… It’s fun to think about the new colors and patterns you want to bring in to your wardrobe, but you’ll want to get your closet ready first. If you start [...]
Quick Tip: Organize Your Books
Good news! You can organize your books so that they are easier to find. Not so good news: you will likely need to sell or donate a few of them if you’re running low on shelf space.
Back to the good news… It’s helpful to use categories to locate specific books. Add labels so that [...]
Are You Flirting With Addiction?
ad⋅dic⋅tion [uh-dik-shuhn] noun. the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. Dictionary.com
Do you have an addition? Are you straddling that thin line between addiction and hobby? Can you tell [...]
Fact Friday Quote: Order & Disorder
“Order marches with weighty and measured strides; disorder is always in a hurry.” ~Napoleon Bonaparte [Thinkexist.com]
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