Organization and time management apps help you keep information all in one easy to access place. They can help you develop good habits, focus on priorities and increase your productivity. They can make your day to day life easier to manage and once you start using them you may find that you have improved your time management. Here are 6 fantastic time management and organization apps you may want to… Continue Reading
Simplify Your Life with These Finance and Declutter Tips
Simplify Your Life By Spending Less and managing less. Hello Friends! It is already mid-January and time for another installment of the Simplify Your Life series. You may recall that my word of the year is SIMPLIFY, so in that spirit, today I am sharing a few things that I do to simplify my life. One of the goals that we use when streamlining business processes for productivity… Continue Reading
Planning For Simplicity
Planning for Simplicity is part of the Simplify Your Life series. Using a planner can help change habits and perspectives to simplify areas of your life. Here are a few steps to help you plan for simplicity. We tend to overindulge ourselves with consumables and excess, and In order to truly simplify, we have to change our mindset and habits. I find that using a planner helps… Continue Reading
Easy Ways To Simplify Your Life
Today I am sharing some easy ways to simplify your life. A new year is a great time to gain a better perspective on ways to evaluate and change. Happy New Year Friends! There is something about a new year that gives us a chance to reflect on our lives, our goals and our direction and it also a great time to change our perspective on things we do… Continue Reading
Finding Time To Organize
Finding time to organize can be a challenge for many people. In this busy and noisy world it is easy to feel overwhelmed and too frazzled to organize. Having structure and organization actually has been found to reduce stress and anxiety. There are a few tips that I wanted to share to help find time to organize. Finding Time To Organize Make Organizing a Priority If you want to get organized, you… Continue Reading
7 Tips To Be More Productive
Simple tips on how to be more productive Feeling overwhelmed lately by everything on your plate? Feel like there are not enough hours in the day? Many people feel that way/ Have you ever been on your computer only to notice that a couple of hours later that you are not able to cross a thing off of your list? We all have. Distractions and a desire to… Continue Reading
Five Minute Fall Organization Tips
I originally wrote this post on five-minute fall organization tips a couple of years ago, but have updated it with some information that I hope will be helpful for you. It is the beginning of a busy season for most of us and by taking a few minutes each day to be proactive on a few things, it can help you enter the holiday season with less stress and more organization…. Continue Reading
Intentional Planning Summer To Do List
This post is made possible in partnership with ScholarShare. All opinions expressed are my own. It’s almost here! My favorite season of the year. Summer means longer days and warmer nights! As a productivity manager, I am well-versed in the area of time management, but life is not just about rushing through tasks. Over the years, I have found that with a little advanced intentional planning, you can make your summer memorable… Continue Reading
Why Choose A Word of the Year
When choosing a word of the year, I think of it as an area of particular focus to maintain while experiencing life, one that will improve my well-being, provide motivation and still help me achieve my goals. Why Choose A Word of the Year When choosing my word for 2016, I thought long about what kind of things I wanted to happen in the coming year. My word last year was simplify… Continue Reading
How to Reduce Stress During the Morning Rush
If you want to reduce stress during the morning school routine, I have some tips for you. I have worked in an elementary school for several years and raised my own two kids, and thought I’d share some tips that have helped us reduce the occurrence of hectic mornings during the school year. Tips to Streamline the Morning Routine Ask your kids to gather the items they will need for school the… Continue Reading
Tips To Save Time Getting Dressed
Recently, the UK Publication, Daily Mail, reported their findings on a recent study of fashion. They surveyed 2000 women ages of 18-65, as to how long it took them to decide what to wear each day. Did you hear about this? The study, which was undertaken by a uniform company revealed some interesting data on how much time is spent deciding what to wear. Can you guess? The data revealed that those… Continue Reading
Making Time for Yourself
This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Weave Made Media® and PEOPLE StyleWatch®, and Sunset®, but all my opinions are my own. #weavemade #MeTimeMags http://my-disclosur.es/RgFrEH These past few weeks have been so busy! Busy at work, busy at home and now here come the holidays. I know that many of you feel the same way. It’s so important to balance your time so you don’t… Continue Reading
Quick Organization Tips
It has been raining quite a bit here this week, but we need it here in Southern California. Being at home has given me a chance to catch up on some baking and crafting. I also did a bit of organizing so I thought today I would share a few tips on things that can be done in 5 minutes, to help your home become more organized. 1. Go through… Continue Reading
My Word for 2014 – Priorities
Do you have a word for 2014? My word last year was “embrace”. I did embrace many things in life and stepped out of my comfort zone at times. I did this in my personal and professional life. It felt amazing to activly support changes and grow. In early 2013, I decided I wanted to discover Google Plus, so I made a profile with my photo and name which was… Continue Reading
Predicting Your Future – Goal Setting Tips
This time of year is a great time to look at your goals for next year. While you may be busy in holiday happenings, it can be theraputic to reflect on things that you would like to accomplish next year. Goal setting can seem overwhelming, but once you wrap your arms around them and incorporate them into your routine, they will become more manageable and achievable. Goal Setting the SMART… Continue Reading
Managing Your To Do List
Do you feel like you are not getting items done on your to do list? Have distractions or procrastinating prevented you from getting things done? Today I am sharing a few tips to get productive. Start Your To Do List – Make a list of what you want to do this week. I like to use paper because I love the feeling of crossing things off of it. But there are… Continue Reading
Time Saving Tips to Get That Hour Back
So like most of my friends in the US (Arizona excluded), I lost an hour recently due to Daylight Savings Time. Now I am so happy that it means I get an extra hour of sunshine after work over here in California, but at the same time, I kind of want that hour back. So I decided to make a list of how I can regain that hour : Time… Continue Reading
Unresolutions
Happy New Year! Can you believe another year has gone by? I am not one to make resolutions at the beginning of a calendar year. I feel that I am a work in progress and am always striving to improve. I live with a set of goals that range from short term to long term. It is my blueprint for my life. Things don’t always go as planned, but… Continue Reading
