Time Management is Bogus

Time Management is Bogus…Energy Management is Critical

Yes I am back on the Time Bandwagon again.

After spending the weekend with the folks out in the country; hanging out, playing cards, napping, watching the birds in the feeder and generally doing nothing I realized that in our overachieving world we do not value R&R.

Learning [...]

Time it really Can't be Managed

Time cannot be managed, only how you use it

A friend and I were chatting and she wondered why she had such difficulty getting to places on time and managing her time in general. She wondered if there was a trick to the whole time thing.

Here is a true story of my evolving relationship [...]

Chunking a Task Down

Chunking it Down

Have you ever looked at a project or your weekly schedule or any undertaking and wondered how you were ever going to get through it?

Was it the size of the project or were you unsure of where or how to start?

You are not alone in your stress about starting [...]

Do you need a Time Alignment?

How can you recognize that you are not in alignment with time? You can arrive on time for some events but not all? You are constantly checking your watch? You feel anxious because you have a constant nagging feeling that you are forgetting something?

The definition of insanity is,”trying the same thing over and over [...]

Can I ask you Something?

I love research and the internet is the best place to get some facts and figures. Small biz owners are the most fascinating people…doing what they love to do every day and enjoying the freedom of being the driver in the bus of their life. This is all lovely but it does come with some [...]

The Four D’s of Paper Management

Here is my latest article for the column Organize written for the KV Style paper that is distributed to the 20,000 plus households in the Kennebecasis community in New Brunswick, Canada. With Tax season approaching it is timely information.

Paper, paper everywhere… oh what do I do with all the paper? Is the paper [...]

How to Organize Your Finances

I am thrilled again to be participating in Janet Barclay’s Blog Carnival . This months theme is Financial Organizing. Please take a few minutes to visit the carnival and enjoy all the great tips offered by Professional Organizers.

Are you confused about Organizing Your Finances?

Looking  for the perfect system?

To be honest there [...]

Office Organizing Tip Batching Quick Tasks

I love it when multiple organizing tips come together.

Here is an enhancement to the 5 Minute File that I mentioned last month…I hope you are all using this one and a recent post on Batching Tasks.

This video gives you a visual on both concepts…..Enjoy!

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Batching Tasks a Recipe to Manage What you do with Your Time

I have been asked  this month to be a part of Janey Barclay’s Professional Organizer Blog Carnival . This carnival is a collection of Blog Posts written by professional organizers. This is a huge honor to be in such esteemed company and for you this is an awesome collection of resources to help you get [...]

Sorry, that Chicken Distracted me!

If it isn’t a chicken perhaps it is a shiny object. Or maybe its the telephone or the sound of the e-mails as they are arriving or the Crackberry that rings non stop or the mess on the desk that is calling you….oh there are so many distractions.

How do you ever expect to [...]