I recently spent four days at the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) conference (yes, there really is such a thing!) in Los Angeles. It was an incredible time, filled with camaraderie and education, and I came back with a four-page “to do” list. Most of the …
As business owners, we need to constantly be looking forward and figure out what we want our businesses to accomplish in the upcoming weeks, months or years. In addition to constant re-evaluation, most businesses choose one time per year to do long-range planning. Every business has a different …
Most of us do it every day. Procrastinate. We tell ourselves “I’ll get to that later” and most of the time we do. But what happens if we don’t? What if we procrastinate too long? What are the costs? We try to convince ourselves that there’s little-to-no cost …
Raise your hand if you’ve ever procrastinated starting a project, sending an e-mail, or cleaning a closet? I know my hand went in the air for all three of those things and I consider myself a pretty efficient and on-top-of-it-all kind of gal. At times we all succumb …
What’s the best filing system? Short answer . . . “it depends.” A filing system is just a way to control how paper, or information, is stored so that when you need the document or data, it can easily be retrieved. That sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? Easier …
Most of us schedule our days to within an inch of our lives. We feel the need to fill every single minute with something . . . work, sports, doctor’s appointments, shopping, home maintenance, socializing. You name it, we put it on our calendars and it becomes concrete. …