I'm excited to be holding another vision board play day! Spend the day and create your 2016 vision board. If you've never done a vision board before you'll be surprised at how easy it is to do and how inspired you'll be to bring it all to life in 2016. Create your 2016! The … [Read more...]
Simplify your life and see how far you’ve come
Do you ever look at how far you’ve come? Or are you so focused on what you haven’t done yet that you can’t even see how far you’ve come? Far too often I’m guilty of not seeing the good things I’ve done and when I’m in that frame of mind I see only the mistakes I’ve made and, in that frame of mind … [Read more...]
Simplify your workday with routines
Last time, I talked about routines and how they can simplify your life. Repeated regularly they are great time savers. Here's a couple for the work day. 1. What key tasks can you turn into a routine? If it's a regular task perhaps it can become part of your natural routine, something you can … [Read more...]
Routines – personally speaking
Last week I asked the question - What if you looked at your habits and routines and started doing things differently? This week I'm going to make it personal. Changing what you do changes what you get. What if you changed the things you do for yourself and saw how those routines could really help … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Declutter Your Mind
Ten ideas to declutter your mind and get your brain thinking about something else: Purge or brain dump - Write a list as long as you need to get everything out of your head. Use pen and paper, or software (eg Evernote). Record it on your smart phone. Share the load with a friend or … [Read more...]
Is that routine still working?
Habits and routines are a great way to simplify your life. What can happen though is that they become unconscious. It pays to check in occasionally and ask the question - is what I'm doing still actually useful? Why do I do it that way? Because I've always done it that way is usually a signal that … [Read more...]
Routines take the pressure off
You'd expect that as a neat freak and declutter coach I would have some systems & routines in place to make my own life easy. Of course, I do! They work for me and I keep doing them. I also have some routines in place that don't work for me. And I keep doing them too! This month my focus is on … [Read more...]
“Me” time – a simple reframe
This week I'm in a much better place with downtime thanks to a simple reframe that's helped it's really time and with that there is no judgement, no questioning if the time is right or appropriate it's just about doing what I need to do in a way that works for me. Some examples: Having an early … [Read more...]
Downtime – it is okay to do nothing!
This week I've struggled with my topic of downtime. So many judgements about what I should be doing and when. Such contrast to last week's blog where I talked about the routines that give me structure. I guess I'm not as comfortable with my downtime as I am with my routine of work! My first big … [Read more...]
Managing the downtime
My focus this month is on downtime. Simplifying my life is about priorities and my health and well-being are big ones. Scheduling in some time out is a very necessary step to achieving this end. This is the time I need to switch off, to be with me, to socialise, to have some fun and just to do … [Read more...]