Be kind.

Is it more important to you to be right
or to be kind?

Winning the argument,
having the last word,
proving your point.
What exactly have you won, ended or proven?

Much mental clutter is rehashing arguments,
replaying victims scenarios, and
practicing 'shoulda saids'.

Try letting it go.
Try stepping back, biting your tongue,
and surrendering your need to win.

Decide when and where it really is important to
make your opinion known, share a relevant fact,
or end a discussion.

But really, most of the time
being kind is the best kind of winning.
Accept agreeing to disagree and let your
relationship be more important than your opinion.

Walk away and let your kind actions be what people remember.

No wrapping necessary.

Leave your phone in your purse or pocket.
Be with the person in front of you.
Pay attention to the sounds, the smells, the music.

Be present in this moment, now.

The best gift you can give others
(and yourself)
is to pay attention to what is unfolding right this very minute.

Everyone longs to be seen and heard.
Give the gift of your most attentive self.

And may we all be Merry and Bright,
however that looks and feels to each of us........

Preemptive One in. One out.

Take some time BEFORE the holiday to 
sort through your children’s toys.
Set aside the ones they have out grown, no longer play with, are broken, missing pieces or may have never been opened.

Decide an appropriate way to let them go. 
(Donate or throw away)

Clearing out before the new arrivals means there will be space to store the new arrivals.

There may still be time to suggest to people that they give your children experiences
instead of more stuff.
Tickets to the Children’s Theatre.
An excursion to the Children’s Museum or Science Center.
Hiking in snow shoes.
A cooking class at PCC.
A tour of Theo’s chocolate factory.
A day at the Museum of Flight.

Relationships grow when people spend time together.
Bonds form around shared experiences.
Exposure breeds curiosity.

Most kids don’t need another toy, game, puzzle or 
pair of pjs.
They need to spend time with people who care about them,
and who engage their minds and their hearts.

Experiences will be remembered long after December 25^th.

Presents

No, not the kind in a box or gift bag.
The be here now kind.

The being present with the person right in front of you.
The being present with what you’re engaged in now: The wrapping, the cookie tasting, the decorating, the planning, the music, the smells, the lights; this very minute.

The Honor of your Presence is requested in the present.

Slow down.
Breathe.
Pay attention.

Give yourself the gift of connecting.
To your experience, your relationships, 
your own sense of who you most truly, deeply are.

Your presence is a light in the world.

A quick closet clearing.

Standing in front of your clothes closet, donation bag at the ready; starting on the left side take out anything you don't like and are clear you'll never wear again.
No need to spend time agonizing-you know which things need to go.
Set the empty hangers to the side.

When you reach the end of the rod, close the doors
and take the bag of donations to your car.

Put the empty hangers in the laundry room so
you'll have them the next time you need them.

This is a fast and easy way to clear some space.

Even if you don't decide to move on to a more complete sorting, prioritizing and organizing project,
you now know that what's left are clothes you like 

and will wear.

(Keeping a donation bag at the ready, both in the laundry and in the closet, will make it easier to let go of other things as you realize they aren't your style, aren't flattering, don't fit the life you have now, or were buying errors)

Sometimes a speed sort is just what you need to make a little space, feel a little less cluttered,
and get inspired to do a little more.

Yes? No? Maybe so.........

Gratitude is a discipline, not an emotion.  
                                                               Joshua Becker

Time and priorities

This time of year can feel especially overwhelming 

with all we feel there is to do
and trying to find the time and energy to do it.

Guilt, obligation, traditions, family, friends, co workers,
special events, parties, shopping, and, and...
all piled on top of our regular schedule of activities-
No wonder we feel stressed and grumpy.

We can't do it all.
(Truly, we don't even really want to!)

This year, instead of saying "I don't have the time",
try saying "It's not a priority."

Some commitments really are the most important.
Some activities really do fill your heart.
Some relationships you really do want to nurture.

Permission granted to:

Decide what's important.
Let go of everything else.

Spend more money. Buy fewer things.

Cheap things usually are.

Try using your money more wisely.
Spending a little more initially  to get an item of higher quality is a better use of your funds.

Better craftsmanship and higher quality materials create products that are nicer to use, hold up better, wear out less often, and need replacing less frequently.

Better tools often make a job easier,
quality clothing looks nicer longer, and
most cheap food is highly processed and less healthy.

(Frugal is different than cheap. 

Frugal means buying the good stuff when it's on sale.....)

The next time you're shopping
consider how much you're spending 

and the value you are receiving.

Return on investment

Bang for your buck.
Results based on effort.

You get the idea.

You may have a long list of cluttered places in your home
that could use your attention.
And what's true is:  You have a limited amount of time (energy and interest).

Consider which project is going to get you the most useable results.
Where can you spend thirty minutes in order to gain five minutes every day?
Which areas are 'shoulds' and which areas impact your quality of life?

Sorting through the box of photos or sorting the pantry?
Arranging your underwear drawer or moving your summer clothes to the back of the closet?
Paring down your craft supplies or clearing the garage so you can use the space more effectively?

You get the idea.

Decide which project is really important to you.
Which space frustrates you on a daily basis?
How could organizing one space alleviate problems in another area?

You don't have to commit to a several hour project,
although that might be just the catalyst you need.
Ten minutes of serious effort in one small space or drawer could solve several problems
and leave you feeling more organized and less overwhelmed.

Choose one spot.
Sort, prioritize and organize what's living there.
See what a small time investment can make.
Invest in the life you really want to be living.

Easy

Eliminate steps and make life  (and chores) easier.

Pay bills on line.
Stash your work out clothes in your car.
Set up a donation bag right by the dryer.
Keep your vitamins next to your morning coffee cup.
Have the shedder and recycle  where you sort your mail.
Store bathroom cleaning supplies under the bathroom sink.
Use the notes feature on your smart phone to record your grocery list.

Store items where you use them.
Make it easy to complete tasks.
Eliminate unnecessary steps and complications.
Set yourself up to be successful.

Less time spent on the mechanics of daily living
frees up more time to spend doing what you really like
with the people you love.

Spend a little

Spending a little time now, means spending less time later.

Use the Two Minute Rule: 
If you can do something in two minutes or less,
do it now.
Deal with the mail every day:
Recycle the unnecessary, shred, date and add items
to your Action folder.
Take ten before bed:
Spend ten minutes each evening tidying up,
start the dishwasher, load the dyer.

By taking a little time on a regular basis to deal with the every day tasks of life,
things are less overwhelming.
You have fewer piles,
messes don't get out of control, and
you won't have to dig out from under a mountain of
clutter just to find your keys.

Creating just one or two new habits,
having a few daily routines, and
making it easy to handle the mechanics of daily living
frees up your time and your mind.

Spending a little time every day buys you more space 
for the life you really want to be living........

Enough

"Enough" is a feast.  Buddha

But first.

Before you jump right into 'getting organized',
admirable goal that it is,
you need to first get rid of the clutter.

Chances are if an area is disorganized
it contains too much stuff.
Stuff you don't need, use or value.

There is no point is spending time finding homes for things,
(which is one of the main tenets of of being organized),
if those are things are unnecessary, redundant or
merely evidence of the life you used to lead.

Take the time to sort the area first.
Move things that live somewhere else in your house.
Donate things that others might be able to use.
Make good use of your recycle and trash containers.

Once you're pared things down to how many is enough,
when all that remains are things you need to have accessible in that space,
when all the like with like are grouped together-
then you can easily organize the area to support you.

Get rid of the excess, then you can create a truly organized space.

Close the circle

Our clutter is often the result of us failing to close the circle.
A lack of an ending to a action or project.

We get the beginning part done by bringing in the mail.
We may even sort through it.
But we fail to pay the bills on time.

We do a load of laundry.
Dry, fold and stack it on the chair in the bedroom.
But never put in in the drawers.

We dine and carry our dish to the kitchen.
But somehow get distracted before we put it into the dishwasher.

By paying the bills, putting away the laundry and running the dishwasher we close the circle.

We eliminate the clutter that incomplete projects produce.

Consider where in your life where you may be leaving projects and actions unfinished.
Consciously decide to close the circle.

When

If not today, then when?

When we lose ten pounds.
When we get a different job.
When we have more time.
When we have more money.
When we have more energy.
When pigs fly......

How many days, months, years have you been 'whening'?

What one teeny tiny step could you take today
that would move you toward what it is you say you want?
What small but meaningful behavior are you willing to change today to make tomorrow different?

And honestly, if you're not willing to take one small step,
make one small change,
then nothing will ever change.

In a week ,
a month,
a year
you'll still be waiting....

Act now.
Your time is limited.
Really.

Permission granted

I'm passing my magic sword over your head, tapping you lightly on each shoulder and granting you permission.

Now:
You may donate the ugly sweater your mother in law gave you.
You may toss the dried up bottles of nail polish.
You may let go of the clothes that are two sizes to big
and two sizes too small 

that you've been keeping for Justin Case.

You may recycle all the empty boxes from 

every small appliance you've purchased
in the past five years.
You may say good by to your collection of unfinished craft projects, scrap book supplies and 

files of potential kid art projects 

(your kids are twenty five now...).
You may give away the linens you have to iron, 

the tea cups you'll never use and
the platter for the thirty pound turkey.

Lightning won't strike, 

your great aunt's ghost will not haunt you, 

you'll have other great ideas for art projects, 

and you're still a nice person.

Holding onto items out of guilt or obligation,
dragging too much of your past into your present,
and shoulding on yourself are forms of mental clutter.
And often then manifest as physical clutter.

Let go.
Make some space.
Live life on your terms.

Do the math

If you take out your trash once a week,
that's a total of about 52 bags a year.
That means that box of 200 trash bags from the box store is a four year supply...

And that's just one example.

Bulk buying may be a good idea for some things,
under some circumstances.
But sometimes it's merely bulk!
(as in bulky, space hogging)

No matter the size of your home,
you have a limited amount of square footage.
Your home and garage do not need to be warehouses.
Let your retailer have that job.
Let them store items until you need them,
and then buy an appropriate size for your needs.

Bigger isn't always better.
And sometimes more is just more.

Like with like

One of the most helpful tricks in keeping your home and life organized is to:
Keep like with like.

Store all your cold medicines on the same shelf.
Gather all your gardening supplies into one area in the garage.
Arrange all the pasta together in the pantry.
File all your important documents in one folder.
Hang long sleeve shirts in one section of the closet.
Put all the winter hats and gloves in one container.

You get the idea.

Bonus points:
Store the items where you use them.

If like items are organized together and stored where you need and use them,
you spend less time looking for things you know you have.
Seeing how much of something you have keeps you from buying duplicates.
Keeping things in the area where you use them simplifies tasks.

Spend less time looking for your stuff,
and more time doing what you love
with the people you care about.

Unjunking the junk drawer

Ah, the junk drawer.
Filled with random, but sometimes necessary bits, that one likes to have close at hand.

The problem is when the drawer becomes a dumping ground, or a disorganized mess.

Today’s challenge is to make the drawer functional.

First, clear a space on the table.
Upend the drawer on to said space.

Wipe out and clean the drawer then put it back in place.

Ah……a clean empty drawer.
Tempting to just leave it that way I know....
Enough dreaming.
Have your garbage and recycle cans close by.

Start sorting.
It’s easy to pick out the trash, the 2” pencils,
the broken rubber bands, the lonely screws.
Toss the dried up pens, the hard glue, the
dusty birthday candles and the random receipts.

Once the obvious throw away and recycle bits
have been cleaned out; start grabbing like items and
grouping them together.
All the keys, all the batteries, all the matches, all the
thumb drives, coins, chip clips, tools. You get the idea.
(Yes, I have been peeking in your drawers)

Keep sorting and tossing.
And setting things aside that actually have homes somewhere else in your house.

Once you’ve sorted through everything, and you have piles of like with like, decide how many is enough?
Really, one pair of scissors accessible is a great idea.
Three pair in the drawer? A bit of overkill.
A couple pens but not ten.
One small flashlight, not three.

Now that you’ve narrowed it down to the keepers,
consider how you might corral like items within the drawer.
Do you have some plastic containers that you could repurpose for storage in the drawer?
Could part of an egg carton hold small random, 

but like things?
Look in your stash of small gift boxes and see if you can use some of them.

Think creatively.
Trying shopping your home before you go out and purchase containers.

If there’s nothing in the house you can use; measure the drawer,
measure what you’re going to put in the drawer and only
buy something that fits the space and the need.

Arrange the drawer so that the items you need most are the easiest to access.
Keep like items together.
Don’t overfill the space.

It isn't junk if you know what's in there, and you need and use those items to make your house a home.

Getting enough

There are two ways to get enough:
One is to continue to accumulate more and more.
The other is to desire less. G.K. Chesterton

Be kind

An excellent way to deal with mental clutter is to make the choice to be kind.

A great deal of our inner dialogue is centered on our judgements, our fears, our worries and our need to be right.
We want to justify our choices,  defend our positions, protect our dreams, ward off being hurt.

What if we just choose to be kind?
What if we let someone else win?
How bad would it be to let someone else 

have the last word?
Maybe offering a thoughtful kind response would ease the tension, let someone else feel seen and acknowledged, 

and actually make your life easier and less stressful.

Not all clutter is visible.
Trying being kind, to yourself, as well as to others.
See what kind of space opens up.........
 

What fits

How I like to work is: I have an initial phone conversation with a you and we talk a bit about you and your home, the challenges that you feel you are facing with regard to being organized and reducing your clutter.

At the end of the conversation, if we both feel comfortable we set an appointment time.

When I get there we spend a few minutes looking the space over, talking a bit more and deciding based on what ‘bugs you the most’, where you’d like to focus.

We determine what your goal/hope/dream is for that space and
how we can set it up so you can use the space the way you want.

I work side by side with you, going through and sorting your things and assisting you in the decision making process.  I have some basic questions to help you along, keeping you focused and on task.  

Once we've sorted things we create systems to organize what you're keeping.  We focus on what makes sense to you; storing things where you use and need them and where you'll be able to remember where you put them.  

I like to work in three hour blocks of time. Time enough to actually make some progress and see some results.
But not so long that yu are exhausted when we are finsihed.
It is mental work (you are making lots of decisions).
It is physical work, (we are moving things around).
It can be emotional (who knew you were so attached to some things and why).

Store it where you use it

Store items where you use them.

Keep a small pair of scissors in your closet for cutting off price tags.
Store clean sheets in the room where the bed is they fit.
Stash a cleaning caddy under the sink in each bathroom.
Have a recycle container where you open the mail.
Hang the dog leash on a hook by the back door.
Carry your gift cards in your purse, wallet  or glove box.

What makes sense to you?

Where could you put something so it easy to grab
AND easy to put away?

What do you repeatedly reach for and come up empty handed?
How could relocating or reallocating something 

simplify your life?

Small changes add up to big improvements,
or at least less frustration.

Easy

Start with something easy.

Don't decide to tackle the garage,
  start with organizing your car's glove box.
Don't attempt the entire closet,
  start with your sock drawer.
Don't empty every drawer in the kitchen,
  start with the shelf of mugs.

Start small.
Spend fifteen minutes, not three hours.
Sort, organize and prioritize one little space.

Be successful.
See the difference.
Practice letting go, one item at a time.

Little bites.
Small projects.
It's a process, not a race.

Want or need?

Clutter is often a result of items we purchased 

which we wanted

but didn't necessarily need.

We were tempted by the sale price,
or the perceived lure of its usefulness,
or the can't remember if I already have this,
or maybe the having a back up would be a good idea,
or if it's in bulk in must be a savings,
or, or, or.

Many times these purchases sit unopened in the bag
or unused on the shelf,
or end up necessitating a trip back to the store as a return.

We all shop for a variety of reasons,
However:
Pause before you bring out your wallet.
Be clear on exactly what it is you think you are buying.
Where it will live in your home, and
how it supports the life you say you want to be living.

If you want to have less clutter and
a more organized home and life
you need to shop wisely.

Subtract to add

Funny math eh?
The truth is that in order to add more space in 

your home and life you're going to have to subtract 

some of the items currently occupying space.

Subtracting clothes you don't wear,
kitchen items you don't use,
sports equipment you don't play with,
toys your children have out grown, and
unnecessary files and paper work,
will add up to open spaces.
And give you more storage options for
the things you really use, need and value.

Editing out things you no longer use,
letting go of duplicates (or triplicates),
and dealing with the pile of mail, are
all ways to subtract the unnecessary
and add some simple order to your space.

A few acts of subtraction will multiply into
results that you can see and build on.

Do the math.
Subtract to add.

Four things you can give away immediately

Praise.
A smile.
A thank you.
Yourself a break.

Four more:
A book you loved but will never reread.
That pair of shoes that is too small, too big, too not you.
Something of Justin Case's.
A months old resentment.

And tomorrow you can give another four.......

Two quick closet ideas

One:  Remove all the empty hangers.
  That alone should free up inches of space.

Two:  Group like with like.
  All your long sleeve shirts together.
  All your short sleeve shirts.
  All your pants.
  All your dresses.
  All your skirts.
  All your sports jackets.
  All your suits.
  You get the idea.

Two B.  Within those categories,
  group all the casual items together,
  and all the work clothes together.

If you want to be really organized,
  put those items into matching color ways.
  All the black pants side by side.
  All the white shirts next to each other.  Etc.

For bonus points you could consider changing out
all your mismatched, multi material hangers for
one color of one kind.
I recommend the thin profile, non slip velvet ones.
They really do take up less space on the rod,
are non-slip, notched to hold straps in place and
create a far less cluttered look to your closet.

And gosh, as long as you're taking the time to switch your clothes off the old hangers on to the nice new ones,
you might as well do a bit of purging at the same time.
Ask yourself, "Does this look fabulous on me?
"Do I like how I look and feel when I'm wearing it?"
"Does the item still fit?"
"Is it worn, dirty, stained?"
"Out of date?  Out of style?"
"Would you buy it now?"
"Am I keeping this out of guilt or obligation?"
"How many SWAG tee shirts are enough?"

By letting go of the items you haven't worn,
won't wear, can believe you still even have,
your closet will have more room.

Getting dressed is easier when you have an organized closet 
that only contains things you are willing and able to wear.


 
 
  

Limit your options

Having more options and more choices makes us think 

  we will arrive at the perfect solution or 

  we’ll make the ideal choice.
More options equates more time spent choosing,
  and more opportunities to feel we might have 

  made the wrong choice.
Too many options can feel overwhelming, and
  leads us to believe insignificant choices have 

  greater weight and importance than they really do.
We use valuable mental band width on decisions that 

  may have little long term effect or benefit.

Where are some easy places to limit your options?
When filing papers (most of which you know you’ll never look at again)
  keep the categories general.
Buy the same color towels for all the bathrooms.
Find products you like and consistently use them.
Keep like things together so you only have to look in 

  one place to find them.
Once you choose, move on.
"That decision has been made."

Don’t let trying to find the perfect solution keep you stuck.
Trust me, imperfection is okay.
In fact it’s quite comfortable.

It's okay to set limits, make easy choices
  and opt not to exercise every option.

No comment

This week’s idea. Verbal clutter.

Gossip.
Sarcasm.
One upping.
Getting in the last word.
Playing the devil’s advocate.
Exaggerating for dramatic effect.
Arguing to prove an unnecessary point.
Chattering on to fill what we perceive to be uncomfortable silences.

Just as we rethink our possessions in order to have less clutter in our lives, pausing before we speak may prevent us from verbally cluttering our relationships.

As a result, we may experience ourselves as being kinder and more patient as we communicate with family, friends, and colleagues.
And you will have fewer conversations where your lips engaged before your brain, or you may have been right, 

when you could have been kind.

Our thoughts,
our speech,
our buying habits,
what we choose to find space for and honor in our lives.
It is all about making conscious choices.

Choose wisely.

Chew toys

They should.
He always.
She never. 
Why do I have to?
Don't they see?
Isn't the solution obvious?
I can't believe he said/did/did't/can't/won't/doesn't.

Such indignation.
So righteous.
And all the right solutions too.
(Or so you think)

The stories we repeat.
The conversations we replay.
The if only I'd saids.
Repetitive thoughts rushing down those 

old worn grooves in our minds.
How many of our thoughts are repetitious, 

circular and don't move us forward?
How much of what we chew on only 

keeps us annoyed and hurt?
It's all Mental Clutter.

We want our physical spaces to hold only the things we love,
value and reflect the life we want to be living.
Our mental space needs to be as clutter free as possible also.

Which thoughts and stores can we let go?
What judgments get in our way?
How might our lives be different if we spent more time in thoughts of gratitude and thanks?

Funny thing about our they should, he always, she never, etc.:
There is always another point of view.

Just for today, try not whining.
Put down your righteous chew toy.
Replace a complaint with a gesture of kindness.
Do some Mental Decluttering.

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
Thomas Merton

Have we stopped seeing the art on our walls, the photos on the shelves, the collection in the display?
(Just like we stop noticing the piles of clutter?)

When we first displayed  these items it was because they had meaning and we felt connected to them and the memories they evoked.

Is that still true for you?

Thoughtfully consider if your taste is the same.
If now the book shelf is over crowded or
your mementos have just become dust magnets.

Maybe rearranging some items could give new feeling to a room or space.

Or editing a collection down to just a few of the most special items.

Reframing the photos in similar frames would unify the look and draw your attention to the subjects.
(Perhaps it is time for updated photos of the people you love and care about?)

We each get to decide what is art in our lives.

The items we hang on our walls,
display on our shelves and have homes on our desks should be things that make our hearts happy.

Choose and display items which continue to have meaning,
inspire you,
remind you,
and make you feel at home in your own house and life.

too much laundry

As an ongoing task of daily living, staying on top of the laundry can be daunting.

Some solutions:
1.  Do one load everyday.
Start the washer as part of the morning routine.
Dry, fold and put the clothes away every evening.

2.  Have fewer clothes.
The more clothes you have the more tempting it is to
just keep wearing things until you run out.
Flaw in the theory is then you are faced with loads and loads of laundry.
And a somewhat easy task becomes a huge all day chore.

In addition, having fewer clothes also means you need less room to store them.
Getting dressed is faster and easier because your choices are limited.

3.  Use one, three section hamper in the laundry room.Eliminate the hamper in each bedroom.
Have everyone sort their clothes into the one hamper
as they finish wearing them.

By doing a little every day, you don't have to set aside 

one whole day as laundry day.
It is easier to do something if you do it everyday.
Routines don't necessarily make life dull, 

they often make it easier.

If, by chance you do have several loads of laundry that need to get done; sort it into lights, mediums and darks, put it into bags or hampers, take them to the
laundromat and do multiple loads at the same time.
(You don't need to worry about having enough quarters; laundromats now use prepaid debit type cards!)

When you get all the clothes clean, folded and back home,
before you put them all away; sort them.
Set aside the things that are too big, too small, 

too worn, out dated, etc.
Consider how many of any one type of garment is enough.
Remember how much storage you actually have.
The keepers then need to be divided into what gets hung and what gets folded.
Then store like with like, and have the clothes you wear most often, most accessible.

Make the habits of daily living as easy and routine as possible.
Spend less time taking care of things so you have more time to do what you love and be with the people you care about.

Start with the visual

Most rooms have  visible clutter and hidden clutter:
The pile on the chair and the mess in the drawer.
The stacks on the desk and the chaos in the file cabinet.
The accumulation on the counter and the disarray in pantry.
The collection of random on the bookshelf and the mysteries in the cabinet.

First sort, prioritize and organize what you can see. 
Then deal with the items in the unseen spaces.
By starting with what's out and visible;
with the clutter you see on a daily basis,
you can see change immediately.

The situation then feels less overwhelming,
the distraction level has been greatly reduced
and you can start to concentrate on the next level of clutter.

Some of what you declutter in the visual spaces
will need to find homes in the hidden spaces, so
the opportunity to decide how best to use your storage spaces becomes more obvious.

Plus, by starting with what you can see
when you get inside of the other places you will
be practiced at decision making!

Start with one area of visual clutter.
One shelf, one area of counter top, one table top.
Feel and see (literally) what a difference that can make.

It's time to admit it.

You’re never going to wear that sweater your mom gave you for your birthday-five years ago.
You’ll never need plates and flatware for 20 people at once.
Your downhill skiing days are far behind you.
You don’t even still have the laptop/toaster oven/printer that go with the boxes you’ve been saving, just in case.
You won't be do anymore hikes that involve a pack 

and three man tent.
You don’t need five pairs of old jeans, baggy tee shirts or holey pull overs for paint clothes.
You no longer decorate every room in the house 

for Christmas.
All those free, sample, or give aways might be small, but they’re still cluttering up the drawer.

Be honest with yourself.
Let some of it go.

That was then. This is now.

Open up some room and 

some space in your home and life.

It’s time.

Simple and easy.

Keep it simple.
Make it easy.

The easier you make the system the more likely you are to comply.
The fewer the steps, 

the more likely you are to complete the task.
Limiting the options makes choosing easier.

As examples:
Use hooks instead of hangers.
File in broad general categories.
Always have a donation bag in the laundry room.
Sort the mail over the recycle bin.
Put your keys in the same place, everyday.
Pay your bills on line.
Don’t put something down, put it away.
Say no; without guilt or explanations.
Move on.

Make the mechanics of daily living as simple and 

effortless as possible.

Put your energy into the relationships and 

activities that matter most to you.
Make choices that support the life you really want to be living.