In August I completed a training to become an Evernote Certified Consultant!  It’s no secret how much I believe in Evernote’s ability to deliver peace of mind through its highly customizable, searchable personal database of information.

Without Evernote, I absolutely would have needed an extra meeting with my accountant. We met last week and I referred to notes in Evernote numerous times: notes from my bookkeeper, saved reports, contract from purchasing my car, 2014’s tax return, and more.

I typically work in 3 hour sessions, allowing me to see 1-2 clients per day.  Earlier this month I travelled to Jackson, Mississippi to work with 14 school administrators and staff in just three days.  The Head of Christ Covenant School, Cathy, arranged for her team to each work with me in hopes that they would get organized as a whole for the upcoming school year, being better able to focus on serving their students. 

Some needed hands-on help with paper, some needed digital organization guidance, while others needed help with routines and time management...

I’ve been accused of not being sentimental enough.  I’m so sentimental that I kept my first yoga mat from the late 1990s up until very recently.  Dingy, worn thin and replaced many times over, it served no purpose but to make me feel mostly bad every time I saw it in the various hidden places it landed.  Moreover, my mom gave it to me and we had matching mats for years.  It had been with me to Costa Rica and is the place I first learned to connect breath with movement... 

Leo Babauta recently shared a quote in his post A Simple Declutter Habit: Leave No Trace from Zen monk Shunryu Suzuki:

“When you do something you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, 
eaving no trace of yourself.”

This makes me think of the no trace camping signs I see when hiking in the backcountry...  

The title of this New York Times article says it all: New Rule: All Purchases Subject to a 7-Day Mental Quarantine. Writer and financial planer Carl Richards says:

"I recommend a stuff quarantine of seven days, particularly if we’re talking about anything that costs more than $50. Anything that you’re considering ought to sit in your head for at least a week…"