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Dealing with the broken and busted clutter
Clutter takes many forms. Oftentimes, each frustrating item is in our face or lurking in a corner for a "good" reason. I recently zapped a piece of my own clutter after walking by it multiple times daily for about a month. It was a decorative white elephant that was given to me as a Christmas in July white elephant gift exchange.
I let go of some crafting dreams - and that's ok.
I just made a difficult edit - my old, thick decoupage folders! It must have been twenty years ago when I was making small decoupage projects: boxes, small Ikea drawer sets, pencil cups, etc. For these, I collected beautiful magazine tear-outs of luscious green imagery.
The little things ARE the big things!
One of my favorite moments as an Organizer was when my client exclaimed, “The little things ARE the big things!” This was as she realized we had spend much of our office organizing time that day clearing off the top of her bedroom dresser.
I just hit an Evernote milestone! 7000 notes!
I’m a proud Evernote user and Evernote Certified Consultant. I too once was mystified by it until my friend and client @cassmetz taught me how to use it.
Try a pile cart instead of a file cart
If I still had this file cart in my possession I would have done a video to explain a novel way I used it recently. I don't, so picture this:
Watch & Listen: A mini-roundup of productivity advice
How am I such a big fan of author Cal Newport and only just discovering his podcast now? His books include Deep Work, A World Without Email, and Digital Minimalism.