Monday Morning Quick Tip

Good morning everyone!! For this mornings tip we are going to just briefly talk about purging (in a different way). 

A lot of times people are worried about getting rid of something on the off chance that they may, at some point, in the future need the object. Yes, there may come a time that you'll need that object or paper, but more likely you will not. 

I always tell people I am not here to make you toss everything that you have or buy all new things. I am here to help you sift through everything to determine what really needs to be kept and what can be let go of. Sometimes this is a good amount of things and sometimes it isn't. 

If you are still worried about getting rid of something (after asking yourself the three questions I wrote about earlier), determine what the item is and why you really need or want to keep it. Is it something that has sentimental value? Is it paperwork? Determine what it is and place it in the to be decided pile during your purging. Once done with that session, you will come back to that pile and be able to make a better decision. 

Flowering Friday

Good morning and happy Friday!! I hope that this week has treated you well and that you all will have a good weekend! Let's start this Friday off right with some beautiful spring colored flowers! These flowers are actually from last week, but they lasted and are still doing well, so I did not get any new flowers this week. 

 These bright colors have added such "sunshine" to our home. I'm loving the brightness of spring. 

Tea Time Tuesday

Good morning everyone! I have some news about Tea Time Tuesday. Tea Time Tuesday has moved to my personal blog. In trying to maintain a little separation between this business blog and my personal opinions and posts, I have created a new blog for personal posting. 

Please check out Always Penguins, www.alwayspenguins.blogspot.com for more Tea Time Tuesday, Books, Opinion, and other posts!! 

Thank you!

Monday Morning Quick Tip

Good morning everyone! I hope that your Monday goes well! Let's get it started off right with the Monday Morning quick tip!

This mornings tip relates to what I said quite a few weeks back about writing things down on paper. We are going to talk about planners today. Planners are an excellent way to record anything from appointments to things that happened throughout the day. I use a couple different planners for different things. I have a Day Designer that is my largest planner. It stays at home and is my "overall, contains everything" planner. Everything ends up in this planner, however it is too big for me to haul around in my bag (some people do have huge planners in their bags, but I am not one of those people). I have two smaller planners that are usually with me. The back and white polka dot planner is a moleskin day on one page planner. I use this planner for anything that happens during the day that I want to remember. It is where I mark appointments down that I make and where I mark down things I think of throughout the day. I really love this planner because it can be so flexible with what is in it. The smallest pink planner is where I mark down money I spend, things I buy and when things are delivered/supposed to be delivered. My system works for me, I rarely forget or miss appointments ( I say rarely because it has happened, I am human after all) and it really helps keep everything organized.

Now I'm not saying that you need to have three planners or that even one planner will solve all of your problems, but having something where you can list the day to day things that you are doing helps immensely. As I have said before, things very easily get lost in the shuffle and forgotten all the time. So, even if what you have is a wall calendar, have something where you can mark day to day information down. This is a good starting point for getting organized and clearing your mind.