When Value Costs Too Much – November Newsletter 2011

  The jet lag is fading and life slowly resumes its normal shape.     My month long trip to Australia was an exciting and fulfilling adventure with old friends and new, exotic birds and animals, and driving on the other side of the road. Adapting to vehicles coming at me on the right was [...]

Mind Mapping Might Help – April 2011 Newsletter

Being an April Fool has a certain appeal these days. Especially if it means I get to laugh at myself. This is a new skill, one I have cultivated by fighting decades of seriousness. As a kid, being caught unawares was one of the worst things I could imagine. Any sort of joke played on [...]

The Tyranny of Receipts

Another Reason to Break Free! Keeping receipts is probably one of the most classic and avoidable clutter problems there is!! There are only a few real reasons to carry these bits of paper around in our  wallets, pockets or purses. What is worse, once we get them home they litter the desk top, accumulate in [...]

Tax Documents Checklist

Excerpt from an article by Ronald Robson, an author specializing in management and small business tips. You can visit his site at Tax Filing Resources If you itemize your deductions when you file your tax return, you might have wondered where you can find a list of tax deductions. You can go through the IRS [...]

How to get Rid of It?? A Master List

We start with a great site from King County that will get the ball rolling….

David Allens “Blended Stacks”

I just read this on David Allen’s Newsletter and tried to “share” it, but could not find a way…. so I am passing it on to you via my blog. His systems might be the answer for you, or not, but the concepts here are right on: The Numbness of Blended Stacks You will experience [...]

Accomodations & Transport: Newsletter Excerpt

Accommodation: Only you can decide how much you like the unknown and the thrill of the hunt. Or perhaps like me, you’d rather spend time looking for dinner than a place to sleep. Each to his own! I prefer to do all my accommodation booking online. If they don’t respond to email I look elsewhere. [...]

Travel Planning – May 2010 Newletter

Deciding on a trip is the moment it starts for me. The process has so many layers that beginning to write about it makes me think I have to go lie down a while. Don’t get me wrong  not because it’s daunting! The prospect of planning a trip is totally thrilling and I have to [...]

Aligning Inside with Outside: Personal Organizing and Clutter Clearing

Learn to create an environment that truly supports your life! What do you live with, and why. Everything should say: Yes! This is me, I am home. Rebecca Ross blends practical organizing skills, warmth and humor to create functional spaces. As an architect and meditator she balances energy and stillness in body, mind and surroundings. [...]

Keeping Up While Fending off Overwhelm

It’s like flossing your teeth…. a job that never really ends. So how can you figure out how to manage it without making it a big deal?

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