A dear friend of mine, who lives in a most idyllic village by the Rideau Canals in Ontario, married last weekend. I decided to make a mini-holiday of it – so went for a few days. No matter whether you are going away for a week or a weekend, there is a...
Mumnesia – Tips for overcoming New Parent Anxiety
As a parent, you may have experienced the panicky feeling before; suddenly, you start forgetting simple things like names, tasks, phone numbers, addresses, or find yourself thinking, “why did I come into this room?” And occasionally, a panicked ...
15% Discount – Spring Savings for the Entrepreneur!
The winter this year in Toronto simply won’t end. It was snowing the other day. Today I could hardly walk down the street the wind was so strong. And it really got me thinking. It’s hard to get motivated at the best of times but after 6 months o...
Moving, Packing, and Moving again!… part 5 – laundry
Two weeks into my minimalist life – four to go. And I am noticing some things that I miss and forgot to pack for this temporary move. I wish I had my ironing board and iron. I didn’t think I ironed much. I don’t. But… and this is jus...
Moving, Packing, and Moving again… Part 4 Storage Lockers
I had never put anything in a storage locker before. A few friends said I could store stuff at their places. Which was so kind and generous of them. I am not sure why but I think because I am single most people assume I don’t have much stuff. Even my ...
Moving, Packing, and Moving Again… part 3 Packing
Yesterday, I spoke about categorizing and putting like with like. My move is very different to a normal move because I will be putting everything into storage for 6 weeks and living on the bare minimum. Today I am going to talk about packing. So as I saw it...
Moving, Packing and Moving again! .. part 2 Categorizing
STAGE 2: The “like with like” process
I mentioned yesterday about putting like with like? When you have purged (through donation or recycling) everything you no longer need or want then the “like with like” or categorizing par...
Moving, packing and moving again!!! Purging
Organizing a double move!
I sold my home and my new home awaited me. I was so happy and so looking forward to moving to my new home. Just about everything about it was making me do a happy dance every morning in anticipation. Then I got the newsR...
Organizing your children for the summer
I wrote an article recently for Help We’ve Got Kids e-magazine (a great resource for working parents). With summer just around the corner this article is about organizing your children for the summer holiday. Here’s the link to the article: ht...
Part 2: Organizational Personality Types – Symptoms of the Piler
In my last blog I explored the different types of Organizational Personality Types. Today I am going to go a bit deeper and explore THE PILER.
CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS:
As I said last time about the PILER: They don’t trust traditional filing syst...