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It Always Feels Good When You’ve Eliminated Excess

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-11-08T12:53:49-06:00November 8th, 2023|Categories: Purging, Reduce Stress|Tags: clutter, coping mechanisms, digital clutter, excess, stress|

You know that feeling in the morning that you get after you’ve eliminated, meaning after you poop, which is excess. Yep, I said it, poop! Like the commercial says, everyone does it. Although not everyone has eliminated the excess of the things that cause them discomfort, if they did that regularly, they would probably have that same feeling mentioned above every time. There are many things in your life that can cause excess, it comes in tangible and intangible items. The tangible items are physical items that you can touch that turn into clutter when you don’t have a home [...]

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The Benefits of Something to Look Forward to

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-09-13T13:34:40-05:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: Focus, Health Benefits, Motivation, Reduce Stress|Tags: benefits, focus, mindset, motivate, optimistic, plan, positive|

Having something to look forward to can benefit us in multiple ways. Days, weeks, months, and even years can drag on with activities of daily life when there’s nothing planned that we enjoy, that would make us happy, or accomplishments that we celebrate. Think about it in terms of our life’s journey. There will of course be ups and downs, but focusing on the positive things and events can help us get through the not-so-positive things that happen along the way. Positive life events such as graduating from high school or college, getting married, having a baby, retirement, coffee with [...]

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Stick to a Schedule to Relieve Stress

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-08-14T12:03:14-05:00August 16th, 2023|Categories: Reduce Stress|Tags: daily planner, habits, reduce stress, routines, scheduling tasks|

When you stick to a schedule you relieve stress whether you are aware of it or not. Think about it, I’ll wait. It makes sense, doesn’t it? That is if you have already created one, that’s key. If not, here’s a post I wrote some time ago that talks about scheduling tasks to accomplish goals. The main goal being to relieve stress. What needs to be scheduled, you may ask, well, everything! Everything you do needs to be documented in some way with dates and times included in the documentation which makes up a schedule. Some examples are shown in [...]

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The Benefits I Noticed Practicing Meditation

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:12-06:00August 5th, 2020|Categories: Reduce Stress|Tags: focus, habits, meditate, mental clarity, mindfulness, morning routine, reduce stress|

Quite awhile ago I added meditation to my stress therapy regime. Life is full of ups and downs that can produce an overwhelming amount of stress. We all need to learn how to manage our stress. How you handle stress can have a significant effect on your physical, as well as emotional and mental well-being. It’s well known that meditation can reduce stress, but there are additional benefits to be had from practicing meditation regularly. According to the Mayo Clinic, research suggests that there are medical benefits as well. Some conditions have symptoms that may be managed by regularly practicing [...]

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Stay Connected, It’s Essential

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:15-06:00April 1st, 2020|Categories: Health Benefits, Reduce Stress|Tags: digital, elderly, isolation, video calls|

These are trying times to be sure. With the directive to stay at home to stop the spread, it’s essential for us humans to stay connected without physical contact. This is not easy to do since our overall well-being relies on human touch. Even on those occasions that some have to leave their homes, we’re instructed to stay six feet away from others. At least we can see other people even though there is no physical contact. These measures are important to flatten the curve. Those most impacted are the elderly, probably the most vulnerable of our population. People are [...]

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Being Productive While Staying at Home

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:15-06:00March 18th, 2020|Categories: Productivity, Reduce Stress|Tags: downtime, laughter, organize, productive, stress|

During this time of uncertainty and social distancing, a lot of us are considering how best to use our time wisely while staying at home. There are many posts from my professional organizer colleagues on this subject. And who better to provide ideas for productivity than professional organizers! There are those that have employers that allow them to work from home. That’s great because they aren’t losing pay and have tasks, and maybe virtual meetings to attend to. They can easily find ways to be productive while staying at home. Others that don’t have the option of working from home, [...]

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How Gratitude Reduces Stress

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:17-06:00November 26th, 2019|Categories: Reduce Stress|Tags: health, mindful, positivity, proactive, reduce stress, reframing|

This is the time of year when we think about all the things in our lives that we are thankful for. But what about all throughout the year? Cultivating the attitude of gratitude in all things helps to maintain a healthy life. Specifically, reducing our stress level. Chronic stress has been known to cause all kinds of health issues. It’s something we need to be mindful of on a daily basis. Some stress is good for us in the way as it relates to the fight or flight response. However, the accumulation of stress on our bodies can result in [...]

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Give Yourself a Break

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:23-06:00December 12th, 2018|Categories: Holidays, Reduce Stress|Tags: holidays, preparations, pressure, stress, traditions|

You have my permission to give yourself a break this holiday season. Maybe if you have permission from a fellow human that has been there, and there are many of us, you will give yourself a break. That means if everything does not work out as planned, nothing will happen. The sky will not fall, the world will not end. Ok, there are some prophets that may disagree, but that is a philosophical discussion for another time and place. The holiday season is upon us and there is so much to do. It’s time for the hustle and bustle [...]

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P.E.A.C.E. Step 3 – Assign Homes

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:27-06:00March 21st, 2018|Categories: Home Organization, Peace, Reduce Stress|Tags: decluttering, organizing process, storage|

Several years ago I wrote a post called, ‘Creating Peace at Home Through Organizing’. Click on the link to read the full article. The article explains why decluttering and organizing the spaces in your home is so important to achieve peace in your life. In that post I used the acronym PEACE to describe the five steps in the organizing process. The acronym was created to depict the result of organized spaces - peace. This post is the third in the series to provide more details for each step in the organizing process. You can read the first two steps [...]

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Overloaded & Overwhelmed By News Headlines?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:27-06:00March 7th, 2018|Categories: Peace, Reduce Stress|Tags: laughing, stress coping mechanisms, stress relievers|

Are you overloaded and overwhelmed by today’s news headlines? This seems to be the consensus of most everyone these days. It doesn’t surprise me. There are some, dare I say, horrible things going on in the world today, and we are overloaded with real-time news reports from all angles. From mass shootings to political escapades to celebrity sexual assaults, to abuse and torture of animals and humans and everything in between. It’s not often that we hear about anything good going on either locally or abroad. Maybe if there was more of a balance of good, or positive stories in [...]

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