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Tweak Existing Routines or Create New Ones After Major Life Disruptions

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2022-07-29T12:02:16-05:00August 3rd, 2022|Categories: Routines|Tags: disruptions, life changes, loss, planning, prepare, routines|

We all have disruptions throughout our lives that can mess with our routines. However, major life disruptions are quite different and not only mess with our routines, but can eliminate existing routines, and/or cause us to create new ones. Major life disruptions may include, but are not limited to the following: death of a loved one, losing a job, accident, long-term illness, divorce, kids leaving home, etc. These major life disruptions mostly mean a loss of some kind and you will grieve that loss. These situations affect us in various ways - physically, mentally, and emotionally. Most are not thinking [...]

Life Happens – Situational Disorganization

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:18-06:00September 26th, 2019|Categories: Change|Tags: life changes, organized, situational disorganization, stress coping mechanisms|

Life happens. It’s unpredictable. There are highs and lows, twists and turns, but it’s still life. Much of it is what we make of it. You know, the pursuit of happiness, and we do find it along the way. Those moments that we wish would never end. There are also those unexpected things that we wish would never happen. Dramatic life changes such as loss. Losing a loved one, divorce, losing a job, health issues or an injury, losing a beloved pet, the list goes on. Any one of these things alone can be devastating. When you have multiple negative [...]

P.E.A.C.E. Step 5 – Evaluate

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:26-06:00May 30th, 2018|Categories: Home Organization, Peace|Tags: decluttering, life changes, organizing process, routines, 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 fifth and last in the series to provide more details for each step in the organizing process. You can read the first [...]