mindset Archives - SOS: Simple Organized Solutions LLC

To Get Things Done, Ask Yourself, What Will I do?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-10-09T12:02:31-05:00October 11th, 2023|Categories: Productivity|Tags: delegating, mindset, outsourcing, procrastination, project, task|

Understanding what you will do determines how much you will get done at any given time. This is something that you learn about yourself over time. It’s also something you need to reevaluate as you get older as things and circumstances change. So, what do I mean by the question what will I do? You know yourself better than anyone does. You know what makes you tick. You know what your capabilities are, both physically and mentally. You also know what you will and won’t do, so ask yourself what will I do? I understand it’s a pretty broad category [...]

0

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 [...]

0

How to Know if You Own Your Stuff or if Your Stuff Owns You

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-10-09T14:17:46-05:00October 11th, 2021|Categories: Home Organization|Tags: cluttered, decisions, free up space, mindset|

How do you know if you own your stuff or if your stuff owns you? What a thought-provoking question. It’s really just your mindset at play here. How you think and feel about your things will determine what you do with them. Your things need to be proportionate to your living spaces. Everyone has a finite amount of space and when it gets filled up, you’re left with making decisions about all these things that are taking up valuable real estate. When you can’t let go of things, it may mean that your stuff owns you. Some things to consider [...]

Comments Off

A New Year, A Fresh Start

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-01-12T10:06:19-06:00January 13th, 2021|Categories: Change|Tags: goals, mindful, mindset|

Here we are, once again, at the beginning of a new year. The new year promises a blank slate, a fresh start. I think everyone is happy to put 2020 behind us for many, obvious reasons. We may want to forget the challenges we encountered, but we need to remember them to learn from them and to grow. Last year, very seldom did we see or hear anything positive. That may be why everyone is talking about making a fresh start. Headlines such as COVID-19 numbers, the fallout of the economy, political elections, and so on kept us all counting [...]

Comments Off

4 Strategies to Lessen A Perfectionist Mindset

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:13-06:00June 25th, 2020|Categories: Change|Tags: change, mindset, perfect, unattainable|

Someone once told me that I’m a perfectionist. That didn’t resonate with me because I don’t believe that’s true. In my mind everything that I do doesn’t have to be perfect, good enough works for me, although I do strive for excellence in the things that I do. Does that make me a perfectionist? No, it doesn’t. I don’t work at something to the point of perfection so that it causes me distress. There are however, people that do this very thing which causes unhealthy issues for them. The actual definition of a perfectionist, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is [...]

Comments Off

Just In Case I May Need it Someday

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:19-06:00September 4th, 2019|Categories: Decluttering, Organizing Tips|Tags: decluttering, keep or discard, mindset, someday, storage|

“I’m keeping this just in case I may need it someday”. I hear this a lot from clients as we are decluttering. We run across an item that they forgot they had. They will actually tell me that they forgot they had this thing, but seem happy that they found it. It may be something that they don’t need now, but they may need it someday. In my experience, most of the time someday never comes. It’s living in fear, the fear that you may need this thing after you let it go. This mindset may be more prevalent in [...]

Comments Off

Making Changes May Not be as Difficult as You Think

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:19-06:00August 21st, 2019|Categories: Change|Tags: decisions, mindset, plan, problem solving, routines|

Some people dread making changes, others not so much. I get it. We get into our comfort zones especially as we age. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, ‘she’s set in her ways’. There’s that comfort zone again. It’s called a comfort zone for a reason. We may not be happy in our current environment, but we know what to expect, so there’s a certain level of comfort in knowing what’s going to happen next whether we like it or not. Making changes just for the sake of change is not a good reason as far as I’m concerned. If [...]

Comments Off