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4 Tips to Set Intentions For The Day That Will Make Them Happen

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2022-04-11T10:51:47-05:00April 13th, 2022|Categories: Productivity|Tags: clearing your mind, getting things done, motivation, organizing your thoughts, productivity, setting goals|

Do you set intentions for the day? This is something I do every day…every day that I really want to get a lot done, that is. I’ve found that I can do anything that I really put my mind to, and I bet you can too. I’ve written about productivity, motivation, setting goals, organizing your thoughts, clearing your mind, and all of these things factor into getting things done. When you set intentions at the start of the day, you’re getting your brain primed to get all of those things done, and possibly more. It’s a mind game. This can [...]

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20 Simple Tasks You Can Complete in 10 Minutes or Less

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2022-02-18T11:11:15-06:00February 23rd, 2022|Categories: Productivity|Tags: goals, motivation, organized, project, routines, tasks|

Everyone, or at least that I know, is always looking to get a lot done in less time to increase their productivity. Completing simple tasks during your busy day when time allows, can contribute to a routine, goal or a project. Simple tasks are typically part of a routine, goal or a project as mentioned above. Breaking them down into small chunks, or simple tasks, is a good way to avoid overwhelm and to reach the end goal, which is completion. Even if your project is to get the home, or part of your home cleaned and organized, that’s the [...]

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Creating Gaps in Our Schedules

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:12-06:00July 29th, 2020|Categories: Productivity, Time Management|Tags: get things done, motivation, overwhelmed, productivity, schedules, tasks|

There are a lot of people that use a schedule to get things done. For those of us that use them, we all have, or should be creating gaps in our schedules. In this context, they are little, or sometimes big snippets of time between appointments, tasks or projects. If you already have them in place, that’s a good thing. Creating gaps in our schedules is a good time management practice. It’s also good for productivity, and to keep from becoming overwhelmed and stressed out. A gap in between appointments or tasks, allows us to regroup and breathe before moving [...]

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Ways That Clutter Steals Your Peace

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:19-06:00August 1st, 2019|Categories: Decluttering|Tags: clutter, motivation, organized, peace|

Clutter is invasive and steals your peace. Much like weeds in your garden that grow over and around the plants that you love. Those weeds can strangle and kill your beloved plants. Clutter accumulates on top and around things like the weeds in your garden. It will cover all the open space if you allow it which causes stagnant energy. Stagnant energy causes stress, and stress steals your peace. Think about your house when it’s closed up for a period of time, how it feels when you walk in the door. There’s no energy, or air moving around so it [...]

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Overthinking Can be The Demise of Your Productivity

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:19-06:00July 26th, 2019|Categories: Planning, Productivity|Tags: motivation, perfectionism, plan, priority, productivity, scheduling tasks|

When you create a plan, are you overthinking the steps needed to reach the end goal? Does your research go on forever? Does your plan need to be perfect before you take action? Are the tasks so complicated that you just don’t want to perform them? If any of the above questions resonate with you, you may need to rethink your planning process. Perfectionism and procrastination are the enemies of productivity. There is no such thing as perfect and good enough gets the job done. Think about what motivates you - listening to music, a reward as you complete a [...]

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What is a Body Double?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:23-06:00February 12th, 2019|Categories: Motivation, Productivity|Tags: ADD, motivation, partnership, productivity|

You may be familiar with the term, ‘stunt double’, specifically in the movie industry. Stunt doubles are trained to perform stunts that are typically dangerous in nature, in the place of an actor. But what is a body double you ask? You may not be familiar with the term ‘body double’. This term has a very different meaning than a stunt double. It’s used in the organizing industry, most notably for those with Attention Deficit Disorder(ADD), but not exclusively. In a nutshell, a body double is another person that sits with you, or occupies the same area while you work [...]

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Where Do I Begin to Get Organized?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-04-17T12:16:35-05:00December 16th, 2015|Categories: Home Organization|Tags: clutter, decluttering, motivation, overwhelmed, reduce stress|

Image courtesy of stockimages / FreeDigitalPhotos.net This is a question I hear a lot from those that are overwhelmed with clutter; where do I begin to get organized?. Things seem to pile up when we aren’t looking and become clutter before we know it. At some point, something catches your eye and wham! It hits you in the face like a ton of bricks. Life comes at us fast and we don’t always have the time to keep up with daily decluttering activities. Because of that we may not always notice that things are getting out of hand. The [...]

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Overwhelmed by Clutter?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:45-06:00July 15th, 2012|Categories: Decluttering, Home Organization, Organizing Tips|Tags: motivation, organize, overwhelm|

A common complaint from many of my clients is that their clutter is making them crazy. They are overwhelmed by all of it and don’t know where to start. Because of this feeling of overwhelm, they just don’t do anything, which causes a copious amount of stress in their lives. There can be many reasons for the accumulation of clutter. Even the most organized person can end up with clutter. Many times the clutter is caused by situations in our lives, or a series of life events. Some of those events may be traumatic but not always. It could be [...]

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