"Look at the puppy and call out the numbers using your peripheral vision." I'm sitting in the optometrist's office and she's going over the instructions for the first set of vision therapy exercises. My eyes throb and I want to…
Category: Motivation
Lots of tips and ideas to help you stay the course. Come back here when your motivation is flagging.
Decluttering motivation
You want to declutter, but it can be so hard to find the motivation. Here are seven highly effective strategies to get you off the couch and happily decluttering. Strategy #1: Use music to energize you Some days you're just…
How to organize even when you’re sad
When the world stops making sense, it's hard to concentrate on everyday tasks like decluttering. There's a giant feeling of 'why bother?' hanging over everything and a feeling of terrible impotence. Anger turns inward to depression. So, the closet is…
Body doubling
Do you get overwhelmed when you try to declutter and organize yourself, yet find yourself effortlessly sorting, purging and categorizing when someone helps you? It's frustrating, isn't it? Why can't you just do it yourself? Take advantage of a body…
You vs. stuff: Who wins?
You are as important as your stuff. It sounds obvious, but few of us live that way. When you look around, does it look like you live there or does it look like you happen to share space with a…