Organizing
Journaling can improve your mental health, according to research. Learn how you can use journaling to reduce stress and improve your quality of life. Dr. Stephanie Sarkis was interviewed by Today Show online about the benefits of recording your thoughts and feelings. Read the full article on Today
Your coworker's stuff is slowly creeping over to your side of the desk. You're feeling more and more claustrophobic as the papers make their way across the imaginary "desk boundary" line. In addition, your coworker can never find needed papers. Once you were assigned a project with him, and he always brought the wrong materials to [...]
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201403/why-you-focus-the-unfinished-more-the-finished
Do you find yourself scrounging for more time due to being far too busy? Enlighten yourself with this interview with Dr. Edward Hallowell who discusses his new CrazyBusy app. It provides people living a hectic lifestyle, opportunities to make changes in their lives. Maybe then you'll find a way to have time on your side after [...]
How well are you your sleep patterns? Do you wake up feeling refreshed in the mornings or do you find your eyes battling the sunlight due to a slumber-less night? Well rest assured that peace on your pillow will be what you can look forward to with these 6 steps to a better night's rest. Rest [...]
Donations of junk are creating even more work for tornado relief workers, according to an MSNBC article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43039417/ns/weather/t/after-tornadoes-junk-donations-become-challenge/ From the article: "That becomes the disaster within the disaster," said Salvation Army spokesman Mark Jones. "When people make those mass donations ... it causes the community to be overrun with them and have to deal with that [...]
The Edge Foundation, which specializes in coaching services for ADHD students, provides their opinion on medication treatment of ADHD. The blog post includes information on Judith Warner's new book, We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication. http://www.edgefoundation.org/blog/2010/03/11/is-adhd-overmedicated/
This is assuming all of your clothes are washed and ready to pack. This does not include time spent taking clothes out of the dryer, etc. This is how I pack for a week-long trip using a carry-on suitcase (yes, you read that correctly - carry-on suitcase. I don't check luggage anymore. Much quicker, and you [...]
Columnist Eve Tahmincioglu had a professional organizer help her declutter her office. It's nice to know that someone else finds Sweetarts under the clutter on their desk. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25477344/
Frogs love my pool. It's like a giant spa for them. Until the chlorine kills them. Then the party's pretty much over. I was trying to find a way for the froggies to escape the pool, and I found the Skamper Ramp. I have the standard Skamper Ramp, plus the dog extension (it holds up to [...]
