Time & Energy
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Fake a Clean House in Less than 15 Minutes
It’s the day before Christmas and all through the house…you have wrapping paper and baking supplies and a mess because you’ve been letting the kids entertain themselves in the messiest possible manner so you can get things done before the holiday tomorrow. You don’t care; you’ll clean it later. That is, until your mother-in-law or […] More
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Creating More Time in Your Holiday Schedule
This time of year time is even more of the essence than ever before for most moms. There’s holiday shopping to do, decorating to do, parties to attend, plays at the kid’s school, trips to see Santa and so much more. It seems there’s no time to breathe right now. If you’re the kind of […] More
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What You Should Quickly Clean When You Are Having Unexpected Visitors
Unexpected visitors always seem to choose the worst times to come, don’t they? You get that phone call that a visitor is on their way then look around and realize that your house is a disaster. What should you quickly clean before your unexpected visitors make their arrival? Here is a quick guide to get […] More
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Get Your Weekend Chores Completed And Still Have Time For Fun
Weekend chores loom over the weekend like a dark cloud. You work hard all week long and look forward to some time for fun on the weekend then find yourself spending all weekend doing the dreaded weekend chores. But the good news is you can recover your weekend and get all your chores done, too. […] More
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What Are The Time Stealers In Your Life And What To Do With Them
Life is busy and you need every available minute to get everything that you need to do done. Whether you work outside of the home, are a stay at home mom or another title altogether, you no doubt find yourself wanting more time in the day. You wonder where all of your time goes. Let’s […] More
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Five Simple Tips To Help you Manage Your Time
As someone who does about 40-50 different tasks throughout the day, it’s somewhat difficult to accomplish all of these tasks in a cohesive and constructive way. At times when you realize all the mundane (and necessary) “stuff” you have to do it can become overwhelming and will actually prohibit you from doing your tasks in […] More
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Personal Productivity Is…Personal
I’m sure each of us could pull out a piece of paper and make a list of at least 5 different productivity plans and time management products we’ve tried in our lifetime. I personally have tried Getting Things Done (GTD), Flylady, Franklin Covey, OrganizeHer, 4 Hour Work Week, Outlook Tasks, Gmail Tasks, etc, etc. But […] More
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21 Things You Can Do in Five Minutes
Five minutes, 300 seconds, it doesn’t seem like much in the grand scheme of your day. But have you ever really timed it? Â Once you do you’ll realize, as I did, how much you can accomplish in 5 minutes or less. Throughout our days, we can all find pockets of available time such as a […] More
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How to make the “BEST” decisions
One of the most effective ways to get a handle on your calendar is to evaluate each item thoroughly before making a commitment and wield the word no as a weapon of freedom. I recently ran across a clever acronym that can assist with your decision making – BEST. Debbie Bowen, author of Simply Sane, suggests that when […] More
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Knowing When to Start, Stop or Continue
If you have ever worked in Corporate America, you may be familiar with the popular Start-Stop-Continue exercise used in decision making and planning. Corporations are successful for a reason and many of the tools used can also be extremely effective in your personal life. The Start-Stop-Continue exercise is the process of breaking a subject down into the […] More
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The Power of No
When the phone rings and it’s the PTA president asking you to make 100 cupcakes for the bake sale tomorrow, what’s your first response? “Sure, I’d be happy to.”  But in the back of your head you’re thinking, “How the {bleep} am I going to fit that into an already packed schedule?” Or it’s 4:30pm […] More
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Super Woman is a Myth – How to Ask for Help
There is no such thing as Super Woman. There, I said it. Sorry to burst the bubble of everyone out there who thinks they’re Super Woman, but ladies you’ll drive yourself to the grave trying to be everything to everyone. The power of asking for help can be so freeing and yet for many of […] More
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