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Tag: organization

  • “Piles Of Unconsciousness” May Indicate Poor Self-Care

    How is your self-care reflected in your environment? Is it cluttered and filled with stacks of things that you can’t discard? Or is your space clear and free of distraction? Many believe that our outer worlds reflect our inner worlds. One of my best friends refers to unmanaged stacks of papers and things as “piles of unconsciousness,” and I think he’s right.

    Do you find that you can’t find things or that your forward progress has been hindered by too much stuff? Excellent self-care would indicate taking care of this, perhaps by hiring an experienced professional organizer.

    Take a moment to assess your level of organization and how it correlates to self-care. Taking care of yourself is not limited to yoga, massage, flossing and the like. How you manage your time and the materials in your life are equally important self-care components.

  • Productivity Strategy for Stalled Projects

    Now that Spring is here, let’s explore PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY and put attention on desired results that we’ve been putting off.

    What are some highly worrisome tasks that have haunted you because they aren’t complete? Maybe you haven’t touched them in months. Writing, organizing, taxes, bookkeeping, filing, cleaning, etc.?

    YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE! Things you know you’ve been putting off that have been stuck – things you have held as super difficult, tough, “can’t do right now,” “too big” kinds of things.

    When I was a college student, I would sometimes buy $20 worth of gas rather than fill up the entire tank. Try that same technique here.

    “I’ll give my (name of project) 30 minutes . . . . . or 60 minutes worth of my time.” No distractions, no emails, no phone calls or snacks. At the end of that session, schedule the next time you’ll use this approach.

    Choose something that has lingered, haunted you, made you look the other way . . . . something you’ve been resisting. The time you take to address it incrementally will free up tremendous energy and productivity.

    Copyright 2009. E. B. Hutt Bush and Coaching for Results, Inc.