Marcia Francois's Blog, page 24
March 15, 2020
“The workshop was eye-opening”
The workshop was eye-opening and so enlightening Obliger who attended the 7 March workshop.
A quick reminder that the next Four Tendencies course happens on
Saturday 4 April (7 places left)
2pm 5pm
Refreshments, handout and all materials are included. All you bring is yourself and your curiosity.
Read more and book your place now!
If that date doesnt suit you, here are the rest of the dates for this year:
6 June (3 places left)1 August (4 places left)Youre welcome to book now for any of...
March 3, 2020
What’s your organising style?
Youre either born organised or youre not.
Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
I do believe that there are those of us who are naturally more structured and organised but I also know that anyone can learn how to organise or to improve their organising skills.
Interestingly, many professional organisers were once disorganised and learnt the skills in order to better manage their own homes and lives.
As for me, I do have a natural bend towards organising (I think this is mostly...
February 26, 2020
{time} DREAM method to organise time
time D – D ecide on the vision for your time
What do you want your day, week or life to look life? What do you want to include? More importantly, what don’t you want it to include?
R – R emove everything (for now)
When you remove everything non-essential from your schedule, you can see exactly what time you have to spend on the things that most matter to you.
E – E liminate the non-important and non-urgent
Remember the important/ urgent matrix? Eliminate the non-important and non-urgent. You’ll...
February 23, 2020
Which Four Tendencies workshop works best for you?
A quick reminder that the next Four Tendencies course happens on…
Saturday 7 March 2020 (10 4 places left)
2pm – 5pm
Refreshments, handout and all materials are included. All you bring is yourself and your curiosity.
Read more and book your place now!
If that date doesn’t suit you, here are the rest of the dates for this year:
4 April (8 places left)6 June (8 places left)1 August (8 places left)You’re welcome to book now for any of the workshops. Send me a WhatsApp to 0845047339 or email...
February 19, 2020
Weekend routines and rhythms
We are all different personalities and need different rhythms for our weekends to feel like they were good ones.
What is important and consistent across personality types is for all of us to decide for ourselves what the components are that will make a weekend feel successful, and then incorporate those elements into our days.
This will also differ according to different times and life stages, e.g. in winter I cook more because that feels more life-giving to me, but in summer I only want to...
February 12, 2020
My secret superpower for getting so much done
Recently I posted a screenshot on my Instagram stories showing my sleep stats. This one, in fact.
I had a flurry of direct messages from people commenting that they couldn’t believe I sleep so much. How is it possible to sleep 9.5 hours?!
Well, it’s easy if you set your environment up for good sleep (no screens before bed, cool bedclothes, dark room, etc.). I’ve always slept well, ever since I was a child, and most importantly, I believe that sleeping so well is the reason I have such a lot...
February 5, 2020
How I use a master to-do list to prevent overwhelm
master list Let’s talk about the difference between a master list and a daily to-do list.
People often confuse the two which is the exact reason they experience overwhelm. I would also feel overwhelmed if I saw 30 items every day but not if I only see 5 or 6 items.
I make a master to-do list of what I call Life Admin every so often. This list has things around the house, projects, financial things, medical appointments, etc.Here’s the trick – I keep this list on my desk so it’s visible at all...January 29, 2020
How to read more in 2020
If you’ve been reading around here or follow me on Instagram, you’ll know I’m a big reader. (I even started a bookstagram account late last year – marciareadsalot).
I read 97 books in 2016, 120 books in 2017, 112 books in 2018 and I finished on 108 books last year.
I hover around the 100 books a year mark consistently, and thought I’d share 5 ways that we can all read more. It’s not like I do nothing but read (I’m a full-time employee, parent to twins, wife, friend and coach/ speaker/...
January 22, 2020
What do I want less of in 2020?
When I start reflecting on this question, the answer is not just the opposite of what I want more of. Instead, I’m challenging myself to really think about things that I can control and take concrete action steps to create in my life.
Stress
Most of my stress this year resulted from worrying about whether the workshops would fill, especially in the beginning, but also stress about work that I absolutely could not control.
Unrealistic expectations
Granted, I placed many of these expectations...
January 19, 2020
A quick reminder – next Four Tendencies course
A quick reminder that the next Four Tendencies course happens on…
Saturday 8 Feb 2020
2pm – 5pm
Refreshments, handout and all materials are included
