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Free 2016 goals pack

It’s that time of the year (my favourite time!) when we talk goals, intentions, word of the year and other such good things.

I’ve updated my goals pack and it will be sent to you automatically when you sign up to my new mailing list.

I like to print it in booklet form – it saves paper and is cuter :)

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Some wonderful reading, watching and listening for the weekend

I’ve got some great links for you this week – to read, listen and watch. Enjoy!

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How each MBTI type prepares for the holidays (this was true for me, an ESTJ!)

Why asking for no gifts is not the answer

Happier podcast on readers’ favourite holiday traditions

and less than a week to go before all the organising goodies disappear forever. What about gifting yourself a “To ______ From ______ gift”?

The silver sandals were my “To Marcia From Marcia” gift in 2013

I really...

The “tools” that help me plan my life

First of all, thank you so much for the emails, whatsapps, text messages, etc. about my news on Wednesday. I appreciate all the support very, very much!

Secondly, a reminder to get your amazing life workbook. If you want the printed copy by Christmas, you should go ahead and get it now so that it has time to get to you. As always, South Africans, I can’t tell you how long it will take to get to our shores because I always buy an electronic copy that I can print immediately. (Pics of mine to f...

The life-changing part was really life-changing

I don’t know quite how to say this so I’ll come right out and say it…

I’m closing down my business.

The first question everyone might have is why?

There are three reasons:

I’ve felt for a while like I need to let go of this, like this is no longer God’s very best for me The time commitment no longer makes sense considering what this yields finan.cially After I read the Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, I literally ask myself this question all the time, “does this spark joy” and truthfully,...

What’s really important to me this Christmas?

A few weeks ago I made my intentional Christmas printables available to my mailing list.

And I finally went through the exercise with my family.

I asked them all to share what is most important about Christmas for them.

Then we prioritised our list and agreed on the top 5 things.

Why 5?

Because I like 5 and 10 – nice, round numbers

Top things mean items that were VERY important to at least 3 of the 4 of us.

These were the things that made our list:

Peace and quiet Baking and eating biscui...

3 ways to keep sane during one of the busiest times of the year

In South Africa, especially, mid-November through to about the first week of January is crazy time. Our school terms end early in December so there are year-end functions for everything under the sun – school, all the extra-mural activities, plus all the Christmas functions, school concerts, etc.

I’m not in school and even I had two exams

On Monday, I asked Dion, my husband, how his November was and he replied, “well, November is one of the most extroverted months, so I never enjoy it much”....

Goals | December bucket list

It’s the last month of the year – let’s make it a good one.

While most of this month is taken up with Christmas, I do have other things on my list that I want to focus on this month:

finish all my work for a big work thing in January prepare for our holiday (vacation) take 8 more walks do a big sale (check back on Monday for that) get all prep done for something website-y

get door in sunroom fixed (mainly so I don’t have to put it on the 2016 house list ;)) decide on goals for 2016 decid...

Goals | How I choose my goals for the month

I received a question from Cassey, the ESFJ who spoke to me about Konmari.

I was wondering if you would do a post on how you determine your goals for the month.

I’d be keen to pick up tips.

So this is for Cassey and anyone else who may be curious.

I have a process, which goes roughly like this:

I do a thorough annual goals review and planning. It takes me a few sessions to do properly but it’s worth it. I use Leonie’s workbook and my own goals & intentions doc (which I’ll make available ne...

Lessons learnt from my new floors

This is not a post about new floors, although it kind-of is

It’s more about what those new floors represent.

We (me) wanted new carpets last year but didn’t get around to it then and then it appeared on this year’s house to-do list.

Since this house is very cold in winter, I got quotes but we left it til after winter as I couldn’t bear the thought of non-carpeted floors in the midst of a cold, Joburg winter.

And then our plans were slightly derailed.

The people phoned me to tell me our fl...

One hour to sanity

If you’re feeling a little bit crazed and harried, don’t worry – you’re not alone.

This time of year makes us all feel a little bit tense, irritable and even overwhelmed, and we’re all just waiting for people to go on leave, aren’t we?

Here are a few resources to help you:

1. Use the Master To-Do list in the Time Management Purpose Pack on this page and get your head empty of anxiety as you write down everything.

2. How I deal with overwhelm

3. Break out of overwhelm (one hour to more peace...