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What’s your organising style?

“You’re either born organised or you’re 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 but honestly, I figured a lot o...

{Living intentionally} Capsule wardrobes – part 1

I promised when I wrote this post as part of 31 days of Enough Time that I’d write some more about capsule wardrobes.

I read about these capsule wardrobes on some blogs and I’m totally intrigued.

The idea as I understand it is that you choose about 40 items, and wear just those things for a season. The exact capsule changes a little from blogger to blogger but a fair number of people include hats, handbags, accessories and shoes into their 40 items.

I really love the idea of simplifying until yo...

{Organising} My annual filing

It seems it’s become a regular occurrence around here that I only do my filing once a year. It was never a “thing” because my personal policy was to do the filing when it started annoying me, and then it seemed it annoyed me about once a year.

Aren’t you glad I started a new piece of card?

This is what I started with – about 8 cm of paper

Use post-it notes for your piles of paper as you start sorting

I very nearly ran out of space

Closer view of the piles…

it never hurts to have something nice to l...

Free Printable – Christmas planner

I’m sending out this month’s printable in 30 minutes but don’t worry, even if you subscribe a little late, it will be included with your welcome pack for the next month.

Christmas in Africa :)

We’re early with this one purely because I think the earlier you start, the better off you will be.

With Christmas, of course.

When you download it, please remember…

Just because someone creates a printable doesn’t mean you have to use all of it, or even any of it.

I don’t want you to feel any pressure. Okay?...

{Living intentionally} Goals review

Before you forget, I’m sending out the free printable for newsletter subscribers on Wednesday morning. If you’re not yet a subscriber, please sign up now (and invite two friends to do the same) – this is the Christmas Planner and it will help you get your thoughts in order. I’m also going to be sending it out as a thank-you gift with every purchase from the store from today til the end of the year.

This freebie is in addition to the Time Management Purpose Pack, the current welcome to my list...

{31 days of enough time} Final thoughts on having enough time

Can you believe it? This is the last day of the series and it’s been FABULOUS!

I got what I wanted out of it, which is the discipline to get something up every day this month.

Moreover I could actually write every day for another 2 months which is exciting to know since time management is my thing.

If you missed some (or a lot of) posts, simply click this link (or the 31 days of enough time label under each post) and you’ll be able to read all the posts in order.

I hope that you were inspired, mo...

{31 days of enough time} Weekly planning

There’s nothing better than the feeling of having a clear, worry-free mind.

Mental clutter is heavy!

For me, a big contributor to not having a lot on my mind is getting things down in one place.

That means writing down my monthly goals and then, the secret to my success, using my weekly planning system.

Click the picture to download your free weekly and monthly goals planner

It’s the best thing – it feels like there’s more time because there is – a whole week to get things done.

If I feel like I wa...

{31 days of enough time} How I “get it all done”

When people hear that I work full-time, am married, have twins, write this blog and coach time management, they often ask me how I get it all done.

The short answer is that I don’t.

Yes, I do a lot but I would really like us to focus on what I don’t do:

I barely watch TV and as you can see from this photo, I don’t do much filing (this was 9 months’ worth of paper…)

Let me explain the few things I’m awesome at (besides annual filing!):

Being very clear on my life’s purpose

I have a life mission ty...

{31 days of enough time} How to say no…

This is my favourite book on saying no!

Sometimes when I read books targeted at women, I get a bit irritated at the tone… because some authors tend to assume that we’re all the same type of woman and forget about taking into account that we’re all unique.

Not this one.

This is an easy read full of practical advice.

I really loved how this book spoke to me. Matter of fact, I haven’t read it for a few years and now I’m thinking I need to have a re-read.

Do you have a problem with people-pleasing, st...

{31 days of enough time} Being present vs FOMO

I heard this lovely little acronym a few months ago.

FOMO – fear of missing out

And I could relate.

I’ve experienced it a couple of times usually when I chose one thing (time with my family) over another and then saw friends having fun without me (imagine that!) on social media.

It’s hard because both things are generally good things.

But one thing was the best (and right thing for me) at the time.

Lysa Terkeurst has a new book out called The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless...