“I was organized before x happened.“ I’ve heard variations of this statement since 2002 when I started Minding Your Matters®. It’s also a popular phrase from people experiencing a life-disrupting situation. Here are more examples: “I was organized until I …
Will you? Can you? Would you? The request itself may not matter, your reflex may be to answer “yes” without much hesitation. The issue with an automatic “yes” is that it may negatively impact your schedule and stress-level. The challenge …
Is your brain so full you’re afraid that it will explode? Time to offload some of the information that consumes the space in your head! Common ways to declutter your brain are to use a calendar (digital or paper) and …
You see THE LIST OF TASKS and you head for the television or the chocolate ice cream. One of the most effective ways to decrease schedule-overwhelm is to Set Real Boundaries. Since a boundary indicates a border or limit, boundaries …