You may have heard me talk about my new goal for this holiday season. Actually I have a couple and they both came from interviews I’ve done with some fabulous ladies. The one I’m sharing here has to do with shopping for Christmas presents and it was inspired by my October 10th Heart Filled Holidays radio show where I interviewed Lane Jordan about her forthcoming book 12 Steps to a More Organized Christmas and Holiday Season. During the interview Lane said that she tries to get all of her Christmas chores done before Thanksgiving, leaving more time in the month of December to do meaningful activities.
Posts Tagged ‘organization’
Working for a little Christmas stress relief
Posted in Christmas, Self-care, Time management, tagged fun, goals, inspiration, love my holiday, organization, planning, time management on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
But will you eat the candy?
Posted in Planning, tagged organization, organizing my holiday, planning for my holiday, time management on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You guys know I’m an advocate of planning ahead and taking care of things when a quick and easy opportunity to do so arises. So when I went into Walgreen’s yesterday morning you would think that I would have bought my Halloween candy. (Yes, they have Halloween candy out already and so do other stores.)
Simple tips to make this holiday season better – without thinking about the holidays!
Posted in Living, Time management, tagged happier holidays, holiday, organization, simplicity, simplify, time management on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Big holidays are coming! I was tweaking this week’s Heart Filled Holidays Tip Sheet and wrote in Halloween as the next big holiday. Personally I’m just not ready for to deal with Halloween and Thanksgiving yet. And we all know that the day after Thanksgiving starts the mad rush to Christmas but we won’t even go there yet.
What about today?
Posted in Personal Growth, tagged communication, family, goals, love my holiday, organization, time management on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to enjoying our holidays and special celebrations we can all come up with a nice long laundry list of things we want our family members to do, or not do, that we think will make things better. You want your family to… Help you more with holiday preparations Get along on the holidays [...]
Getting it done with index cards
Posted in Time management, tagged organization, planning, time management on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been playing with a new tool to help me plan and track my repetitive tasks. With the recent changes I’ve made at Heart Filled Holidays I have a series of things that happen week after week. I tried making lists, putting them in Astrid on my Droid, and adding them to Outlook. Nothing was working well so I went into exploration mode.
‘Twas the Week Before Christmas
Posted in Inspiration, Stress-relief, tagged 'Twas the week before Christmas, chaos, Christmas, frustration, fun, goals, holiday, inspiration, love my holiday, organization, perspective, stress, stress reduction, stress-relief on December 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house reigned stress, frustration and total chaos….
Christmas is only one week away and everything is building including excitement and stress. So, to help you not only get through this week but also enjoy it, I’m going to ramp things up a bit. I’ll be putting more info on Twitter and Facebook AND I’ll be adding daily blog posts.
For today, the first thing I want you to do is take a deep breath and just know that all is well. You are fine and the important things will get done.
Holiday Planning (Sheila Hawkins)
Posted in Time management, tagged Christmas, holiday, organization, planning, time management, to-do list on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Guest Blog Post by ‘Your Personal Productivity Pro’ Sheila Hawkins
For some, managing time can be difficult in itself. When you add to that the rush and the chaos of the holiday season and you can have a seemingly impossible situation on your hands. We’re approaching the time of year when we all have so much to do with so many things added to our already busy schedule. As always, planning is a key element so when planning for the holiday season it’s important that we remember to manage our time just as we do during the “off season”. Without it, the rush and the chaos take over and we have a stressful season instead of an enjoyable one.
School and Schedules and Christmas Oh My!
Posted in Change it!, Living, Time management, Traditions, tagged change, choices, choose, Christmas, family, goals, holiday, inspiration, organization, perspective, time management, traditions on October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As I was adding all of the kids scheduled activities to my calendar this morning I was shocked by how much is going on in their lives. And when you add to that my husband going to work part time and my commitment to doing live events throughout the holiday season, things are looking mighty busy.
Deep Breathe . . .
Okay, not a problem. I can
Let the yellow shirt go!
Posted in Traditions, tagged choose, Christmas, holiday, organization, time management, traditions on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The dryer quit working just when it was time to scale mount laundry which means that while I wait for my husband to fix the dryer or take the clothes to a laundromat I am forced to wear those remaining clothes in my closet. You know the ones I’m talking about, the things you don’t really like to wear but won’t get rid of because you feel you should wear them. You must get your money’s worth, or someone special gave it to you, or you just know it should work even though it doesn’t.
