“Home” office. Every home needs a place to do paperwork that pertains to the home. “Home” work includes paying bills, signing permission slips, reading mail, writing correspondence and filing important paperwork. Having a dedicated room for your “home” office would be ideal, but here are some suggestions for creating a consistent area to handle paperwork:
Use a lap desk and store a filing cabinet in the living room. Cover the filing cabinet with a pretty cloth when not using and it doubles as an end table.
Use the kitchen table and store office supplies and a portable file box in a kitchen cabinet.
Make an office in a closet.
Attach a work surface to a wall with hinges. Flip it up when using and flip it down for storing in between work sessions.
Put up a folding screen in a corner of the family room and hide the desk and filing cabinet behind the decorative screen.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
How to Become Your Own Best Friend
If you want to be a better friend to yourself…
1. Stop the guilt trip. Guilt is nothing but judgment about something you should have done or should be doing. Either clean up your act, or become happy with your current decisions. Feeling guilty is a complete waste of time.
2. Be true to yourself. Don’t betray yourself by saying yes when you need to say no. Your attitude will improve because you will be taking responsibility instead of trying to be a people pleaser.
3. Respect others enough to make them pull their weight. Speak to them about the situation and explain where you need help. Be prepared to deal with excessive pouting on their part as they try to guilt you into reverting to old ways.
Be kind to yourself. You can’t give to others what you can’t give to yourself.
1. Stop the guilt trip. Guilt is nothing but judgment about something you should have done or should be doing. Either clean up your act, or become happy with your current decisions. Feeling guilty is a complete waste of time.
2. Be true to yourself. Don’t betray yourself by saying yes when you need to say no. Your attitude will improve because you will be taking responsibility instead of trying to be a people pleaser.
3. Respect others enough to make them pull their weight. Speak to them about the situation and explain where you need help. Be prepared to deal with excessive pouting on their part as they try to guilt you into reverting to old ways.
Be kind to yourself. You can’t give to others what you can’t give to yourself.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Laundry Tips
Have a wastebasket next to the clothes dryer for discarding lint balls and used dryer sheets
Hang a towel rack in the laundry area for hanging wet things that can’t be dried.
Establish a regular routine for laundry. For example, do one load each morning or each evening, depending on your schedule.
Finish. Think finish when doing the laundry. Get the clothes into the dryer. Set a timer so you get the clothes out of the dryer the moment the time dings. You are not finished until the laundry is folded and put away.
Folding and putting away a load of laundry actually takes no more than five minutes, so just do it.
Hang a towel rack in the laundry area for hanging wet things that can’t be dried.
Establish a regular routine for laundry. For example, do one load each morning or each evening, depending on your schedule.
Finish. Think finish when doing the laundry. Get the clothes into the dryer. Set a timer so you get the clothes out of the dryer the moment the time dings. You are not finished until the laundry is folded and put away.
Folding and putting away a load of laundry actually takes no more than five minutes, so just do it.
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