I am LOVING these coathangers, and I use them with all my clients - they are space saving, items stay in place when you put them on them, and they look great!
Monday, 15 August 2011
GUEST BLOG - What are you waiting for? by Theresa Finnigin
I am very pleased to say that Theresa Finnigin from "Ready Aim Organize" has been kind enough to add a guest BLOG to this site, and what better way when we are looking at getting started than looking at procrastination! You can find out more at www.readyaimorganize.com - Enjoy!
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Do you have something to do on your list that somehow just won't go away? No matter how long you put it off it still needs to be done? Maybe it's going to the gym or calling your insurance company about a recent claim. Each day, we are forced to do things we don't want to do. We all procrastinate for different reasons but our brains have one thing in common. We each have a part of our brain that innately tells us to avoid unpleasant tasks - this is the same part of the brain that tells us to pull away when touching something hot. This part of the brain functions automatically. However, the part of the brain that allows us to be productive (a.k.a. get things done) is not on auto-pilot. How do we turn on our brains to be productive?
We each have different tricks we use throughout the day to help us focus and stay on task. We can use similar tricks to help us tackle the sometimes, unpleasant tasks.
1. Don't do it alone. Call a friend or family member and ask for their support. Hire a professional organizer. For smaller tasks consider hiring a virtual organizer.
2. Do it first. Use tasks that you enjoy (eating dessert or calling your best friend) as a reward for completing the task that you've been procrastinating. Do the unpleasant task first thing in the morning or first thing when you get home from work... then you can give yourself a reward!
3. Be consistent. Do this task consistently for 2 weeks and then it will become second nature. You won't dread it. It will simply be part of your routine. Learning and instilling new habits take time.
4. Tackle the task in small bits. Don't do it all at once. Set a timer for 10 minutes and see what you can accomplish. You may surprise yourself!
5. Achieve satisfaction. Completing a task that you have been putting off is very rewarding. It's a great feeling. Remind yourself of that great feeling before and during the task. It's worth just getting it done!
What is one thing that you've been putting off? Tackle multiple tasks that you've been procrastinating and reward yourself. It will feel so great to finally no longer see those tasks on your to do list. What are you waiting for? Plan your productive day today!
We each have different tricks we use throughout the day to help us focus and stay on task. We can use similar tricks to help us tackle the sometimes, unpleasant tasks.
1. Don't do it alone. Call a friend or family member and ask for their support. Hire a professional organizer. For smaller tasks consider hiring a virtual organizer.
2. Do it first. Use tasks that you enjoy (eating dessert or calling your best friend) as a reward for completing the task that you've been procrastinating. Do the unpleasant task first thing in the morning or first thing when you get home from work... then you can give yourself a reward!
3. Be consistent. Do this task consistently for 2 weeks and then it will become second nature. You won't dread it. It will simply be part of your routine. Learning and instilling new habits take time.
4. Tackle the task in small bits. Don't do it all at once. Set a timer for 10 minutes and see what you can accomplish. You may surprise yourself!
5. Achieve satisfaction. Completing a task that you have been putting off is very rewarding. It's a great feeling. Remind yourself of that great feeling before and during the task. It's worth just getting it done!
What is one thing that you've been putting off? Tackle multiple tasks that you've been procrastinating and reward yourself. It will feel so great to finally no longer see those tasks on your to do list. What are you waiting for? Plan your productive day today!
Monday, 8 August 2011
Organising my Utility - Part One
This is how my new utility room looked a week ago
And at the weekend it looked like this
So, now the units are in, and although its not got flooring or been decorated, and in another desperate attempt to get organised again (this build is driving the inner organiser in me mad!) I decided to tackle fitting out the utility cupboards. The space in the new room is great, so I went for maximum storage and functionality (although the designer in me also wants it to look beautiful - why not do chores in a gorgeous room!) - and as you can see I therefore went for high units along one wall, and only a little worksurface. I think that theres more that can be done with this than with smaller wall units.I also plan to have an extra fold down wall hung table or washing dryer on the opposite wall for extra when I need it (trying to think of everything!).
As you can see - I have been left with very simple internal storage areas, which could easily be filled and look cluttered - so I did some looking around and I have found fantastic internal storage units from HOWDENS (I can help you with this if you need a design), and instead of simply shelves, they allow you to make the space work for you, with tall storage and smaller shelving where necessary. I arranged my units like you can see here
So now have storage thats tall for mops, ironing board, and specific places for my hoover etc... - i also arranged the shelving as I thought it would need to be to maximise how I found items quickly etc.... Then I started to fill up with all my items that have up until now been in storage boxes awaiting the build to finish
WOW - a place for everything, and everything in its place. The right hand cupboard is a fridge freezer which we wanted for a drinks fridge to free up the kitchen one, and for extra freezing space out of the kitchen. There is now a shelf for everything, and specifically I want to point out the following:-
So, now the units are in, and although its not got flooring or been decorated, and in another desperate attempt to get organised again (this build is driving the inner organiser in me mad!) I decided to tackle fitting out the utility cupboards. The space in the new room is great, so I went for maximum storage and functionality (although the designer in me also wants it to look beautiful - why not do chores in a gorgeous room!) - and as you can see I therefore went for high units along one wall, and only a little worksurface. I think that theres more that can be done with this than with smaller wall units.I also plan to have an extra fold down wall hung table or washing dryer on the opposite wall for extra when I need it (trying to think of everything!).
As you can see - I have been left with very simple internal storage areas, which could easily be filled and look cluttered - so I did some looking around and I have found fantastic internal storage units from HOWDENS (I can help you with this if you need a design), and instead of simply shelves, they allow you to make the space work for you, with tall storage and smaller shelving where necessary. I arranged my units like you can see here
So now have storage thats tall for mops, ironing board, and specific places for my hoover etc... - i also arranged the shelving as I thought it would need to be to maximise how I found items quickly etc.... Then I started to fill up with all my items that have up until now been in storage boxes awaiting the build to finish
- Medicene can be kept out of childrens reach in the small wall hung unit over the worksurface
- Enough work surface for washing baskets, piles of washing etc... when required
- Washing machine and next to it in cupboard are all the washing products so they are to hand
- Specific storage for all items - in correctly sized slots maximising the storage space (I also intend to label the shelves as then any member of the family can put things back where they belong)
- An empty space ready for ironing to be kept (I have a FANTASTIC ironing lady as I have delegated this job to ease my time - a great idea and I think everyone should do this if you can!)
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