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What’s Your System?
What’s your system for getting things done? What carries you along from thinking of a task to actually doing it? I bet most of my readers like to make lists and cross things off them. But let’s get...
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Everything I Own, Part 6: So Close!
Long-time readers know I’ve spent the past 6 months working on a complete home inventory. I started in March and I still have about 2 weekends of work to finish it off, plus another weekend to format...
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Real Re-Boot for Work
Recently I joked about walking into my new job as a whole new person. There were no preconceived notions about what I looked like or how I behaved, so I could have pulled it off! Well, except for the...
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Mind Map
Every once in a while I make a mind map of my life – what I am doing and what I would like to do. It’s a way to be mindful about how my life is going, and to guide
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Toronto: The Plan
Planning a trip and taking it are two different things, and that’s good – to allow the serendipity in! I have been to Toronto about 8 times, half of them for conferences. Everyone knows that in...
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Everything I Own: Complete Home Inventory
I have spent the past 10 months conducting a thorough inventory of everything I own. I thought it would take 3 months of weekends – then 6 – and now I’ve gone from March to the end of December! In
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On Timeliness
Lately I have been running late for work…often. This has corresponded with living so near my new workplace. I recently changed jobs and no longer have a commute. I know it takes me less time to get to...
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Pre-Travel Checklist
I’m not obsessive about packing lists. If I forget anything, I can buy it. Of course, I would cringe, knowing I have the same item at home, but I would survive. For me, it’s the pre-packing list that’s...
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Food Inventory: What’s in My Cupboards
The last time I reorganized my food cupboards was about two years ago! Yesterday I tidied them up and took stock. When I started eating vegetarian, I thought I would want a huge array of dried beans...
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Home Inventory Revisited
Last year I did a complete home inventory. I wanted to estimate the value of my home contents and see of it was in line with what my insurance company would offer me in the event of a “total loss.”
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The Undecorated House
My house is not decorated and it never will be. No one has ever come to my house and said, “It’s beautiful” or “I love what you did with it.” Guests have never focused on a feature or a colour,
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Time to Myself
How much time do you get to yourself? Depends what counts as free time: Not working Not getting ready for work or commuting Not studying Not looking after children Not looking after elders Not making...
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Magic of Tidying Up?
The type of closet referred to in the book. Photo: sakura-house.com At long last I have read the Marie Kondo book so I can weigh in! It has been a publishing sensation, selling millions. As you would...
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Recipe Re-Org
Cookbook shelf and new recipe binders (orange) I’ve been collecting recipes on bits of paper forever – well, since 1987, and that is before some of my readers were born! You would think I’d have a...
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Home Inventory Update, Part 2
Can I get the ins and outs to balance? Photo: smartfulcoaching.com I have just finished a complete revision of my home inventory (first done 2 years ago). I re-counted a lot of categories because I’d...
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The No-Nag Project
Photo: lifehacker I have started a new project. I always have a bunch of little tasks that nag at me and never seem to get done. I tend not to list them because they are unimportant in the grand scheme...
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Travel: Cheap or Smooth? (Part 2 of 2)
Lengthy post…did not think you’d want a Part 3 Last time, I wrote about travel arrangements including luggage, transportation and lodging. Now I’ll turn to meals, entertainment and organizing trip...
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Organized?
Typical list app – Remember the Milk I have looked and looked for a system to help me organize my life. A place where I can add everything relevant, keep it in order, access it easily, and keep it for...
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Container Confusion
Following Lucinda’s pantry and plastics clearout, I have done one, too! While preparing the house to be painted, I stuffed everything from the kitchen counters into the cupboards in a big jumble and it...
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June: It’s a Wrap!
My favourite wrap: falafel, served with Lebanese pink pickled turnip and tabbouleh, of course! (Photo: zankou.co) A big part of June was taken up with putting the house back in order after it was...
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