Category Archives: Start Here

The 2 most important things I do to keep my sanity each day

Tonight I stopped the world long enough to write this post. Today was a bit more taxing than usual, as Dan’s TBI (brain injury if you are new here) was acting up more than usual with his loss of balance, confusion and agitation. Add to that a sick kid was home from school and missing…

Oh what a difference a year {or two} makes!

Or: “Don’t give up. Just give yourself more time to get where you want to be.” Every year in February we participate in the Challenge Aspen program for a week of ski instruction for the family. As I was preparing for our trip this year, I had an epiphany I wanted to share. We moved…

From Piles to {Almost} Paperless: Step 1 – Set up your master filing system

About this series: I know a lot of my friends are struggling with this same issue of not being able to keep up with our paperwork and keeping it organized. What I am going to do is chart my plan here in the blog, show you my progress and the tools I am using to…

{Guest Post} January Meal Plan, Recipes and Shopping List (with free printables)

Yesterday on Facebook, I lamented with the following: I put “menu plan” on my hellacious to-do list and started composing my first recipe to share here, as I wanted to help simplify my own life and yours too. I decided to have chili for New Year’s Day dinner, which is simple yet scrumptious and can…

From Piles to {Almost} Paperless: Taming the paper monster in the great paper purge

Does this sound like you? All your paperwork is scattered in boxes in various parts of your home, which means you can’t find the exact piece of paper you are looking for when you need it. You get the mail each day, then discover you don’t have time at that moment to deal with whatever…

EDOE Rule #3: Stacking your habits so they stick

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“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into smaller jobs.” ~Henry Ford Before we can move on to the ‘what-the-hell-do-I-do-with-this-massive-to-do-list-that-makes-me-want-to-cry” portion of the Extreme Do-Over Experiment, I have to tell you that nothing I share from this point forward will work unless you learn (or re-learn) some basic rules. Let’s review the first two…

EDOE Rule #2: Remember, it will get worse before it gets better

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Before you get too far into the Extreme Do-Over Experiment, I need you to think about this: You know how you step into a room in your house and find it is a total mess? Perhaps you made the mess. Perhaps other people did. Either way, it’s got to be cleaned and organized. You decide…

EDOE Rule #1: You have permission to give up

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“Never, never, never give up.” ~Winston Churchill I call bullshit, Sir Churchill. Society has conditioned us to think we would be a failure if we gave up. Let’s look at what the dictionary tells us: Definitions and examples of “give up“ To surrender: The suspects gave themselves up. To devote (oneself) completely: gave herself up…

Coming soon!

coming soon

As I build my new-and-improved site, you may find areas with no content inside it yet.  Please pardon this echo in the room while I scuttle around to fill it up with things you will enjoy! Be sure to subscribe to my blog to be the FIRST to know if anything exciting is going on. …

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