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Grab a cup! Weekly Reads & Inspiration

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Inspiration on Organizing & on Living a Better Life

 

Every week I read and go through so many of my colleagues and fellow bloggers’ posts. Some are new, some are old “reading friends” of my Saturday morning reading routine.

Life can get on the way of sharing their wisdom, insights and tips, and I decided to start listing them here for you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Grab your favorite drink and enjoy.

This week…

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Ted –“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”– via @TedTalks  by Regina Dugan

Pro Organizers Blog Carnival – Getting Help – @JanetBarclay

Good Life Organizing – Just in Case… – @glozing

No Sidebar – The Powerful Effects of Work Habits – @nosidebar

Becoming Minimalist – The Emptiness of Accolades – @Joshua_Becker

Seth Godin – How to Go Faster  – @ThisIsSethsBlog

Nacho Organiza – Think professional organizers won’t procrastinate? –  Organizador Postergador – @Nachorganiza

The Organizing Boutique – Book Launch! – The Procrastinator’s Guide to Getting Organized – @life_on_track

Elizabeth Gilbert – What to Do if You Can’t Find Your Passion – @GilbertLiz

Zen Habits – Hold Your Own Feet to the Fire  – @zen_habits

 

Have a great weekend!

Helena

Grab a Cup! Weekly reads & inspiration

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Filed Under: Organizing Blogs

Inspiration on Organizing & on Living a Better Life

 

Every week I read and go through so many of my colleagues and fellow bloggers’ posts. Some are new, some are old “reading friends” of my Saturday morning reading routine.

Life can get in the way of sharing their wisdom, insights, and tips, and I decided to start listing them here for you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Grab your favorite drink and enjoy.

This week…

Working with clients, “recovering” from a trip to LA for #NAPO2015 (awesome!) and preparing for an upcoming keynote speaking engagement at the Brazilian Professional Organizing Conference (almost 700 organizers? Super exciting!) are making me stay even more focused and productive. The key to getting it done? Love & Grit.

Saturday morning talks with hubby, walk and reads are a great way to unwind, change gears and recharge.

What are you doing to replenish your soul and unwind the mind?

Read on!

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Ted – The Key to Success? Grit – via @TedTalks  by Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth

James Clear – How to Stay Focused When You Get Bored Working Toward Your Goals – @james_clear

Nacho Organiza – Napo2015 Ser Mejor Organizador – @Nachorganiza

The Other Side of Organized – Two of the Most Powerful Clutter Concepts – @LindaSamuels

The Organizing Boutique – Book Launch! – The Procrastinator’s Guide to Getting Organized – @life_on_track

Marie Forleo – Conscious Parenting: What Parents Can Do To Raise Conscious Children – @marieforleo

The Story of Telling – Your Work is a Gift – @bernadettejiw

Zen Habits – Don’t Waste Your Opportunity  – @zen_habits

No Sidebar – Why following your passion might be the wrong path for you.  – @nosidebar

Further – Are you an influencer? – @brianclark

Thrive – Change your life  @ariannahuff

Have a great weekend and may we all thrive.

Helena

Grab a cup! Weekly reads & inspiration

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Filed Under: Organizing Blogs

Inspiration on Organizing & on Living a Better Life

Every week I read and go through so many of my colleagues and fellow bloggers’ posts. Some are new, some are old “reading friends” of my Saturday morning reading routine.

Life can get on the way of sharing their wisdom, insights and tips, and I decided to start listing them here for you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

You’ll see that there’s more than “organizing” in my list, and that’s OK. Diversifying my reads, opens my heart and my mind to how others see the world and to better understand people.

Grab your favorite drink and enjoy!

Seth Godin – Reckless abandon (is neither) – @ThisIsSethsBlog

Just go, and be reckless!

Geralin Thomas – From Hoarding to Hope – @Metrozing

James Clear – How to Stop Procrastinating – @james_clear

The Organizing Boutique – The Procrastinator’s Guide To Getting Organized – @life_on_track

Nacho Organiza –  Para Qué Contratar Un Organizador Profesional – @Nachorganiza

Smart Happy Organizing – Tidy and Messy at the Same Time – A Look at OCPD and Hoarding @orgspaceforyou via @SmartHapOrg

Zen Habits – A Simple, Powerful Self-Compassion Method – @zen_habits

Want to form a new habit? Join here.

Becoming Minimalist – The Investments We Make Into Our Lives – @JoshuaBecker

INC. – How to Make Sure Your Work Does Not Define You –  via @inc

A couple of articles and talk around sleep this week. I was a “crazy” about my kids’ sleeping schedule and I know that *I* need a lot of sleep to be on the happy side of life. What about you? Or your kiddos?

Schools & Sleep – Why More Schools Are Letting Their Students Sleep In – @HuffingtonPost

Arianna Huffington – My Conversation With Co-Sleeping Expert James McKenna – @ariannahuff

Elite Daily – You’ll Be Happier, Less Stressed And Richer If You Take Daily Naps

Elizabeth Gilbert – Success, Failure and the Drive to Keep Creating – @GilbertLiz

 

Have a beautiful week.

Much love.
Helena

Grab a cup! Weekly reads & inspiration

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Filed Under: Organizing Blogs

Inspiration on Organizing & on Living a Better Life

Every week I read and go through so many of my colleagues and fellow bloggers’ posts. Some are new, some are old “reading friends” of my Saturday morning reading routine.

Life can get in the way of sharing their wisdom, insights, and tips, and I decided to start listing them here for you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Grab your favorite drink and enjoy!

Further – The Most Pleasurable Way to Dramatically Improve Your Life – @furtherdotnet

After seeing too many of my female family members struggle and maybe never become free of sleeping pill dependency, I prize every bit of healthy sleep I can get and I learned to create and protect a routine that fosters my beauty sleep. 🙂 Knowing how much sleep I really need to be a happier person makes me a better mother, wife and friend. Having a healthy routine is essential for a life that works for you. How’s your sleep?

Sea of Change – The Third Culture Kid Advantage – @seachangementor

Addie and I have the plan of taking the kids off from school for a year and travel light around the world. Being both of us from different cultures, myself coming to the US as an adult, I’ve been stubbornly sticking to give them a place and a culture “they can call home”. I’m learning that while this may sound “safe”, it may not result in the upbringing we’d like to give them, so slowly I find myself flirting with the idea of moving and living abroad again. Articles like TCK gives me food for thought to open my mind further. Would you live abroad?

Zen Habits – The Case for Replacing Exercise with Play – @zen_habits

Tennis has been the only physical activity I have stuck with and I started it while living on Guam and wanted to try something completely new. Tennis fits me because 1. It takes more than one person to play, connecting me with new people. 2. It’s fun – I hate exercising for the sake of it 3. It’s competitive (but not too much) and finally, 4. I don’t see time passing when I’m playing it. I loved this post because it reminds us that being healthy can and should be fun. Want to form a new habit? Join here.

TedTalk – Dame Stephanie Shirley: Why do ambitious women have flat heads? – @TEDTalks

You’ll love her explanation on the flat heads.

Becoming Minimalist – See the Good in Everyone – @JoshuaBecker
Two of my favorite things cross paths on this beautiful example of how to change things one loaf at a time: community and bread.

Danielle LaPorte – The Principles of Active Waiting vs. feeling-like-a-loser, losing-your-mind kind of waiting… – @daniellelaporte

HuffPost Women – 7 Habits of Chronically Unhappy People – by Tamara Star for @huffpostblog

The Other Side of Organizing –Experiencing Life, Loss and Pain of Letting Go – @LindaSamuels

Peace of Mind Organizing – Putting Yourself First – @janinea

Nacho Organiza –  Ordena Tus Espacios Para Fluir Mejor – @Nachorganiza

Smart Happy Organizing – “Please Don’t Ask Me If You Can Keep…” 31 Quotes by Organizing Professionals – @SmartHapOrg

Paper Doll Blog – Tax-Time Freebies To Keep You Organized – @ProfOrganizer

MakeUseOf – Why Paper Planners Are Relevant in the Age of Smartphone Calendar Apps – Shared by Janice Russel

I’m a paper calendar lover and after some missed appointments and much confusion I decided to use a combination of online/shared (google calendar) with paper (mine only). Perfect match!

The Organizing Boutique – How I Came to be Friends With The Monster Under My Bed – @life_on_track

Totally loved to know I’m not the only one afraid of a hand pulling my feet at night, Nealey! 🙂

Have a beautiful week and may this Easter be a time of renewal and re-birth.

Much love.

Grab a cup! Weekly Reads & Inspiration

By
Filed Under: Organizing Blogs

Inspiration on Organizing & on Living a Better Life

Every week I read and go through so many of my colleagues and fellow bloggers’ posts. Some are new, some are old “reading friends” of my Saturday morning reading routine.

Life can get in the way of sharing their wisdom, insights, and tips, and I decided to start listing them here for you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Grab your favorite drink and enjoy.

 

Hi there!

This was a very hectic week and I had to trim down my reading list. I know Spring Break will bring slower days and more reading time.

Big Think! Learning How to Thrive: A Masterclass in Work-Life Balance, with Arianna Huffington – @bigthink

Happy this resource is here. I listened to and LOVED Arianna’s book and have incorporated several steps to live a more present and beautiful life. – @ariannahuff

If you want a hands-on opportunity to go through Thrive, join Arianna Huffington on this journey here.

And since healthy eating is a big part of thriving, I’m obsessed with these resources:

  1. Once a Month Meals – Cook Once, Eat Everyday. I can live with that! 🙂
  2. One 100 Days of Real Food – Free Meal Plans Without Processed Foods – Fantastic healthy meal plans, shopping lists and prices.

To help you plan your meals even faster, grab this meal and grocery planner from my Home Management Binder Kit.

 

Becoming Minimalist – If You Wouldn’t Do It for Free, Don’t Do It For Money – @JoshuaBecker

I read this post right after a very unpleasant talk with a “big”, self-proclaimed “business guru”. He wanted to sell me something, of course, but in the era of “you can do so much more, you need to share your gifts with the world or you’re robbing people of them”, I take even more pride in the love, service, and pace I decided to embrace for my business. So, while he may make a lot more money than I do, he makes it outside my personal values, and reading Joshua’s post was an important reminder to stay true to what’s important to me.

Seth Godin – Pick yourself’ and taking responsibility – @ThisIsSethsBlog

No Sidebar – Why being honest is sometimes the better option than being nice – @nosidebar

Elizabeth Gilbert – Don’t Become a Museum to Grief – @GilbertLiz

Zen Habits – The Anti-Bucket list  – @zen_habits

Nacho Organiza – Hablando De Las Vacaciones – @Nachorganiza

Meditation with Deepak Chopra – This is what I have been doing on the long wait for my middle-schoolers in the car. Download the app and start or end your day with it. @DeepakChopra

Have a great weekend and may we all thrive.

I’ll see you next week!

Grab a cup! Weekly reads & inspiration

By
Filed Under: Organizing Blogs

Inspiration on Organizing & on Living a Better Life

Every week I read and go through so many of my colleagues and fellow bloggers’ posts. Some are new, some are old “reading friends” of my Saturday morning reading routine.

Life can get in the way of sharing their wisdom, insights, and tips, and I decided to start listing them here for you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Grab your favorite drink and enjoy!

As a mother of boys, I’m always seeking information on how they learn and engage with the world.

Here’s a Ted Talk the tells a lot about our boys and an idea to get them back! – Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning

Organized Assistant – Organizing Basement and Attics – @JanetBarclay

The Other Side of Organizing – 6 Tips for Next – @LindaSamuels

Smart Happy Organizing – 16 Things to Store in a Basement and 16 Not To – @SmartHapOrg

Nacho Organiza –  Limpieza de Primavera – @Nachorganiza

Sabrina’s Organizing – Shame Affects You More Than The Clutter – @SMQorg

Organization Direct – What Am I Willing To Get Rid Of?

Organize To Revitalize – Get Your Tax Receipts Organized – @DAllisonLee

Sane Spaces – Your Environment Is a Reflection of Your Inner Peace – @sanespaces

No Sidebar – Removing mental clutter and why focus is crucial to success.

Zen Habits – Pare Down With The Declutter Habit – @zen_habits

Sea Change – One Change At A Time – Membership program

Becoming Minimalist – 7 Things That Shouldn’t Impress Us Anymore @JoshuaBecker

Be More With Less – The Challenge of Not Doing @bemorewithless

Have a great weekend and let’s find time to just be and do nothing.