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- Checking up on My 2020 Processes: Filing Receipts
- Starting the New Year With an Appropriately Titled Jigsaw
- Day 366: Wrapping up 2020 From a Clear and Calm Space
- Day 365: Moving the Filing Cabinet, and Realising That the Real Me Isn’t Surrounded By Clutter and Stress
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- Day 362: It Really Only Takes Five Minutes to Clear a Desk
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- Day 358: When You Feel Overwhelmed… Eat Chocolate and Watch and Film
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Don’t Procrastinate… Just Sew the Button On
This morning my youngest daughter kindly handed me her school shirt as well as the button that fell off it. Much better than hunting everywhere for the missing button or trying to find a spare one on the inside of … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 Challenge, decluttering, Getting organised, Inspiration, Parenting
Tagged challenge, clutter, decluttering, organised, parenting, sewing
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View frustrations as treasured moments
Life gets busy when you are keeping the home clean and tidy, and earning money from your day job. So much so, that you can blink and miss the short period of time that the children are small. There are … Continue reading
Last day of my ‘holiday at home’
On the eve of going back to work, I wanted to fit in as much as I could into today. I was up early listening to a meditation track, then had a whole hour of writing time. Just as everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Fun and relaxation, Me time
Tagged chores, Exercise, Housework, Life, parenting, relaxing, working mum, writing
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Do you think that the whole work-life balance thing is a myth?
Article first published as Is Work-Life Balance for a Working Parent a Myth? on Technorati. We’ve all heard of ‘work-life’ balance and we all want a better one, but do we actually know what it is and when we’ve got … Continue reading
Posted in Getting organised, Toys, mess and clutter
Tagged Life, Myths, parenting, Time management, working mum, worklife balance
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Help decluttering your handbag
Why does the handbag remain cluttered? If yours is anything like mine, it’s a black hole containing many old tissues; receipts; loose change; crumbs (why is that?); make up; sweets without their wrappers; scraps of paper with half written lists, … Continue reading
Posted in Getting organised, Miscellaneous, Toys, mess and clutter
Tagged chores, clutter, delegating, Handbag, Miscellaneous, organized, parenting
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Interesting rubbish!
Sometimes rubbish on the floor can turn into something interesting to photograph. I glanced over at the other side of the room today and spotted a screwed up tissue in the shape of a dog. I asked one of my … Continue reading
Posted in Fun and relaxation, Miscellaneous, Toys, mess and clutter, Uncategorized
Tagged clutter, Humour, mess, parenting
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Time with the children individually
Today it was my youngest daughter’s birthday and we bought her a Maxi Micro scooter. I decided to take her out on it by herself and spend some time with her; she loved having my undivided attention. I then took my … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, happy, Life, parenting, teaching, tips, words, working mum, worklife balance
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Batteries set to ‘recharge’
I have split this blog into two parts ‘batteries empty’ and ‘batteries on recharge’. Up until today, I’d had ‘one of those weeks’ where everything has felt too much. Fortunately I have just over a week off work now which I am … Continue reading
Posted in Fun and relaxation, Goals and direction, Health and wellness, Life, Me time, Miscellaneous, Quality time
Tagged balance, calm, dreams, Goals and Direction, happy, health, Life, life skills, me time, organised, overwhelmed, parenting, relaxing, slow down, stress, tips, work, working mum, worklife balance
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