Well, it’s been a week since you made your New Year’s Resolutions - and 7 days of Food for Thought postings with tips from organizers and life coaches to keeping your resolutions. I thought instead of asking how you’re doing (no one likes a report card) or hinting at the failure statistics, I’d share Rachel Rosenthals’ advice on celebrating progress:
After you’ve made the effort to de-clutter and get organized, take time to celebrate. Whether you throw a party for friends or enjoy your first watermelon of the season, take pleasure in the progress you’ve made.
- Rachel Rosenthal, ROSEY’S,
www.roseysurbanstyle.com
I’ll share my progress on one my “To Be Free of Personal Clutter that Stresses Me Out” for a virtual Food for Thought party: I typically read magazines in bed (ah, a little “me time” in a quiet place!) but find I end up with a stack of them around my room or on my nightstand. This time, I’m trying something new. I stuck a cardboard box (leftover from Amazon holiday orders!) discreetly in the room and after I finish reading my magazines, I drop the magazines in. I’ll recycle the whole box when it’s full. I’ve stuck to it so far and get a nice sense of satisfaction when I finish a magazine and it’s off to recycling. Hooray!
Want to share your progress on Food for Thought? Go for it! And maybe someone else will pick up a tip from your de-cluttering, organizing or goal-setting efforts!
p.s. Since our strong suit here at Let’s Dish! is helping you provide dinner for your family, I hope you’re also suceeding in your meal-time resolutions, be it taking care of dinner with less stress, eating healthy, saving money or more! Don’t forget to sign up for your January session - and then take care of February right away. In the store this month, you can enter to win a luxury spa package for two (value of $650) at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina in Cambridge, MD. Now that’s a celebration!
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I resolved to return to started tasks as soon as possible if I have to stop in the middle. When I am in the middle of a task and something takes me away (phone call, kids, urgent email, carpool, etc.) I write a word or a note in my notebook so I know where I left off. I keep my handy dandy notebook with me at all times (a trick I learned from Steve on Blue’s Clues about 10 years ago when my son was little). Even if I am in the middle of something and a thought pops into my head about something else I have to do I write it down. In the last week I feel like I have had to back track less. Over all, I feel like I have become more efficient. The great thing is that at the end of the day I have a really long list of stuff that I started and finished.