Hazel Thornton

8 Motivational Quotes for an Auspicious New Year

By Hazel Thornton | January 1, 2015 |

Rather than telling you what I hope…I mean, resolve…to accomplish in the New Year, I want to tell you how I plan to keep myself motivated. It’s easy for me to set goals, even S.M.A.R.T. Goals, and then forget later why they were so important. (It is just me?) I even have an entire New…

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Buy the best. Forget the rest.

By Hazel Thornton | October 20, 2014 |

I’m pretty frugal, but perhaps not in the same ways you are. The definition of frugal that I like best is this: Spending money on the things you value and saving on everything else. I don’t have the best of everything, but I am willing to spend money on things that are important to me.…

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Readers’ Tips for a Good Night’s Sleep

By Hazel Thornton | October 1, 2014 |

In last month’s issue of Org4life News I offered up my recent blog post, Organize Your Thoughts for a Better Night’s Sleep, and asked for readers’ tips. Here’s what I received:

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7 Phone Tips for Introverts

By Hazel Thornton | September 30, 2014 |

Who else besides me jumps out of their skin when the phone rings? It’s pretty much NEVER a good time for me to answer the phone. I’m ALWAYS in the middle of doing SOMETHING, whether it be working, spending time with someone, sleeping, eating, driving, exercising, watching TV, reading, or relaxing.

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Keep Your Checklists Handy

By Hazel Thornton | September 28, 2014 |

I love when my clients come up with their own solutions! LeAnn and I had just finished creating her Morning and Evening Routines, as well as her Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Checklists. We also had broken down a few large projects down into smaller, do-able tasks, each with its own Project Sheet.

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How to find a NAPO organizer near you…or near a loved one

By Hazel Thornton | August 26, 2014 |

An acquaintance recently asked me for help in finding an organizer near where her mother lives, in another state. It is a situation that I cannot help with “virtually” (via telephone, email, or Skype), nor is it one where they can afford my travel expenses to go help hands-on. Since my goal is to help…

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Are you doing the right things?

By Hazel Thornton | August 19, 2014 |

Consider this Peter Drucker quote:  Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things. Hmm…but how do you know if you’re doing the right things or not? Many of us do things out of habit, or because other people expect us to. But where is that getting you? Is it getting you where…

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Organize Your Thoughts for a Better Night’s Sleep

By Hazel Thornton | August 10, 2014 |

Who doesn’t enjoy a good night’s sleep? And how many of us have trouble actually achieving it? (Lots, that’s how many.) I have read articles suggesting we avoid caffeine; stick to a regular bedtime; avoid napping; get a sleep study in case you have sleep apnea; take the TV out of the bedroom; stop screen…

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My Best College Dorm Room Tips are…um, Geralin Thomas’s

By Hazel Thornton | August 6, 2014 |

I don’t work a lot with students. But, last year I re-pinned something awesome I found on Pinterest, created by my colleague Geralin Thomas, owner of Metropolitan Organizing. It was a post called Setting Up a College Dorm Room. Ironically…sadly…frustratingly, it has become MY SINGLE MOST OFTEN re-posted pin! (Sigh…of all the other things I’ve…

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Yes, you really CAN afford it, and you really DO have the time!

By Hazel Thornton | July 21, 2014 |

So, what is it, exactly, that I think you can afford and have the time for? Anything you want! All you have to do is to prioritize it and include it in your budgets. You know — your financial and time budgets. And I mean budget in the sense of allocating resources, which does not…

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