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Org4life: Puzzles & Games

By Hazel Thornton on May 18, 2020 6 Comments

Do you enjoy puzzles and games?

If so, great! If not so much, allow me to remind you how many different types of puzzles there are!

To name just a few:

  • Logic Puzzles
  • Math Puzzles
  • Word puzzles
  • Riddles
  • Brainteasers
  • Jigsaw puzzles

Here’s a list of related Org4life blog posts, and the current status of my own gaming and puzzling life, for anyone who is curious, including the type of puzzle that frustrates me the most. (I originally drafted this post with National Puzzle Day, January 29, in mind, but have expanded it to include games, which surely outnumber puzzles in variety.)

If you think organizing isn’t all fun and games, think again!

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Are you wasting your “free time”?

By Hazel Thornton on May 1, 2020 29 Comments

Which type of person are you?

Are you spending your quarantine time at home, reading books, watching Netflix, doing jigsaw puzzles, and enjoying the heck out of it? Or maybe you’re industriously cooking and gardening, retooling your business to provide virtual services, cleaning and organizing your entire house, catching up on home repairs, learning a foreign language, and writing the next Great American Novel…? If so, this post is not for you. Carry on! You’re doing great!

If, on the other hand, you feel you are “wasting time”, and you’re feeling guilty about it…. or if you’re thinking, “Free time? What free time?!?!”, then this post is for you!

If you haven’t been very productive lately, give yourself a break! Things are hard right now.

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Categories : Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Time

Thriving in the Midst of Chaos

By Hazel Thornton on March 16, 2020 19 Comments

Flatten the curve — TP edition (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

There’s nothing like a crisis to bring out the helpful spirit and creativity in people.

Now that everyone’s stocked up on toilet paper, and hunkered down safely, the ideas are coming fast and furiously!

Now that everyone’s stocked up on toilet paper, and hunkered down safely, the ideas are coming fast and furiously!

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The Worry Matrix: How to Decide What’s Worth Worrying About

By Hazel Thornton on March 8, 2020 24 Comments

The Worry Matrix

 

The Worry Matrix is a handy, printable tool that will help you decide what’s worth worrying about, and what isn’t.

In my previous posts — Clearing Mental Clutter and Why Worry? Take Action! — I covered the following concepts:

  • Worrying is just a form of mental clutter.
  • Worrying is like praying for something you don’t want.
  • The key to less worrying is more action!
The Worry Matrix will help you decide what’s worth worrying about, and what isn’t.

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What do you love about your office? Here’s what I love about mine.

By Hazel Thornton on February 12, 2020 12 Comments

This is the view from my home office desk.

I think the key to being productive is to be comfortable and happy spending time in your office. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a corporate cubicle; a dedicated room at home with a door that closes; or another space you’ve carved out for yourself.

If you love your office, great! Carry on.

If you don’t, though, here are some tips and inspiration for decluttering your office and making it a place where you really enjoy spending time.

If you don’t love your office, keep reading for some tips and inspiration!

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Org4life’s 15 Best Blog Posts Ever

By Hazel Thornton on January 27, 2020 11 Comments

I’ve contributed a lot to this worthwhile blog carnival!

As part of my celebration of 15 years in the organizing biz, I’ve put together this list of my 15 best blog posts for you. (Oops, I already couldn’t resist sneaking an extra one in with a link!)

Here are Hazel’s choices of her best 15 blog posts ever, to celebrate 15 years of being Organized for Life.

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Org4life: The First 15 Years

By Hazel Thornton on January 5, 2020 18 Comments

15 years

Please join me in celebrating 15 years of helping clients to declutter, simplify, organize, and refresh their homes, offices, schedules, and lives…and helping them discover their roots and tell their family stories, too!

And what’s an anniversary without gratitude, a few selected highlights, and a crossword puzzle?

What’s an anniversary without gratitude, a few selected highlights, and a crossword puzzle?

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FOCUS on 2020: A VISION for Peace in the New Year

By Hazel Thornton on December 28, 2019 12 Comments

FOCUS on 20/20, er, I mean 2020.

As I shift my focus from 2019 to 2020, I have chosen a focus word for the new year. It is….wait for it….FOCUS.

Either that, or VISION.

Whatever. They go hand in hand, don’t they?

I can’t be the only one who picks FOCUS or VISION for 2020, but that’s OK. It’s not a competition.

What is your focus word for 2020?

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Organizing to De-Stress Your Holidays (all of them)

By Hazel Thornton on November 18, 2019 11 Comments

De-Stress Your HolidaysWhat are “holidays” and why are they so stressful? A holiday is any special occasion, all year round, which involves extra preparations; extra time, money and energy; and extra people, families in particular. Examples include birthdays, weddings, religious holidays, and secular holidays.

Holiday stress comes from having unrealistic expectations of yourself and others. Sometimes it’s the family getting together that contributes to the stress, and sometimes it’s the fact that you’re not getting together, or can’t, whatever the reason may be.

If you can relate to this definition, keep reading for some tips that will help you reduce holiday stress in four major areas of your life.

Holiday stress comes from having unrealistic expectations of yourself and others.

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The 21 Day Habit Myth (Don’t Break the Chain!)

By Hazel Thornton on November 4, 2019 17 Comments
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Calendar bird photo by Ann Strober.

I hate to be a party pooper, but I just don’t believe it takes 21 days to create a habit. Or 30 days. Or however long people are saying. It’s true that you can’t simply do something for only 3 days, or 10, and expect it to “stick”. And the effort required to create a new habit is well worth it! But I think there are too many factors to pin it down to a specific number of days for all habits and all people.

21 days may not be enough to create the habit you desire. But don’t give up!

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