Raise your hand if you are good at making excuses to avoid doing something. (I would raise mine, but then I wouldn’t be able to continue typing.) If you’ve been reading my Organizing Tips for a while, you may remember that six years ago, I lost 40 pounds. You can find those details in “Lightening the Load“. Then I wrote about having kept the weight off for one year in “Keeping It Off‘”. Given all the wisdom that I shared in…
Read more →Today marks an important milestone for me. It is exactly one year that I have kept off the 40 pounds that I lost over a six-month period in 2014. I’ve lost weight before on various programs, but I have never been successful in keeping all of it off for one year. What made the difference this time? I have concluded that a successful weight loss program is like an organizing project. These are the key aspects. Having a goal. I had a clear…
Read more →We took our 18-year old daughter to college a few days ago. It was a huge undertaking – physically, emotionally, and of course, organizationally. As I’ve mentioned before, I deal with emotional upheaval by getting organized. (See Love, Loss, and Organizing). Getting my daughter and all her stuff to school was a logistical puzzle that kept me focused and helped keep the emotions at bay. Before I go on vacation, admiring friends often say to me one or two weeks before, “I bet…
Read more →We have a new dog. His name is Alfie. We adopted him three months ago, shortly before his 7th birthday. We were told he was a Havanese. If you are not familiar with this breed, just think “cute little white fuzzball”. Of course I had him DNA-tested, because that’s just the kind of person I am. We learned that he is only 50% Havanese, and 25% Maltese. (If you are not familiar with that breed, you can once again think “cute little…
Read more →Don’t you love it when you have the opportunity to disprove an assumption that you have made about yourself? I sure do. As you may know already, the only reason I do vigorous exercise twice a week is because I’ve hired a personal trainer to come to my home. Without someone showing up at my door and staring at me until I start moving, it’s just not going to happen. (If you need similar motivation and live in NYC, I cannot…
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