Surroundings

In life, everything we surround ourselves with either adds to our quality of life, or detracts from it. The things that add to our quality of life are wonderful treasures, the things that make our hearts sing. The things that detract from our quality of life are clutter. It begs the question, why would we [...]

How to Avoid the Dread of the Ding Dong

You hear it wherever you go. “We must catch up.” For some of you that little sentence will fill you with dread. Does panic take hold at the suggestion someone may actually turn up at your doorstep, gift in hand, to celebrate the season? Have you ever toyed with the idea of feigning absence just [...]

Dreaming of the Perfect Room

Peter Walsh, Oprah’s very own “Declutter Guru”, often says that to really live without clutter you must not ask, “What do I want for this room?”  Rather, you must ask yourself, “What do I want from this room?”  In other words, instead of thinking what you will do to the room, think about what the [...]

Rose’s Success

“May all your goals for today become realities”, I told my online friends. A reply came quickly, “Well there’s a spanner in the works already, but I will soldier on”. “That’s the spirit!” I cheered. But that’s not always how it works, is it? Often when we aim for something and miss, or our plans [...]

The Art of Organised Scrapbooking

I confess, I am a Scrapbooker. I’m not the only one. It’s a very popular pastime. I undertake other crafting hobbies as well – embroidery, card-making, knitting – but it’s scrapbooking that takes up the most space, and again I’m not the only one with that experience. I find many of my clients have become [...]

The Do’s of Manufacturing To-Do Enthusiasm

Sometimes it just doesn’t come. You know you should do something. You know all the logical reasons why it makes sense to do something. There may even be unpleasant consequences if you don’t do something – loss of reputation, damage to a relationship, financial loss. But sometimes it just doesn’t come. That elusive thing that [...]

Discovering the Lessons

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the demise of famous Australian explorers Burke and Wills in what many refer to as their “ill-fated expedition”. They were sent in 1860 to discover a way from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north of Australia. They made it there, and found [...]

Living, Laughing, Loving

My personal motto is Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much. For me, 2010 has been all about keeping those three simple goals in mind.  As I reflect on the past eleven months and the one still to come, I realise December, every December, is all about living well, laughing often and loving much as we [...]

He Likes, She Likes

You like knick knacks around you, reminding you of people and places.  He likes wide open spaces… in the living room. Or maybe he likes to collect car magazines, while you’d prefer to make room for a single vase of flowers. People have different levels of comfort with “stuff”. I always say, “It’s not a [...]

Eve’s Lesson

Eve has it all together. She’s the one everyone can rely on. At home, Eve’s family wants for nothing. She keeps the house running smoothly. The laundry is up to date, meals are healthy and delicious, visitors are always welcome and bills are paid on time. Even the garden looks amazing. The children are driven [...]

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