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10 Life-Saving Time Management And Organisation Tips For Busy Moms

Whether we work full or part time, at home or outside, or are a full-time mother, it always seems that there is so much to do and not enough time to do it.  When I left the corporate world to set up my own business working from home around my then two-year old son’s schedule, I thought I’d have the best of both worlds.  The reality was not as ideal and smooth as I thought, and I quickly had to apply a few organising principles to make the juggling easier.  Here are 10 organisation tips that have proven to be the most valuable to me over the last 15 years.  I hope they can help all the busy moms out there keep their sanity and focus on what truly matters.

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How to break digital addiction – 7 strategies to help you disconnect so that you can reconnect with the meaningful in your life

I’d have never thought I could become a potential candidate for digital addiction.  Admittedly I’d been an early adopter of any tools that could help me manage my work and personal life more efficiently: think schedule, tasks, lists, contacts, files, music, photos etc., all aggregated in one place yet accessible from multiple synchronised devices.  But I had for a long time resisted embracing social media until I could no longer postpone setting a business page on Facebook.  And despite being quite attuned to the risks associated with spending too much time online, I realised how hard it was to resist temptation.  Fortunately, I quickly reacted and took some measures to help me disconnect so that I could reconnect with the meaningful in my life. I hope these measures can help you too. Here they are. 

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Six easy steps to organise hand-me-downs

You want to keep the clothes that your child has outgrown to pass them onto her younger siblings so you can save your wallet and the planet, but you keep forgetting about them or can’t find them when you need them.  Sounds familiar?  Well, they say, all you need is love.  But in that case, you may also need a system to organise hand-me-downs.  Read on…

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How to organise your user manuals, warranties and big-ticket receipts

Do you wonder how to organise the user manual, warranty and receipt that come with new purchases so you can find them when you need them – whether you want to learn how to operate the item, need to get it fixed without incurring the repair cost or during the hand-over of your home to your landlord? Like for any other types of paper, the answer lies in having a robust process.  But don’t let the idea of setting a process put you off as I’ve got it all work out for you below.  I promise, it’s simple!

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37 questions to help you declutter your space, paper and schedule

British textile designer and poet William Morris said “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”  But it is not that simple, right? If you’re struggling to make decisions to let go of your physical stuff, of your paper or even of the tasks or activities in your schedule, ask yourself the following questions to help you declutter.

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