Planning Christmas Away From Your Loved Ones

Are you spending Christmas away from family, relatives and friends this year? Maybe the thought of being apart at that time of the year is making you sad. But maybe, on the contrary, you’re relieved of not going back home because you find successive family reunions over the holiday season to be a bit overwhelming (hum I can relate to that too!). Yet you can’t help feeling guilty for being away. Whatever your situation, here are 3 things you should think of when planning this special Christmas so both you and your loved ones can better cope with the separation.

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The best times to declutter – besides a new year

January is always a frantic month for me as I get many requests from clients to help them declutter their home as part of their new year resolutions or in preparation of Chinese New Year. While the idea of having a fresh start at the beginning of the year is certainly invigorating, don’t worry if you haven’t scheduled a decluttering exercise yet as there are plenty of other good times to declutter your home.

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How to travel with kids – light and sane!

Christmas is soon approaching. For some of us, it’s an opportunity to visit family back home, for others the opportunity to discover new horizons. Traveling often comes with a mixture of excitement and stress, even more so when we travel with kids. There’s so much stuff we feel compelled to pack, just in case… So how to keep the packing (and your sanity) under control? By asking yourselves the 7 following questions that the last 12 years of traveling with my husband, my 13-year old son and associated paraphernalia, not forgetting ski attire and Christmas gifts, have forced me to consider…

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How to avoid the morning rush – A Professional Organiser cum Mother’s tips to smooth mornings

Are you always in a rush in the mornings on school days trying to make sure that everyone gets ready on time? Do you make the school bus wait or drop your children to school past the time? Do things, whether it’s your child school work, her PE music instrument or your exercise gear, tend to be forgotten at home? Although this moment of the day is short, it can be very intense and charged with crankiness and low patience level. So with the imminent start of a new school year, let me share 5 tips to help you avoid the morning rush.

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How to prepare for a trip

Taking a holiday should be fun and relaxing. Unfortunately a lot of people start building up some stress while preparing for it – worried of packing too much, or not enough, of forgetting something, or annoyed by the time it takes them to pack. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are some tips to simplify your travel preparations and make the process more enjoyable.

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