Things I Avoid Buying Even Though I Don’t Call Myself A Minimalist

Although I have always got things organised in my home, I must confess there was a time in my life when I owned more than what I own today. But becoming a mother and 2 years later deciding to leave the corporate world so I could work from home while taking care of my son drove me to make space in my home for all the baby paraphernalia and for a home office. Even though the decision to purge came out of my desire to keep things organised in our home, I quickly realised that owning less also made my life easier.

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Please Don’t Call Me A Minimalist

People often assume that because of my job I must be a minimalist. Granted, I advocate, and practise, stripping out excess stuff in order to make room for the things that matter. And I often share on my Facebook page quotes and articles that I find quite inspirational from well-known minimalists, in particular, Courtney Carver and Joshua Becker. But I don’t like being referred to as a minimalist because of the misconceptions that surround the term and that don’t reflect my life and work philosophy.

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A Professional Organiser’s Time Saving Habits

I’m a creature of habits. What I love about habits is that they save me decisions and allow me to quickly switch into automatic gear, and, as a result, be my most efficient self. When things around me change, I know I’ll have to set up new systems but that I’ll be able to rely on my habits to get through. I’ve listed in this article the habits that are saving me the most time and stress.

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How going on a shopping diet changed my life

If you’ve been following me for at least the last 3 years, you might remember that in November 2014, I embarked onto a shopping diet. There was not much planning involved, just the decision that from the next day onwards, I’d stop shopping for clothes and accessories. Sharing the account of my little “experiment”, which turned out to last for over 14 months, is always received with a mixture of incredibility, curiosity and fascination. The thing is, I’m myself surprised by the unexpected way in which my shopping diet has impacted my life.

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Time management lessons learned from a taekwondo grading

December is always a good time to reflect on what has happened during the year. 2015 was marked for me by my 2nd dan grading in taekwondo. I’m pleased of course not only for the achievement itself but also for all the learnings that came with this journey. I’ll focus here on the 3 main lessons that I’ve learned or been reminded of and that can be transferred to an organising project.

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I am on a clothes diet… and I am loving it!

Do you have a wardrobe overstuffed with clothes but yet you feel you have nothing to wear? Well let me tell you a story… Last year I found out about this lady, Jill Chivers, who had embarked upon one year without clothes shopping to address her shopping addiction. She retraced her experience in her blog, describing how she created a life of abundance out of “deprivation”, and eventually tapped onto her experience to develop programmes to help women in the same situation. Well I am not here to tell you her story, all details are on her website, but to tell you how her experience has influenced me to look at my own wardrobe in a different manner.

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