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It’s not too late to make 2019 great

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s-o-c-i-a-l-c-u-t-542907-unsplashI have a confession to make.

I have only just updated my 2019 vision board.

It’s February. I broke the unwritten organising commandment of “Thou shalt have it all planned and promised by 1st of January or do not bother until next year”.

And you know what? I’m not sorry. In fact, I am high-fiving myself. Because I have done it now and that’s all that matters.

And so I want to remind you that it is never too late to start your organising journey for 2019, or make a change in your life this year or put together a new plan for yourself.

I’ve been looking forward to 2019 for quite some time. My youngest started 3-year-old kinder in late January which meant I spent a significant portion of 2018 looking forward to some much-needed ALONE time (much as I love the little guy)! I’ve been dreaming about all the ways I can use these precious-but-rare kinder hours to best effect since mid last year at least. Needless to say, I was anxious to get started with the crisp promise of the new calendar page when January 1 rolled around.

But, you know… life happened.

January is still school holidays here in Australia. My son had his birthday party. My mum celebrated a significant birthday. Kinder didn’t start until the last day of January and even then, it was very short transition sessions until mid February… I could go on.

So I decided to wait. I decided I would enjoy my last few weeks with my littlest love and I’d make my Vision Board in February.

And I enjoyed my January days so much more than I would have if I’d continued to ride the guilt train about not doing everything by some arbitrary date that the universe says we must adhere to.

I gave myself the gift of time. Time to be with my kids, fully. To celebrate the people I love, fully. And then, time to devote to my business fully. And even a few slices of heavenly ME time thrown in for good measure. And all in all, things have turned out for the best because I did this.

My son is settled in kinder.

My Vision Board is done and I enjoyed the process.

I have two days a week now in which to drink my coffee hot.

And the world didn’t stop turning because I waited until I was ready. But it might have, if I’d tried to adhere to the January 1 ‘deadline’.

So, what To Do is nagging you? And have you already decided that it won’t happen this year because you haven’t started yet or made as much progress as you hoped? It’s not too late to make a new decision.

Let me know below and I’ll be happy to help keep you accountable and then celebrate with you when it gets done.

Because there’s no time like the present.

All we have is now

 

 

7 things organised people are doing NOW to save time in the morning

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Are your mornings rushed and stressful? See what organised people are doing as we speak to get out the door tomorrow with less stress. Because who among us couldn’t do with a little more sunshine to start the day?

1. They’re checking their calendar for tomorrow to remind themselves of what’s on & visualising how the day will run.

“What do I need to prepare, take, plan?”

And organised people include time-buffers in their schedule to allow for travel and the unforeseen. They don’t schedule their events back to back because let’s face it… Meetings! Children! Traffic!

2. Planning their meals & preparing them in advance if they’ll be away from home. I highly recommend doing a weekly meal plan, but at the very least, plan & prep the day before.

3. Packing their bag with all the things they need for the following day, ready to grab & go. This includes making sure their essentials have a home and are where they should be. Think: the bag itself, keys, wallet & phone (on charge if needed). The Uber-organised even make a note of anything that can’t be prepped in advance so nothing gets forgotten in the morning.

4. Checking the weather forecast. Knowing this allows organised folk to choose & prepare their outfit the night before, ready to put on. No one likes ironing in the morning. In fact, no one likes ironing full stop but definitely, not in the morning.

5. Updating their To Do list. A clear mind is conducive to better sleep. Get everything out of your head and onto paper or your favourite productivity app before you go to bed. Get clear on your priorities for tomorrow and revel in crossing off the things you’ve completed! The rest will be there waiting for you when you’re ready, I’m sorry to say.

6. They set an alarm and go to bed at a reasonable time. Enough said.

7. And because they did point 6 above, organised people get up without hitting snooze. Don’t you just hate ’em?

 

I want to hear from you!

  • How did you score out of 7?
  • What do you do to make your mornings more organised?
  • Are you one of those weird people that loves ironing?