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Vol. 5 Issue 3
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Organizing Newsletter for Your Life - OverHall IT!
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Vol. 5 Issue 3
Publisher: Janet L. Hall
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Welcome and Happenings
2. OverHalling and Balance
3. Tips for Professional Organizers
4. Organizing Tips and Tools
5. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
6. Guest Article
7. Events
1. Welcome and Happenings
I've had a little secret for awhile now; however I've finally been
authorized to tell you: I'm now a Board Certified Professional
Organizer and Certified Records Management Specialist! I'll be
discussing this more in Section 3 of this issue.
I'd like to invite you to listen to my interview with Bridget Beck
on her Internet radio show, Get Wise-Get Organized at:
http://www.worldtalkradio.com/archive.asp?aid=1211
And it's that time of year again when many are rushing around,
digging through boxes, drawers, and piles to locate all their tax
information to make the IRS deadline of April 15th. To help you
stay organized this year and/or if you own a home business
be sure to check out the Tips and Tools section in this issue.
My sorting and organizing your home papers and files email
course is almost completed. If you would like to be notified or
would like more information about this upcoming e-mail course,
please e-mail me and let me know at
janet@overhall.com
Thanks for your support and for being a subscriber,
Janet L. Hall, The Organizing and Feng Shui Wizard
Now, on to the articles!
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2. Rhythms and Cycles: Connecting the Pieces of Your Life
By: Janet L. Hall, CPO, CRMS, FSII
Wouldn't you agree that we all have certain rhythms in our daily
life and that we all go through many of the same stages, cycles,
and 'seasons' of life? We are continuously evolving, as is Mother
Earth.
I feel the start of Spring is one of the most beautiful stages of
evolving. Change is every where you look: Tress budding.
Flowers and plants reappearing. Animals giving birth. Birds
creating new homes. Insects emerging from their cocoons of
hibernation and transformation. Fish spawning. Reptiles shedding
their skins. Rocks and soil being turned over. The season is
changing. Mother Earth is changing and so can you!
Spring symbolizes birth, new beginnings, and starting over. It is
the revitalizing cycle of all on Mother Earth, including you. Spring
can mean a new beginning for you and an end to your clutter and
chaos if you take some action.
I hear your desire to change, I know you want to get out of the
chaotic cycle you are in, and I know you have uncertainty as to
where to start.
You know that if you could just find yourself and organize your
spaces that everything else will come together. Everything in your
life will start to fit - like pieces of a puzzle - the pieces of your life
can become connected again, forming a picture of how you want
your life to be, if you take some action, moving around the
pieces until they all fit snugly together, creating beauty, calm, and
joy.
What pieces of your puzzle are missing? What pieces of your
puzzle are you 'forcing' to fit into your life? What pieces of your
puzzle are continually becoming disconnected?
The pieces of your life that you are disconnected from can be
physical and psychological. If you feel like you are fighting an
uphill battle, could this be caused by chronic fatigue,
Fibromyalgia, depression, bipolar, manic depression,
OCD, ADD, overwhelm, lack of scheduling or a mountain of
other problems?
Reconnecting the pieces can help you restore harmony and
balance in your life.
Reconnecting with the natural world, yourself, and others can
help you see things in your surroundings differently. Causing you
to take action, such as spring cleaning or sorting through your
piles of stuff once and for all.
Let's look at how you can reconnect to nature so you can
reconnect to yourself by becoming aware of your personal
cycles and rhythms of the days, nights, and seasons?
By becoming aware of your own cycles and rhythms you can
begin to work with what you are capable of doing, when you
can, so you can begin to plan your days and nights.
Change the rhythms of your life by taking some time for yourself
and you will find you will have more energy and focus to
accomplish the things you want to do.
Go outside, by yourself. Take at least 15 minutes or more for
yourself each and everyday and choose from one of the
following:
=>Sit outside: on the porch, under a tree, by the water
Sit, listen and observe
=>Go for a walk: around the yard, down the street, in the woods
Walk, listen, and observe
Ask yourself: "What will it take to get me to take action, get
help, and get back into my own rhythm of life?"
Listen and start taking action and I guarantee the pieces of your
life will eventually start fitting together again.
I'll be waiting to hear from you and I'm here to help
in any way I can.
Have you decided that you would like help?
Check out my cutting edge program, 33 Days to Creating a
Supportive and Healing Environment, at
http://www.overhall.com/environment.htm
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3. Tips for Professional Organizers
Exciting news that many of you have been waiting for for years!
I've been held to secrecy since last November and have now
been authorized to share the following information with you:
Last year I was invited, and honored, along with other "hand
picked" professional organizers, by The Organizing and
Management Institute (OMI) to sit for the first ever Board
Certification Exam for Professional Organizers.
In November I sat for my Board Certified Professional
Organizer and Certified Records Management Specialist exam.
In January I was told I passed!!!
What does this mean for you, me, and our clients?
>>OMI board certification denotes the mark of a true
professional committed to a safe and ethical practice.
>>Board Certification assists the public in identifying those
Professional Organizers and Records Managers who have met
the rigorous standards of the Institute and passed a
comprehensive certification exam.
>>Board Certification is the mark of excellence in the fields of
organizing and records management.
>>OMI certification standards, policies and procedures
represent the highest professional credentials for Professional
Organizers and Records Management Specialists.
>>OMI certification is a statement to your clients that you have a
confident, highly trained and professionally certified staff
servicing their account.
>>AND MORE!
Professional Organizing and Records Management are fields that
have become increasingly complex, surpassing the basic
functions of clearing out clutter and filing papers. As a result,
there is a growing need for some measure of competence.
In a growing industry where anyone can adopt the label of
Professional Organizer or Records Management Specialist, OMI
certification reflects a significant degree of training and expertise
in professional organizing and records management.
I strongly urge you to take some time to check out OMI at
http://omicertified.com
This one click could change the way you do business and get
business!
4. Organizing Tips and Tools
Only three days left to take advantage of my bargain basement
organizing by phone special! Check it out at:
http://www.overhall.com/Consulting.htm
E-books and Books:
An associate, Ron Mueller, is the co-author of
"It's How Much You KEEP, That Counts! Not How Much You
Make". It's the ULTIMATE Tax-Reduction System For Small
and Home-Based Businesses! Reading one chapter has already
helped me and I'm sure it will help you also. Check it out at:
http://www.kickstartcart.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=137136
Jeffrey J. Mayer, president of Succeeding In Business, and
author of many books, has an ebook, "Winning the Fight Against
You and Your Desk," that I highly recommend. This inexpensive
52 page ebook is jammed packed with time saving tips so you
can get more done in less time. I urge you all to download this at
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=25003
Software and Downloads:
If you've been wanting a web site and aren't sure how to build
one check out my latest multimedia CD, FrontPage Show and
Tell. You will see my screen and hear my voice telling where and
why to click to build your web site. Introductory Special at
http://www.frontpageshowandtell.com
Have a new little one in your family? Check out our one page
baby book at http://www.baby-firsts.com
5. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
>>"The relationship between man and nature has become more
and more complex and strained; the air has become poisoned,
the rivers polluted and the forests decimated. Society is
beginning to show the symptoms of sickness."
--Mikhail Gorbachev
>>"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures."
--Henry Ward Beecher
>>"As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice,
and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of
God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our
responsibility."
--Arnold J. Toynbee
6. This month I'm doing something a little different in the Guest
Article section. I decided to do a summary of a fabulous
workshop I attended...
Last month I had the pleasure of meeting Sharon Stasney, Feng
Shui practitioner and author of several books. She presented a
workshop at the first Feng Shui conference in the northeast,
Morristown, NJ.
Sharon revealed to the audience the work of evolutionary
theorist Ervin Lazlo, whom through his observations has
identified a simple five-stage model of evolutionary change and
Sharon, using Lazlo's model, has applied Feng Shui and revealed
how our environments need to change to support each phase of
life.
Here I would like to summarize the five phases of life, written
about by Ms. Stasney in her article, The Human Chrysalis,
(
http://www.catalystmagazine.net/issue_0401.html ) and heard in
her workshop:
Phase One: The Stable Life- Everything seems to be going
along fine, you're stable, in balance. When this Phase nears the
end you'll begin to sense that your life as it is no longer fits and
you might experience loss of interest in things or relationships that
were once important. The longer this feeling persists, the more
disconnected from others you feel.
Sharon suggests that you remove items that no longer feel like
you. Put away photos of your old self and create a quiet space.
Shift to earth tones and create more Yang in your spaces.
Phase Two: The Dissolving Identity-Change becomes real, but
usually scary. You hesitate to lose what's known, with no
promise for the future.
Sharon suggests clearing out the clutter and get boxes or piles of
paper off the floors. Let as much fresh air and daylight into your
spaces. Cool colors, such as greens, blues, and violets, will aid in
releasing.
Phase Three: In the Between-Often feel dead to the world and
withdraw both physically and emotionally. You may need to
sleep a lot and everything takes more time to do than it did
before.
Sharon suggests you create a "womb room" for yourself. A place
where you can crash, hole up and retreat from the world. Black
is the color of choice.
Phase Four: Birth of the New-Energy starts to move again. You
may feel awkward, stiff, and unresponsive to your desires. You
want to do something, take action, change your life, but you're
not sure what to do. The key is to do something, anything.
Sharon suggests hitting the paint store for colors you never
considered before. Buy new sheets or furniture, and travel.
Reconnect with the world outside.
Phase Five: Living the New-A time of joy and tremendous
creative expression! You'll feel in sync with everything and
everyone around you.
Sharon suggests balancing and creating the right amount of Yin
and Yang in your spaces. Look for and make decisions based
on what will support and balance the new you. This stage
becomes your new Phase one and you start all over again.
What Phase are you in? Please take a second and go to
http://www.overhall.com/phrase_survey.htm to take our quick
three click survey. The results will be posted in the next issue of
OverHall IT!
You can visit Sharon's web site at
http://thefengshuitrainingcenter.com
So you want to be a Professional Organizer?
Check out my one-of-a-kind system, The Wizard's Professional
Organizers System that will give you a jump-start on your
organizing career at
http://www.overhall.com/professional_organizers_system.htm
7. Organizing Events
2004 NAPO Annual National Conference & Organizing Expo
April 28 - May 1, 2004
Sheraton Chicago Northwest
Chicago, Illinois
Open to the public:
http://www.napo.net
NEED a speaker for your next event? Download my speaking
packet at:
http://overhall.com/Seminars.htm
Smiles, not Piles,
Janet L. Hall, CPO, CRMS, FSII, FSIA
The Organizing & Feng Shui Wizard:
OverHalling Your Life and Spaces
FSII President and FSIA Faculty Member
Certified Professional Organizer, Records Management
Specialist, and Pyramid Feng Shui Practitioner
Janet L. Hall is the owner of OverHall Consulting, and
Organizing By Phone, which is based out of Southern Maryland
and can be reached at 800-687-3040 or 410-586-9440, or e-
mail her at mailto:janet@overhall.com
Janet can "OverHall" your office, home, and computer clutter
and can deliver a customized speech or seminar for your next
event.
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