OverHall IT!
Vol. 6 Issue 7
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Organizing Newsletter for Your Life - OverHall IT!
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Vol. 6 Issue 7
Publisher: Janet L. Hall mailto:janet@overhall.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Welcome and Happenings
2. Events
3. OverHalling and Balance
4. Tips for Organizers & Feng Shui Consultants
5. Organizing Tips and Tools
6. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
7. Guest Article
1. Welcome and Happenings
It's a busy month for me and I'm off to Key West shortly for
some R & R so I wanted to get this out to you now. Be on the
look out for an email later in the month that will be announcing
my August organizing webinars I think you'll like.
Our bulletin board is finally back in operation; however all posts
were deleted. Please visit our board where you can post
questions and tips related to organizing, Feng Shui and those
related businesses. http://www.overhall.com/overhallit/
Thanks for your support and for being a subscriber,
Janet L. Hall, The Organizing and Feng Shui Wizard
Now, on to the articles!
2. Events
July 7, 2005 - Thursday 7-8PM, LaPlata, MD:
Clearing Out the Negative Energies - Space Clearing ($20)
http://www.overhall.com/natureshealing.htm
August 2, 2005 - Tuesday 7-9PM, Solomon's Island, MD
Your Child's Spaces & Life ($20)
http://www.overhall.com/harmony_balance.htm
August 11, 2005 - Thursday 7-9PM, LaPlata, MD:
Clearing Out the Dis-ease Through Feng Shui ($25)
http://www.overhall.com/natureshealing.htm
November 4-6, 2005 FSII Conference (open to all). Feng Shui
and the Power of Intention, St. Augustine, FL. Please visit
http://fengshui-ii.org/fengshuiconference.htm
3. - Top Ten Organizing and Time Challenges People Face
Part 6
By: Janet L. Hall
1. Paper. Includes mail, reading material and files
2. Bedroom. Includes laundry, clothes, drawers and closets
3. Children. Includes their schedules and their bedroom and toys
4. Shopping. Includes food, gifts and cards
5. Kitchen. Includes organizing, meal planning and cooking
6. Spending time with family, children, friends and self
7. Appointments. Includes medical, school, parties and events
8. Tools
9. Car
10. Maintaining home systems and cleaning
Today we'll be addressing the number six challenge, time:
Time: never seems to be enough does there?
Let's take an honest look at your life and where you are
spending your time.
Create a pie chart by drawing a circle, draw a big circle.
Now plot out the different areas of your life and draw a "slice"
in your pie chart for each, such as self, family, friends, children,
vocation, hobbies, fitness, spiritual growth, computer, reading,
TV, phone, visiting, shopping, etc. Each "slice" should honestly
represent the time you spend on each. For instance half your pie
might be for your vocation or children, a quarter slice might be
for your friends, etc. You can make one for a day, week or
month.
Now take a good look at your pie chart. Are your "slices"
balanced? Probably not.
What does your pie chart say to you as far as where all your
time is being consumed and with whom or on what?
What areas do you need to work on - need to change - to gain
better balance of your time? Do you see areas that you might be
devoting too much time to and other areas you might be
neglecting? What's standing in your way from changing?
Time Robbers
How much time are you wasting watching TV?
How much time are you wasting on the computer?
How much time are you wasting talking on the phone?
How much time are you wasting visiting the neighbors?
If you reduce just one of the above by one hour per day, in one
week you gain 7 hours. In one month you gain 30 hours. In one
year you gain two weeks. And if you reduce all four of the above
by one hour per day you gain back 4 hours a day, 28 hours (one
day and four hours) a week, and 112 hours (4 and a half days) a
month.
Whom or what are your time robbers?
What would you rather be doing with those hours? Hopefully
spending some quality time with yourself, family, children or
friends.
What areas of your life are spinning out of control or out of
control perhaps because you don't have routines or schedules in
place? Yes I know, sounds like the military, having to have,
create and abide by routines and schedules. Yet honestly folks, if
you can create some routines and schedules you will find your
life running more smoothly and you might even have more
energy, especially if you add 'me' time.
Are you spending time with yourself? Taking care of yourself? I
know, I've heard it all, "I need to do this and that." "I should be
doing this or that." "I have to do this or that." "There are not
enough hours in the day for 'me' time."
Let me ask you this: If you're not taking time for yourself and
taking care of your needs and wants, who will?
If you're not spending time on yourself you will eventually
burnout or worse, lose your own individuality. Maybe this has
already happened to you. I hope not.
We all need 'me' time, alone time. Even if it's a few minutes to an
hour a day or week. A soak in the tub, a walk around the block,
sitting outside, daydreaming by the window, taking a class, what
ever it is you are missing or yearning for, stop and look at your
schedule and make a date with yourself this month for some 'me'
time.
Finding a balance of spending time for yourself, family, friends
and children isn't difficult if you plan, set boundaries and follow
through.
Planning
When is the best day and time for you to have some 'me' time? I
discovered Sunday early evenings was the best day and time to
soak in a bubble bath, my favorite 'me' time.
Setting Boundaries
It's okay to set boundaries. Are you? Or do you say yes to
everyone and everything except yourself?
Saturday and Sunday is generally my family time. The days I
spend with my husband, children and grandchildren. I generally
do not turn on my computer on Sundays, unless nothing is
planned or the weather is bad and then I might 'plug in'. And I
generally won't answer my business phone on Sundays. I've set
my boundaries, yet sometimes flexible, and it does take practice
because you are developing new habits, same with planning.
Follow Through
This can sometimes be difficult, especially if it's 'me' time and if
others want or need your attention. Put your times on your
calendar, as you would any other important appointment and
keep your appointments.
Keep your pie chart in a notebook and do a new one every
month to help assist you in tracking where you're spending your
time, what you need to adjust and watch your pie chart and life
become more balanced throughout the coming months. You'll
know you've achieved the balance you're looking for once your
"slices" are more evenly distributed.
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Janet Hall is a Certified Professional Organizer,
Certified Pyramid Feng Shui Practitioner, Speaker, and Author
and can help you regain control of your life, your time, your
stuff, and your environment. Organizing By Phone and in person
at http://www.overhall.com
Copyright (c) 2005 OverHall Consulting
P.O. Box 263, Port Republic, MD 20676
All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce, copy,
or distribute so long as this copyright notice and full information
about contacting the author is attached.
Are you stressed out from all your papers? Are your home
papers still in drawers, piles and boxes? Can't
find something when you need it? Not sure what to keep and
what to toss? Sign up for my email course, 35 Days to Sorting
and Organizing ALL Your Home Papers at:
http://www.paperclutter.com
4. Tips for Organizers & Feng Shui Consultants
I'd like to invite you all to participate in my discussion board. I
have created two areas just for professional organizers and Feng
Shui consultants where you can post tips or ask questions about:
getting certified, ethical dilemmas, client assistance, advertising
and marketing, having a web site, and resources. Come share
and join in the fun at
http://www.overhall.com/overhallit/
5. Organizing Tips and Tools
OverHall Special:
Check out our special and save on our 70 Tips to Get Your
Children Organized BEFORE and AFTER School E-Book
http://www.overhall.com/organizing_special.htm
(Please refresh your screen if you have visited this page in the
past).
Don't forget to visit our bookstore at
http://www.overhall.com/books.htm Here you'll find
recommended reading on topics for organizing your home,
children, classroom, photos, scrapbooks, documents and Feng
Shui, Space Clearing, Time Management and Change. I even
located two books on staying organized and informed for cancer
patients, click the Health section.
A must have for every home: If Something Happens to Me.
Check it out at:
http://www.overhall.com/if_something_happens_to_me.htm
E-books and Books:
Got clutter and debt?
Check out my ebook I co-authored with
Paula Langguth Ryan, Effortless Freedom From Clutter and
Debt: Your 20 minute Roadmap for Creating a Perfectly
Balanced Life, at:
http://www.clutteranddebt.com
Having a garage or yard sale this summer?
Before you do check out this ebook, Money Making Garage
Sales by Angela Smith at
http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?overhallit/garage
Organizing Products:
Got bedroom clutter?
Check out my newest web site
http://www.bedroom-clutter.com
This site is dedicated to Master Bedrooms that contains tips,
articles and products to help you get your most sacred place
finally organized.
Software and Downloads:
Get this inexpensive Spam Filter at
http://spamarrest.com/affl?930907
Need a web site?
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
6. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
~~"Sitting quietly doing nothing spring comes and the grass
grows by itself."
--Zen Poem
~~"...applying the wisdom of balance can truly save your health,
your sanity, your relationships, your job, the quality of your life,
and even your life itself!"
--Joel and Michelle Levey
7. The Big, Fat Lie...About "Trying Harder!"
By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Success Mentor
© 2005 All Rights Reserved
You've been searching for more success in some area of
your life. Perhaps for abundance, personal growth, or
some other important goal.
But if you're running into problems, it may come from
something you were taught as a child!
Do you remember being told: "Just try harder -- you'll
get it!"
Well that advice is actually the worst possible advice
to drill into a child's head. Are you surprised to hear
that from a success coach? Then allow me to share a
true personal story.
I'm sitting in a screened porch in a peaceful little
cabin by the shore of Lake Tahoe reading a book. It's a
warm late August afternoon. It's very quiet, except for
an irritating "buzz-thump."
I look up and see a large fly desperately throwing
itself at the window at the far end of the porch. The
fly has staked its life on a doomed success strategy:
Just try harder -- try harder -- try harder!
Obviously, the fly's goal seeking behavior is not
working! Its efforts hold no hope for success. No
matter how hard it throws itself at the glass, it can't
escape.
I watch and wonder at the irony of its situation. The
little creature has literally staked its life on
reaching its goal through determined raw effort! But
its very struggle is a trap!
I look over at the open door just a few feet away. A
short flight and it could be free. The possibility of a
breakthrough was there. It would be so easy. But the
fly had made its commitment!
Why doesn't the creature explore its options, I wonder?
Why doesn't it try something different? How did it get
locked into one doomed course of action? Into just
trying the same thing harder and harder. Into just hoping for
some miraculous success...in spite of the evidence to
the contrary!
The next morning I found the fly dead on the dusty
windowsill.
I was reminded of an earlier period in my own life. I
had wanted to create a breakthrough in my own life.
Like that fly, I too had tried harder and harder and
harder, until I finally gave up in exhaustion.
Here's what I learned (the hard way):
Attempting to achieve a goal by trying the same thing
harder and harder is a dead end approach!
First: The very word "try" indicates you actually
expect failure (you're going to "try"). If you already
know an approach is failing, trying it harder won't get
you anywhere! You'll just fail harder!
Second: Failing again and again does NOT take you any
closer to success. All it does is dampen your spirit
and damage your self-confidence and self-esteem. And
who needs that!
"So," you ask, "How else can I achieve my goals?" The
answer lies in a pulling back and trying a completely
different approach!
Think of that fly on the dusty windowsill the next time
you find yourself "efforting" to achieve a goal.
Let go...relax...then try another approach! Sometimes
just letting go will clear your mind to see a better
way of getting what you want. "Just try harder" will
seldom get you to your goal. It's just a big, fat lie
that needs to be replaced with some different
goal-directed behaviors!
Think about it for a moment! If you want "something
new," You're going to have to "try something new."
The author, Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler, is a former
consultant to the Pentagon and a Presidential
Commission. Her "Take Charge" ecourse is being used by
success seekers in 21 countries around the world. For
more info=> Click Here:
http://www.quantum-self.com/smash_your_limits.htm
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
NEED a speaker for your next event? Download my speaking
packet at:
http://overhall.com/Seminars.htm
Harmony and Balance to all,
Janet L. Hall, CPO/CRMS (tm), FSII/FSIA
The Organizing and Feng Shui Wizard
Let me work my "magic" on your Clutter, Life, and Environment!
http://www.overhall.com
"If your current life isn't working for you... get an
"OverHall"!"
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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