Clear the Clutter; Change Your Life

I’ve been reading a lot of blogs lately that talk about clearing out excess stuff – clutter. The Nester over at The Nesting Place has been doing 31 Days to a Less Messy Nest all month and she has a lot of great ideas for clearing out and living with less, all the while keeping […]

Getting To Do Done

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about to do lists – specifically how to get from to do to done. I wish I could tell you that I’ve found the magic formula, but no, sorry. 🙁 I have come up with a few ideas and observations however. First, writing a list is easy. It’s doing […]

Eliminating Distractions

When you have ADHD, it’s easy to get distracted. In fact, it’s sort of required – or else maybe it wouldn’t be ADHD. 😀 But just because being easily distracted is part of ADHD doesn’t mean that you can’t do something about it. One of the things that you can do about it is to […]

Ennui and ADD

For those of you who didn’t take French in college, here is Dictionary.com’s definition: en·nui ? ?/?n?wi, ??nwi; Fr. ???nwi/ Show Spelled[ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee] Show IPA –noun a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui. Can you see why I […]

Look Around You

Recently someone asked me how to find the motivation to clean and straighten up her house. She said that she would spend the day looking at all she had to do and yet not doing any of it. I know I can relate to that; can you? I’m afraid that the answer I gave her […]

The Card File System for a Clean House

Something like 20 years ago, I discovered a book called “Sidetracked Home Executives” written by Pam Young and Peggy Jones. It literally changed my life. I went from being unorganized and constantly out of control when it came to the house to having a home that was always clean and organized (even the basement!). I […]