Last time I posted a blog about what I call ‘buying hope’ in the form of objects to solve problems or anxieties (real or imagined), and how it can feel impossible to stop or to concede defeat by letting go of them, much less making your own healthy solution. This time, I want to talk [...]
I just did a book signing at the Ideal Home Exhibition in London, and there was a big display with copies of my book ‘Banish Clutter Forever – How the toothbrush principle will change your life’ for people to browse through. The organiser told me that although they had books and talks scheduled by much [...]
I’ll be at the Ideal Home Exhibition tomorrow at 2pm (HMV shop) to do a signing and question and answer session. Hope to see some of you there!
I’ll be doing a book signing at Waterstones in Wells (Somerset, UK) tomorrow, 20th March from 12-2pm. Come and discuss all your clutter problems!
A third of office workers say they suffer from email stress. Here are 9 ways to stop you having to delete all your messages, declare ‘email bankruptcy’ and start again…
1. Delete spam immediately
Scan the subject heading and delete anything you know is spam without opening it. The minute [...]
GFM are repeating my interview with them at noon on Sunday 14th March. Listen live online at www.glastonburyfm.co.uk
I’m doing a signing tomorrow at Gothic Image Bookshop in Glastonbury High Street between 12 and 2 pm. Come along and let me answer all your individual clutter questions! Hope to see you there…
We’ve all felt that sinking feeling when approaching a chaotic desk in the morning. Just deciding what to do first, feels like a struggle. Perhaps your papers are neatly piled up, but you never seem to be able to get to the point of having a clear desk? Perhaps you’ve decided that the ‘clear desk’ [...]
Human beings are amazing creatures. They can leap forwards in time with a single thought. They can dream up buildings that don’t exist, or landscapes that aren’t even physically possible. They’re fast, and adaptable and incredibly imaginative and creative. That’s the up-side and it’s a big one.
On the more mundane level, there is a downside [...]
Eating healthily and exercising will almost certainly lengthen your life. So will not smoking and not drinking to excess. But what if you’re frittering the precious and hard won extra time you’ve created, on something tiresome and meaningless?
The National Association of Professional Organizers says the average person spends one year of their lives looking for [...]
