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Clear the Clutter Change Your Life Begin doing what you want to do now. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake. Marie Ray

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Clear the Clutter Change Your Life July 25, 2014 AGFOA By Becca Clark Professional Organizer

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Beyond the Clutter The Issues Overwhelm Lost Productivity Top Tips The Big 3 Organize Your Stuff Tame the Paper Monster Time Flies

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Not Enough ?

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Too Much ?

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Ta DaThe After!

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Impact of Excess Health and Safety Stress and Overwhelm What is Important?

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How Did We Get Here? Over-owning Affluenza Tyranny of Choice Indecision Pareto Principle 80/20 Rule

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Lessons from Flatware

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The Big 3 Do This and Youll Get and Stay Organized 1. Right-size it 2. Give it a home 3. Find it fast

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Top Tips Key Concepts Visualize the end result Keep it small Storage vs. retrieval Like with like Corral that stuff Vertical space Label it

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How to Clear SPACE Sort Purge Assign a home Containerize Evaluate

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Visual Preference Stuff In

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Visual Preference Stuff Out

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Focus and Filter Focus Laser focusfor this moment Filter Choose what is truly important Mental clutter

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Its About Time Key Concepts TANGIBLE and FINITE Your 96 Blocks Schedule free time on ONE calendar Try a Timer Time management is a misnomer. The challenge is to manage ourselves. - Stephen Covey

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Write in the Margins An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth. - Bonnie Friedman

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Time Sucks #1 Cause of Disorganization??

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Chronic Over-commitment

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Time Sucks Just Say No Multi-Tasking Distractions Infomania

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Just Do It! Procrastination Busters Perfectionism vs. Excellence Im careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is Gods business. - Michael J. Fox Break it up Get accountable Start with 80% How much is quality worth?

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Work and Time Dismiss Distractions Email Visitors Friends and Family Note to Self. Am I inventing things to do to avoid doing whats really important?

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Clear the Clutter Change Your Life Simply remember that everything you add to your life that is not important, detracts from everything that is. - Dave Friedlander