Balanced Living Carnival: Fourth Edition, August 31, 2008

Welcome to the August 31, 2008 edition of the Balanced Living Carnival. Health/Wellness Your posture is an important part of your health. Learn how to spot it, and fix it! Yongho Shin presents 4 Signs Of Bad Posture (And How To Fix It) posted at One Crumb. Peter presents Six Scientific Ways to Create True [...]

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Productivity is not a bad thing.

Productivity is a great thing. I don’t believe that you have to schedule every minute of your day or that you have to be in work mode 24/7. I do believe that it is important to do our jobs and do them well – whether you are an investment banker, an office manager, an artist, [...]

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Elsewhere on the Web: A Guest Post on Friendship

Happy Friday! I just wanted to take a quick moment to let you know about an article I wrote called “25 Ways to Build Stronger Friendships,” which is posted over at the Life Optimizer blog. I hope you take a moment to read it and that you enjoy it. Have a great weekend! Alaia

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Are the things that are taking up your time really what you want?

What is it that you want out of life right now? A successful business? A romantic partner? An organized home? A vacation? Are you living a life that reflects what you want for yourself and what you value? Not sure? Try this: Grab a piece of paper, a journal, or open up a new document [...]

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Shift your attitude. What you say to yourself matters.

Everyone has flaws. No one is perfect. NO ONE (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!). Beating yourself up for every little thing you do wrong is not going to help your situation. Most of the clients I’ve worked with have very similar thought processes, regardless of the fact that they range in age, [...]

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Reduce Filing Induced Headaches: Simplify Your System

One of the top complaints I hear from clients is about paper. They have too much paper. They don’t know what to do with all the paper. Their filing system is a disaster or non-existent. For those of you dealing with the same issues, here is a brief guide to organizing your papers, setting up [...]

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Work-At-Home Productivity: When no one is looking over your shoulder.

The concept of “working at home” is nothing new. People have been working at home since the dawn of time. The ever changing world of work and business has seen an increasing number of people working from home, and there are no signs of that changing any time soon. Writers, independent sales reps, freelancers, small [...]

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One Organized Life is a BWA 2008 Finalist!

Dear Readers, Fascinating! I woke up this morning to find that the One Organized Life Blog is a finalist for the 2008 Black Weblog Awards! Who knew? No – I did not nominate myself! Thanks to those who did the nominating! The One Organized Life Blog is nominated in the Best Business Blog category. Considering [...]

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Balanced Living Carnival – Third Edition – 8/18/08

Welcome to the August 18, 2008 edition of the Balanced Living Carnival. Tip of the Hat Productivity tips are everywhere. Anywhere from productivity videos to productivity blogs to productivity books. Everyone wants to be more productive yet I rarely ever hear this big productivity tip mentioned.  AndrewB presents Biggest Productivity Tip posted at Personal Hack. [...]

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Get Organized, Get Healthy: Health Issues Causing Disorganization & Clutter

I have to come right out and say that I am not a health/medical professional. My professional organizer/non-medical professional opinion is that lack of energy is definitely a health issue. A serious one. Lack of energy can have many root causes including depression, improper diet, and not getting enough rest/sleep. The list I linked to [...]

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