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Sharing some get your home ready for guests organizing secrets with Tra’Renee Chambers Jan 2020

Sharing some get your home ready for guests organizing secrets with Tra’Renee Chambers Jan 2020

When organizing doesn’t spark joy, then what? KATU’s Afternoon Live Co-Host and Producer Kara Mack and I share some tips to get in the organizing zone.

When organizing doesn’t spark joy, then what? KATU’s Afternoon Live Co-Host and Producer Kara Mack and I share some tips to get in the organizing zone.

 
So many opportunities to stay busy in the summer. Ditch the stress. Have fun, relax, and learn.

So many opportunities to stay busy in the summer. Ditch the stress. Have fun, relax, and learn.

Sharing “home weight loss” strategies with KATU Afternoon Live Host Tra’Renee Chambers

Sharing “home weight loss” strategies with KATU Afternoon Live Host Tra’Renee Chambers

Practical Video Tips:

 

We are all looking to save time, avoid hassle, and make the most of our days.  Simple tips and tricks can alleviate wasted time and headaches.  The Practical Sort loves sharing strategies that she has found useful.  Check out the latest video tips.

Become Your #1 Fan in 2020: The Practical Sort & Sam Salenger Share the Self-Acceptance Magic Sauce

Face it, nothing gets done when we feel like crap. Laundry piles up, paper accumulates, dust bunnies spawn, refrigerators and pantries sit stoically like barren wastelands. Physical illness is one thing, emotional baggage, well that’s a whole different ball of clutter. Tune into this video where The Practical Sort delves into the elusive self-acceptance enigma with Intuitive Empowerment Coach Sam Salenger to ascertain ways to get us feeling our own awesomeness and rock out those to-dos.

 Grocery List Template for quick, convenient planning and shopping

Click here for sample grocery list template pdf

Do you wish your grocery planning could be quicker and easier? A grocery list template might be just what you need.

 

 

 

 

 

Are your kitchen drawers a mess? Are they slowing your meal prep down because you can't grab needed things quickly? Here are some ideas from The Practical Sort. From disorganization to useful efficiency by repurposing a few bins.

Kitchen Drawer Organizing with Repurposed Bins

Arrange your kitchen to work for you so that meal prep zips along.

 

 

 

Less is Less with More Savings

Can stuff really slow you down?  The proof is in the stopwatch.  See how fewer items on the counter will save you precious time in your cleaning schedule.

Imagine this, you finally donate or recycle the contents of hefty bags and loads of boxes that have been clogging your hallways or taking up room in your closet. Months later, you realize you inadvertently gave away a precious heirloom, engagement ring, or other valuable. That would be devastating. Use this tip to avoid a disastrous situation. Remember to shake, shake, shake.

Gentle Strategies So a Misbehaving Pet Doesn’t Slow You Down or Trip You Up


Distractions, not helpful even when due to adorable pets. Establish good behavioral traits from the get-go.  Or, if your mature pet is exhibiting unappreciated, incessant yelping, nipping, or furniture chomping, then The Practical Sort has a practical and wonderfully gentle solution for you. 

Check out the blog "Pawsitively Organized" and our Youtube video featuring animal behavior expert Dawn Jansen aka The Pawsitive Companion and her TV star dog Tucker.  He's a natural (Dawn is too). Dawn uses soothing techniques to calm and train furry friends.

Practical (And Not So Practical) Life Guidance:

Just ask for what you want. You might be surprised with the results.

Head trash is not useful any time of year. Ditch it to experience less stress and greater enjoyment with the help of Coach, Speaker, Teacher Cindy Gunraj of Stillness Blooms.

Zip through household tasks using your ABCs.

Wish to Tap into Your Inner Organizer? 

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Here is a simple tapping routine to release the emotional bonds keeping you stuck in surroundings that are not working toward your best advantage.  Simple tapping, a variation of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Tapping, along the Chinese Medicine Meridians, can help to calm and soothe the amygdala, the emotional center of the brain.  Once your mind is calm, your thinking is clearer allowing greater physical and emotional performance. 

Being stuck can be stressful.  Time wasters and lack of productivity caused by clutter or too much stuff that gets in your way can be stressful too.  Try the tapping podcast below to help move forward when you get stuck.