Taking Care of You: De-Clutter -

Home
>
Get Organized - Organization
>
Taking Care of You: De-Clutter

Taking Care of You: De-Clutter

De-Cluttering our lives can be an extremely liberating exercise. There are many types of clutter than can hinder us having the quality of life we want and deserve. There is clutter that is in our minds as negative self-talk. There is the clutter that physically exists in our homes, cars, offices, such as old newspapers waiting to be recycled, stacks of magazines you will never read, old clothes that are destined for the good will because they no longer suit our style or size, etc. There is another form of clutter often referred to as "tolerations" that refers to all those nagging little things that drain our energy every time we encounter them. This type of clutter can encompass the other two types and also includes things such as the broken toaster that only toasts one side of the bread, the whistling kettle that no longer whistles, that phone call you've been meaning to make for two weeks. This type of clutter or tolerations, fill up time and space in our lives by their very existence. When we are able to reduce and then eliminate most clutter, we have so much more energy for what we really want in our lives.

So, what are you tolerating in your life right now? What broken down things, messes, eyesores, unsatisfactory conditions and circumstances, and behaviors (yours and those of others) have you been accepting and living with could you change or eliminate to immediately improve your quality of life? What has been draining your energy unnecessarily under the guise that "that's just how life is?" All these little annoyances add up to cost you big chunks of your time and energy and are well worth eliminating.

Take some time this month to de-clutter your life. Make a list of your top 10 tolerations that could be eliminated by the end of this month. Take action and eliminate these things from your life. Cross items off your list as you eliminate them. Make a second list of your top 10 big tolerations that may take a while to eliminate and get working! Share your list with a friend for support and encouragement or email it to me at ruth@coachruth.com and I'll support your intention.

Ruth Hegarty is a confidence coach who helps people increase their personal and professional confidence for greater self-esteem, happiness, and success.

Contact Ruth at ruth@coachruth.com or 617-846-3824 for a free 30-minute coaching session. Visit her website at http://www.LeapofConfidence.com.

In The News:

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp%3Fid%3D1202425099747cid=0ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNHWrwou4sr-aRNzPzP5jPQRKrCawgCorporate Counsel Brace for More Union bOrganizing/b, Higher Health b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fLaw.com (subscription),nbsp;CAnbsp;-/font nobr5 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1b.../b mean some big changes for employers, warn corporate counsel, who are bracing for everything from higher health care costs to more union borganizing/b. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://socialistworker.org/2008/10/08/critical-resistancecid=0ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNFAKdDAmTZWz8PCejuYgY--iLQ8LAbOrganizing/b against the injustice system/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fSocialist Worker Online,nbsp;ILnbsp;-/font nobr58 minutes ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Another great feature of the conference was the tabling area, where people were able to connect with groups who are borganizing/b in various parts of the b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20081008/NEWS01/810080316/1006/news01cid=0ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNGoTVWuuOwXDrlGPbgGEP_g9ziQjgJournal site offers free borganizing/b software/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fPoughkeepsie Journal,nbsp;NYnbsp;-/font nobr38 minutes ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Busy families may find they can simplify their lives through a new Web service the Poughkeepsie Journal is offering. Cozi, a popular organizational software b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702438.htmlcid=1254438696ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNHfcogMfk19zLmRILbaHnHptfVS4Qimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=lDbG9lsYrEIJimgurl=media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/10/07/PH2008100702990.jpg width=61 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Washington Post/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.alternet.org/election08/101900/obama%27s_flimsy_ties_to_bill_ayers/cid=1254438696ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNE2gG5djZYmiy_ELrYa89Gaw-yQBQObama#39;s Flimsy Ties to Bill Ayers/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fAlterNet,nbsp;CAnbsp;-/font nobrOct 7, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1This story is less sexy than the current gotcha games, but the composition of the organization and its commitment to community borganizing/b tell us a lot more b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Drop2tViyYS4cid=1254438696ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNEAkcWnVVklLD9x6f2Jp89Jxkz9XAVideo: From Policy To Personality/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrCBS/nobr/fontobject width=448 height=356param name=movie value=http://www.youtube.com/v/rop2tViyYS4/paramparam name=wmode value=transparent/paramembed src=http://www.youtube.com/v/rop2tViyYS4type=application/x-shockwave-flashwmode=transparentwidth=448height=356/embed/objectbr/fontfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/viewsday/2008/10/character_points.htmlcid=1254438696ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNE-TwreuzBUQuoeUqea0nKR_c-fUQCharacter points/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrNewsday/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://bupipedream.com/current/index.php/articles/view/8977cid=1254438696ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNHm6VtBErZpS7GKur7H-g8UGLI92gThe world in black and white/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrBinghamton University Pipe Dream/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1 class=pa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2008/10/06/abcs-david-wright-palin-sticking-knife-over-obama-ayerscid=1254438696ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNH1iDBHjoq_NmPwQ_sr6K2Ur07OJwnobrNewsBusters/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/palin-goes-afte.htmlcid=1254438696ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNG710iU2SZT9Ioy-XvV5d-ylXpTPwnobrABC News/nobr/a/fontbr/font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1254438696hl=ennobrall 4,454 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php%3Fid%3D756726cid=0ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNFLM3q7WaPTV8S5C_2R9ckCK3GeiAbOrganizing/b body of World Games 2009 seeks volunteers/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6feTaiwan News,nbsp;Taiwannbsp;-/font nobrOct 6, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1KOC (Kaohsiung bOrganizing/b Committee) is therefore looking for international volunteers for numerous interesting jobs before and during the Games. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2008/dwh_10071.shtmlcid=0ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNFVjS5dIca8qOlbxB2cZgGPgRrAwAHow Catholic Money Funded Obama#39;s Community bOrganizing/b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fGOPUSA,nbsp;TXnbsp;-/font nobr18 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1By Deal W. Hudson One of the untold stories in the Obama campaign is how his background in community borganizing/b has direct links to Catholic funding -- from b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1417704.htmcid=1255052789ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNEVM2CXfTYhQjVf6F8eeo0rcnJfIQParents: Are You Guilty of the Seven Sins of bOrganizing/b?/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fEmediawire (press release),nbsp;WAnbsp;-/font nobr23 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Expert details the seven most common borganizing/b obstacles parents face. Plano, TX (PRWEB) October 7, 2008 -- Tonia Tomlin, a professional organizer by trade b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/08/content_10163555.htmcid=1255315257ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNFgTgMVzeOhDk2pWhOBjt4mmw7byACanton Fair organizers ease application rules/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fXinhua,nbsp;Chinanbsp;-/font nobr6 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1BEIJING, Oct. 8-- The borganizing/b committee of the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) has relaxed application procedures for next week#39;s event after b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/413551/2110893cid=1255387804ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNFmu6HFZzrkI2pwFL377_QJr_COuQimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=aFV8f5x607IJimgurl=images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_images/news2008/united_states/obama_mccain_232.jpg width=80 height=44 alt= border=1brfont size=-2TVNZ/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.shelbynews.com/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D1%26SubSectionID%3D93%26ArticleID%3D57819%26TM%3D61895.85cid=1255387804ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNH5gZ7H6iwW9BXWh9BguCQ6XYkw5wObama campaign opens office in Shelbyville/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fShelbyville News,nbsp;INnbsp;-/font nobr10 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1The Obama campaign is opening the Shelbyville office, quot;further expanding outreach and borganizing/b efforts on behalf of Obama and other Democratic candidates b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D8VwksqdQ4N0cid=1255387804ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNHFC6Uf2mCf3b7AnfPfVNn0ZunsVgVideo: Obama Says McCain #39;running Out of Time#39;/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrAssociatedPress/nobr/fontobject width=448 height=356param name=movie value=http://www.youtube.com/v/8VwksqdQ4N0/paramparam name=wmode value=transparent/paramembed src=http://www.youtube.com/v/8VwksqdQ4N0type=application/x-shockwave-flashwmode=transparentwidth=448height=356/embed/objectbr/fontfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2008/10/1/142131/371cid=1255387804ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNEtkfKIbb4ZPCObYcoiLWoYDR4SXAGround Game Prevails/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrThe Young Turks/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf%3F/base//news-5/1223356857317300.xml%26coll%3D1cid=1255387804ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNHv-Kt8dp9zZiICUv8j_UCcmHoxuwEDITORIAL: Kinks at the polls/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1 class=pa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ticket5-2008oct05,0,1839660.storycid=1255387804ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNFFO0GACtgU2Wh_0XdQ01fxPSg3aQnobrLos Angeles Times/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.post-trib.com/news/1203983,prezpoll.articlecid=1255387804ei=XGXsSJ-rHaXg6gPOmOz8CAusg=AFQjCNHyVEi6SHiJZtQupmR4IGABtWapywnobrGary Post Tribune/nobr/a/fontbr/font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1255387804hl=ennobrall 1,891 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

organizing - Google News

Taking Care of You: De-Clutter

Get Organized - Organization