8th April, 2011 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
Dear Reader:
I am currently blogging for Divine Caroline and skirt! Please visit both sites for entries on fun, creativity, time management, and organization. Sign up for the Seasons Newsletter (posted once monthly on the first) for ideas on adding more order, grace and joy to your life. Enjoy!
Best,
Julie
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1st January, 2011 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
The Seasons blog offers ideas on organization and time management, creating quality of life, and savoring time. Posts include practical tips, meditations on what it means to live a good life, and seasonal recipes intended to inspire creativity and a thoughtful awareness of time.
Affirmations & Resolutions for 2011
1. You are worthy, capable, and utterly unique: »
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15th October, 2010 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
In keeping with Friday’s theme of simple solutions, I’m offering some ideas for making the process of paying bills a little more pleasant and a lot less time-consuming.
Paying bills is an appealing task to put off, but this often compounds the difficulty of getting into a helpful routine. It really is possible to make this chore »
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30th September, 2010 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
Reading recipes, creating menus and cooking is an incredibly fashionable pastime at the moment, and one of my own favorite ways to savor time. The joy of cooking is that everyone has her own approach, and every meal is a real expression of the individual. Because this is so I find I resonate with some cooks more »
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21st September, 2010 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
I always gravitate toward authors that believe time management is about life management and give advice accordingly. The Organized Life: Secrets of an Expert Organizer by Stephanie Denton is a quick read on basic organizational tactics designed to give the reader ideas on everything from sorting clutter to managing time effectively. Throughout the book she »
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17th September, 2010 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
In keeping with Friday’s theme of Simple Solutions to the kinds of ordinary but powerful organizational challenges we face every day, I’m offering an idea that’s so easy to remember that even when you’re overwhelmed, you can remember to use it.
Especially when you’re overwhelmed.
As anyone returning from a few days away from home and »
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13th September, 2010 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
The Seasons blog offers ideas on organization and time management, creating quality of life, and savoring time. Posts include practical tips, meditations on what it means to live a good life, and seasonal recipes intended to inspire creativity and a thoughtful awareness of time.
In keeping with the back-to-school feeling that seems to pervade all »
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10th September, 2010 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
When my children were young, I remember reading a funny book called Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise by sisters Pam Young and Peggy Jones. They had a code name for those times they felt embarrassed about the state of their houses that they called CHAOS - “Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome.” Anyone with »
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9th September, 2010 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
I love paper and new information in all its incarnations: magazine articles, newspaper clippings, internet articles, maps, brochures, and… you get the picture. There are also a lot of papers I need to keep just out of necessity because I live with two children and a husband who all have lots of activities that involve »
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3rd September, 2010 - Posted by Julie - No Comments
In the last Seasons newsletter I wrote about retooling the blog to include more practical information on organizing time and space. In the spirit of that resolution, I’m designating Friday as Simple Solutions Day. The tips I offer on this day won’t be long or complicated – but I promise that they will have a »
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