Archive for Tips & Tricks
Choosing Creative Toys.
Christmas is indeed around corner so I’m sure most of you have already started with Christmas shopping. For those planning to give toys as gifts, these tips in choosing toys that encourages creativity might be of help to you.
1. Look for toys with more “scope for the imagination.”
Some easy examples of imaginative toys that come […]
Work From Home Tips.
1. Go to work
You still need to intentionally go to work when you are ready to start your day.
2. Create long, distraction-free periods
Shift your work hours to be be earlier or later in the day
3. Get good equipment
Make sure you have a decent, reliable computer and a good backup plan for dealing with inevitable technology […]
Clear Your Email Clutter.
Are you like me who has a pile of emails in your inbox that just looking at them makes you feel stressed and overwhelmed?
Simple Organized Living might just have the solution for us.
Phase 1: The Project
Declutter
Slow the Inflow
Create a Filing System
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Daily Activities to Improve Your Finances
1. Maintain a spending journal.
2. Develop a passive income.
3. Make micropayments on outstanding debts.
4. Update your budget.
5. Read something educational every day.
Read more: http://frugaldad.com/2010/10/07/five-daily-activities-to-improve-your-finances/.
Exercises Anyone Can Do Right Now.
1. Breathe deeply
2. Hold your tummy tight
3. Stretch your arms out wide
4. Do some side bends
5. Lunge up the staircase
6. Do calf raises while waiting
7. Don’t drive thru – actually park and walk
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Live Life With a Full Tank of Energy.
1. Agree to Wake Up 15 Minutes Earlier
2. Take 5 Minutes to Review Your To-Do List
3. Agree to Sleep at Least 7 Hours.
4. Agree to Take Your Time in the Shower.
5. Carve out 45 Minutes for ME Time Every Single Day.
6. Move Your body. Start with 5 Jumping Jacks Daily
7. Agree to Fuel your Marriage
Read […]
Get Organized.
This is something I want to do, especially on our extra room that serves as my son’s playroom, study room, my hobby room and a catch-all room. You can just imagine the mess in there. Anyway, I am hoping I can make use of these tips and finally get done on my organizing and maximize […]
Six Secrets of Organized Mom.
1. Routines.
2. Meal plans.
3. Rules.
4. Time off.
5. Organized home.
6. Back-up plans.
Read more: http://www.betterparenting.com/six-secrets-of-organized-moms/.
9 Ways To Encourage Your Kids to Live Simply.
I like this article from http://simplemom.net/. So how do we teach our kids to live simply?
1. Be hyper-selective about your toy selections.
2. Make your own toys.
3. Rotate those toys.
4. Let them be involved in your shopping process.
5. Let them purge with you. {I tried this last Christmas. I made him choose the toys that he […]
Tips for Getting More Sleep.
1. Set a specific bedtime for yourself.
2. Get ready for bed well before your bedtime.
3. Stretch.
4. Make a list of everything you need to do the next day.
5. Tidy up your bedroom.
Read the rest of the tips at http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/.
6 Tips For Getting Organized This Year.
I am always organizing and decluttering our stuff in the house. It is a never ending process for me. And I make it a habit to throw something out whenever I put in a new item in the house. Anyway, Simple Mom has got some great tips to help us get organized.
1. Think about the […]
Want To Be Likable?
Do you want to make more friends? I came across these tips to make yourself more likeable from The Happiness Project. I might apply some of these on myself. I can be the opposite of nice at times.
1. Smile.
2. Be easily impressed, entertained, and interested.
3. Have a friendly, open, engaged demeanor.
4. Remember trait […]
Simple Guide to Beating Procrastination
I am so goon in procrastinating. Got these simple guide to beat it from ZenHabits.
1. First make sure you really, really, really want to do it. Seriously - don’t skip this step.
2. Keep things simple - don’t mess with tools, formatting, anything, just start.
3. Make it the first thing you do today, before checking email […]
We Girls Rock!
Just squeezing in a few minutes of computer time in between housework. Finished cooking dinner. It’s nilagang chicken. If you want to retain the colors of the vegetables, don’t cover the pot while the vegies are being cooked. Got this tip from Boy and Kris’s show.
Thanks to Thea for this!
I’m passing this award to […]
