Time Management

Here are 3 very helpful tips for time management

that can help you become more efficient.

1. One of the biggest causes of procrastination

is the feeling of being weighed down and overwhelmed by the need to finish a huge task.

The answer to this 'stealer of time'

is to break the large task into a sequence of smaller,

more manageable and attainable goals.

Thus, the task will be reduced to

smaller chores that can really be done with comfort.

Less worries, less pressure, more efficiency.

2. Another saboteur of effective time organization

is improper planning.

If you don't know what you need to do or

how to effectively finish some of the

smaller tasks, you will end up

all over the place...not sure what you

are doing..or why!

3. A huge robber of time management and organization is an absence of priorities.

When nothing's established as a priority, everything becomes a priority.

You then become susceptible to trying to accomplish smaller bit of this and that,

moving from one chore to another and finishing so few of each by the end of the day,

that it seems nothing has been accomplished.

Prioritize!

Decide which task is the most vital to the success of your goal

and do that initially.

Once that is accomplished you can advance

to the following item on your list.

Spring Cleaning Doesn't HAVE To Be A Chore!

I LOVE a clean house...but...I confess that I HATE to clean.

I totally skipped Spring Cleaning last year,

because I didn't want to tackle such a big job.

Now...this year...it shows!

And, if you're as busy as I am...

just trying to find that much time..

to devote to spring cleaning can be daunting, to say the least.

Well...here's how I am going

to tackle my Spring Cleaning...I think it's the only thing that is going to work..

with my schedule!

1. I'm going to start with an 'outline' of the rooms in my house.
2. Take it 'one room at a time'.
3. Break the 'chores' down...per room.
4. ONLY do one room each WEEK.
5. Break 'larger' or more 'cluttered' rooms into two halves, thirds or fourths.
6. Be 'brutal'. If it doesn't fit, if I haven't used it in months (or years),

if you 'still' haven't gotten around to using it....get RID of it!
7. Don't forget to clean the vents, ceiling fans, air conditioner/ furnace filters.
8. Don't forget storage areas and the garage.

They might need to be 'de-cluttered' as well.

I tend to 'put-off' huge chores, like spring cleaning,

when I'm under such a tight work schedule. I can't take

the huge block of time this cleaning is going to take..all at once.

But, I can manage it in hourly increments.

So...whether I've broken the rooms into segments or not,

as long as I have my 'Spring Cleaing Outline'

I can just mark off what I've accomplished and

come back to the next task when I have that next block of time.

My new 'mini website'

I have found a wonderful new free webhosting site and I've already built several "mini-websites"

Check out my new 'Small Space Garden' site.

Spring Is Here!!

I'm so excited...Spring Is Here! I'll soon be planting my small space container garden outdoors! I'm just waiting for all dangers of frost to pass.

I want to use a layered planter, similar to the one in this picture for my smaller herbs.

They have a great little planter, complete with a Culinary Herb Garden Kit, over at Amazon for an incredibly reasonable price.

Then, I want to plant two planters with my 'veggies' and one or two planters with flowers. I LOVE the look of this planter...and I think they'd look great on my outdoor patio.

Minutes to Clean.

You can clean quite a bit, in just a few minutes.

Only have 15 minutes to clean....

Sweep a floor.
Scrub the refrigerator door and handle(s).
Wipe down kitchen countertops.
Spray a disinfectant in the sink and leave for 15 minutes.

(To kill all the bacteria and viruses that are probably living there.)

With 30 minutes you can include....

Scrub a floor.
Wipe down cabinet doors.
Scrub the oven door and handle.

If you have an hour,

and you're done in the kitchen,

hop on into the bathroom and...

Clean the sink.
Disinfect the toilet.
Sweep and scrub the floor.
Spray the tub and/or shower with disinfectant

and leave 15-20 minutes.

Again, to kill the bacteria and viruses that live there.

Great home remedies!

These great home remedies are..

tried..

true..

and

doctor tested!

To get rid of that

'over-stuffed' feeling...eat a little bit

of fresh..or canned..pineapple.

Pineapple contains the enzyme,

bromelain, which helps you digest your food.

Tea bags are multi-purpose.

They can:

reduce puffiness around the eyes,

dry up cancer sores and cold sores,

and

reduce the inflammation caused by

sunburn.

Coffee helps asthmatics

breathe better.

According to Dr. Bruce Krieger at

Miami Mout Sinai Medical Center,

"coffee acts as a mild brochodilator..."

and

"coffee can also prevent a mild asthma attack from getting worse."

Studies showed that

asthmatics were able to breathe better

after drinking three cups of

caffeinated coffee.

(It doesn't work with de-caffeinated.)

Under eye reviver!

Do you 'suffer' from

puffy eyes?

Try this natural treatment.

1 small RAW potato

1/2 cup heavy cream

Cut the potato into 1/4 inch slices

and soak in heavy cream for 5 minutes or so.

Then, place potato slices under your eyes

and leave them for 15 minutes, while you

lay back back and relax in a refreshing bath.