I have a time problem. There's not enough of it. The same thing goes for my clients. It might be surprising to know most of my clients are actually very organized, type A, ambitious and energetic folks. But the time problem affects us all.
I have a time problem. There's not enough of it. The same thing goes for my clients. It might be surprising to know most of my clients are actually very organized, type A, ambitious and energetic folks. But the time problem affects us all.
Last fall, at the Lego Store in NYC, I stood in brightly lit silence, in awe of the 2 story tall Lego displays. Silent also because I was shocked at the prices of the larger Lego sets. Up to that point, I had only bought small Lego sets on Amazon or when I happened to be in a big box retail store.
On March 15, I had my very first workshop in a local community bookstore three blocks from my apartment. It was so gratifying an experience that I was walking on air for 48 hours. As a person who has always felt more comfortable behind the scenes, being on a tiny platform with 15 people listening to me talk about the too much stuff problem was... well let's just say it was both really hard and really worth it.
I like to think of myself as the type of person who jumps at the chance to use a new tool or a new way of doing things. It's part of my self-improvement mind set, the need to be more efficient, more forward thinking, more creative. So when I heard about Boxbee, I had two thoughts.
As a self defined introvert, the notion of working alone most of the time seemed, at first, to be a gift. Then after reading quite a bit on how working in groups can improve success, I realized I could really use some coworkers.
On the heels of a recent post about living the good life with kids, I began to see a flurry of advice for overwhelmed parents. Seems I'm not the only one with an impossible dream to live in peace with small, organizationally deranged humans who leave a trail of toys wherever they wander.
I was talking with a friend recently and she was sharing that she was tired of her job and ready for another kind of work. Later that night, it occurred to me that I hadn't asked myself that since the start of my business two years ago. Back then, I thought this work would be a natural fit, but whether I'd get tired of it remained to be seen.
Projects. We all have them. At work, the value of projects completed is quantified, your salary against how much you get done. At home, we don't have to complete projects in a timely way because... no one is paying us to do it.
T, The New York Times style magazine, has more writer's rooms. In case you didn't know, I have a thing or two for writers and the rooms where they work. These rooms along with the artist Xu Bing, below, are today's Stand Up Inspiration.
Just a short note about fighting the good fight against the kid's mess in our home (sticker covered, grease spots on the couch, mangy walled, tattered furniture, trail of crumbs in every hallway, parents around the world, you feel me?). Aim high. Aim for clean floors and clear counters smudge and free light switch plates. Clorox commercial clean. Yes, I'm serious.
A few days ago, a tweet from @jveighty6 came, asking for advice on moving abroad so I trolled my favorite sites for the best guides. I plucked the best from a few reliable sources and threw in a few profiles of international movers just for fun. While I've moved 31 times, I have not moved overseas (yet!). I thought it best to defer to the experts.
I'm going out on a limb here because I have been pushing against a writer's block for a month. What does writer's block look like in my world? A large, broken hunk of concrete with rusty twisted rebar jutting out. While that image may not be pleasant, that's what's sitting in front of my creative outlet these days.
So many wonderful things have happened since I launched Tame Space last year. Friends, family and clients (and even clients who became friends, a lark!) contributed generously to the development of Tame Space: a business that helps people whittle down stuff and discover what they really need to be successful.
How did we get this way? The-too-much-stuff problem. The clutter problem. The trillion tote bag problem. The six pairs of jeans and only one fits problem. The every family member over the age of 60 living in various stages of hoarding problem. The wasted food problem.
So often, in the realm of organizing, either self or professionally imposed, there are insurmountable hurdles. These hurdles take the shape of an unavoidable pile on the floor, resembling nothing like an elephant except for in size.