I urge you to insert your excuse here.
We’re all too busy, too tired, too what-EVA to do what-eva! Sara Getzkin, Superhero organizer, (and fellow LA Organizing Awards nominee) inspired me with her recent Facebook post “I urge you to insert your excuse here.”
Go for it! Tell me your excuse!
Special frocks
Leave a CommentA great story in The Age today about special frocks.
It begs the question: do you have a significant frock? Tattered and torn, lost forever or carefully preserved? Spill!
SORTED! book finalist in international award
Comments (8)Very exciting news – my book, SORTED! the ultimate guide to organising your life – once and for all has been nominated for an award at the 2010 Los Angeles Organising Awards.
Like to vote for my book? Go to http://www.napola.org and click on “cast your votes now through December 15th.”
You don’t need to be a member to vote, but you will neeed to register your email address to vote (one vote per email address).
Some other folk you may wish to consider voting for:
- Ready Made Magazine (Best Publication featuring organizing) – I love this mag!
- Jeri Dansky Blog (Best Organizing website or blog) – this is truly a great blog
- Sara Getzkin / Hands on! Organizing services (Most ecofriendly Organizing service)
- Harold Taylor Time Consultants Ltd (Best Time management expert)
- Dorothy Breininger / Delphi Centre of Organization (Philanthropy Award)
Thanking you in advance!!
Organisational tools for sale!
Two great things for sale:
1. 4 drawer filing cabinet, on wheels
excellent condition, $100.
MELBOURNE Pick up only (Eastern suburbs, half hour from GPO).
Contact: Jo on 0402 311 470.
2. Dymo LabelWriter 400 Turbo -this is the kind you plug into your computer and it spits out a snazzy label for you. Comes with all the software and cables etc. Has printed less than 20 labels in it’s lifetime!!
up to $250 new, asking $100.
SOLD
Handy and fun, or a pain in the arse?
What do you think of these shredding scissors from www.usefulthings.com? Are they a fun, handy tool? Or…. a pain in the arse?
http://usefulthings.com/shop/office/shredding-scissors.php
Self check out – love ‘em or hate ‘em?
I went to IKEA the other day and decided to use the self checkout. BIG mistake! I don’t know if it’s because we’re not practiced at using this kind of system, but it took much longer to execute and was pretty much a pain in the arse. When there was an error (first caused by me but then complicated by a staff member) and I needed to be credited, correcting it involved leaving the checkout and visiting another part of the store to be refunded. Quite protracted.
What’s been your experience? Are self service checkouts are time waster or a time saver?
Useful things to do with a post it note competition
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post it note
It worked a treat! And being repositionable, we moved it as necessary!
I would love to hear your unusual uses for post it notes… the creative, the silly or the practical!
Post your entry here! You can enter as many times as you want. Winner will receive a pack of post-it notes like the one featured in the above photo – I’m pretty sure they aren’t available in Australia. If someone from outside Australia wins, I will make sure you receive a prize you can’t purchase in your own country!
Entries will only be accepted via this blog and entries close 11.59pm 15/9/09.
SORTED! book now in Italian, Indonesian, American English and Dutch!
SORTED! has been translated into two languages. You will find a repackaged version in Italy and Indonesia. Given they are countries both starting with the letter I, I’m guessing Iceland is next.
The cover of the Indonesian version features a quote from Cosmopolitan magazine which I’ve successfully translated with the help of Babel Fish -
“Olivers methods it was guaranteed facilitated your life’”.
I love how bad that sounds!
Like an Italian copy? Try here or here
Or, you can obtain an Indonesian copy from Indonesia…. go to flightcentre.com.au 
The days are short and there is still so much to do
I love this from www.mirandajuly.com
MJ reads all mail, slowly, sitting on her couch – but in most cases she does not respond. Understand this is not for lack of appreciation. It’s just that the days are short and there is so much still to do.
Ringo Star has similar sentiments. Some time ago, he called for a stop to all mail from fans. Peace and Love he said, but please, no presents, no fan mail, no requests for autographs. Peace and Love, but no more. The days are short and there is still so much to do.
Have you ever dreamed of setting such boundaries? Have you not just dreamed, but done it? If you were to ask for a stop to something (so you could get on with other things) what would you draw the line on …
Great timewaster / procrastination tool
Here’s a treat for you!
