As Summer finally comes to the Northwest, I am reminded of just how busy I get when the weather turns warm. It’s a good kind of busy, favoring plenty of outside adventures and picnics in the park (in addition to working with our wonderful organizing and productivity consulting clients, of course). Since I still only… Read more
It’s a common situation: you/your spouse/your children have busy lives and tight schedules and rely on portable snacks to deliver nutrition on-the-go. Unfortunately, so many of the most conveniently packaged snacks like chips, cookies, and soda are laden with sugar and unhealthful fats. That’s no coincidence, either – food manufacturers want to make sure that… Read more
Do you spring out of bed in the morning fully rested, in great humor, and ready to take on the world? Yeah, me neither 🙂 If that *does* describe your morning mood, then bravo! For the rest of us, there’s a fun new app called My Wake Up Call Motivational Alarm Clock that will give… Read more
It’s an overstimulating, highly active world that we live in. ADD/ADHD diagnoses are on the rise, and yet that behavior is encouraged when we are expected to multi-task in the workplace. If you or someone you love has been having trouble focusing at school or at work, you may want to examine your eating habits…. Read more
With the emergence of Springtime, we’ve been motivated to de-clutter and deep clean our homes and offices. As the days get longer and lighter, the sunlight illuminates the dust and reminds us that the slow pace of winter is fading away and will soon be a distant memory. It’s time to optimize systems because the… Read more
Over the Memorial Day holiday I had the opportunity to visit some friends out of state. It was an action-packed mini-vacation, and there was very little opportunity for “screen” time: checking email, social media, web surfing, watching TV, and so on. Instead, we spent our time together connecting and conversing, walking and talking. I’ll admit,… Read more
Are you downsizing your home? Have you recently moved or maybe you have large items you don’t use often? Although we often talk about “letting go” of items and clutter in your home, we know that a storage unit can be a great solution for organizing your current or future home. Downsizing your home is a big… Read more
At Simply Placed, we believe in working hard. But you know what they say about all work and no play…we like to play hard, too! In today’s Tech Talk, we bring you our new obsession: DrawSomething. Part Pictionary and part Junior Jumble, DrawSomething is a social drawing and guessing game for the iPhone and… Read more
It’s happened to all of us at one point or another. You sit down to the computer, prepared to concentrate on the task at hand but before you know what happened, you’ve wasted the whole day surfing your favorite web sites and updating your Facebook status. If dragging yourself away from your favorite celebrity fashion… Read more
Special thanks to our friend Dan Faulkner, Jr. from John L Scott  for these great ideas. Many people avoid setting goals for themselves simply because they are faced with a few common challenges. We have three tips to overcoming these barriers to success so you can being achieving your goals today. 1. Set Practical Goals. Often times,… Read more
This year, we’re sharing our tips on goal setting success for New Year’s Resolutions. This is the sixth and final post in our series. So far we’ve posted tips for rewarding yourself, visualizing success ,  focusing on goals that are important to you, sharing your goal to gain accountability and staying positive. Today’s topic is keeping your goals SMART. Tip #6 Make it… Read more
This year, we’re sharing our tips on goal setting success for New Year’s Resolutions. This is the fifth post in our series. So far we’ve posted tips for rewarding yourself, visualizing success ,  focusing on goals that are important to you and sharing your goals. Today’s topic is staying positive about your goals by removing the negative aspects and focusing on… Read more
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