7 Simple Tips To Help You Declutter

Sometimes we sit down in our homes and think "How did I end up with all of this stuff!?" Whether its a lack of organization, or just a lot of trinkets here and there, clutter can build up over time. If you've decided that you've had enough, check out "7 Simple Tips To Help You Declutter" below! 1. Set the mood.  If you have a diffuser, fill it with uplifting essential oils such as grapefruit, lemon, or Elevation blend. These pleasant aromas will help you tackle the emotions that would otherwise distract you and keep you from accomplishing your goals. Our sense of smell is the only sense directly related to our brain, and...

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5 Make and Freeze Dinners

Sometimes there's just no extra time to cook up a complicated meal, so having ones already prepared to eat can be incredibly convenient in a pinch. Check out "​5 Great Meals to Make Ahead and Freeze" to make sure that you'll always have something to chow down on even if you're short on time. Soups While I grew up eating canned soup, that’s not been the case for my kids. The canned variety is generally oversalted, oversweetened, and overpriced. Since it’s so easy to make my own, there’s really no reason not to. I regularly prepare our favorite soups, sometimes two or three varieties at a time, and freeze them in family- and individually-sized...

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Grocery Shopping 101: How To Shop Effectively

Image courtesy of commons.wikipedia.org Let's be real: we can't survive on take-out and fast food forever. Eventually, we all have to buy groceries and stock up our fridges, even if it's one of the least fun chores on our list.Yes, there's a reason some people hate going to the store: grocery shopping isn't as easy as walking in and picking up what you like! Without a plan, it's easy to buy far more than you need or can even eat, resulting in potentially wasted food, otherwise known as wasted money.Don't worry, though: following these tips from renters.apartments.com will make sure you budget properly, buy the right amount of food,...

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Organize Your Life

Feel like your life needs some more organization? Check out these tips to help get things back in line and boost the productivity of your common tasks! Learn more over at ZenBlog. 3 Most Important Tasks. Writing down and making mental note of my top 3 tasks to get done for the day. Everything else seems to fall into place if I do that. An easy and workable task list, or to do list. While I love all of these handy web 2.0 apps, computer software, very neat gadgets like palms and really cool cell phones, they just don’t work for me. I’m a lazy woman, with an even lazier attitude. I might put a task in Remember the Milk, another task in my palm, one in my Gcal and send another text to my phone. With all of these different ways of doing things, I end up spending much more time trying...

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