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In This Issue:
- Changing Seasons, Changing Focus
- Radio Interview Announcement
- How Many Are FREEcycling Today?
- Special Feature: Hilary Baumann
and Fascination Design
Changing Seasons, Changing Focus
Here we are, staring down the barrel at yet another autumn. But wait... weren't we just celebrating the beginning of the new year?! Oh, the time does seem to fly doesn't it? It seems to go quicker every year. Vacations come to an end as the summer slips away and the brisk air of fall slowly begins to replace the stifling heat.
When the seasons change, it just naturally feels like a good time to wrap up projects you've started in the past months and begin new ones. At this time of year, as the kids go back to school and shorter days remind you that summer is waning, it's good to sit down and mentally prepare for the new season before you; to devise a game plan for yourself.
What will the final quarter of the year hold for you? What will you create? Will you easily shake off the leisure of the summer and shift your focus to the months ahead? Or will you procrastinate and take the next month to get back into the swing of things, finding yourself into October before you really get refocused?
I encourage you to take a bit of time in the coming weeks to evaluate the direction your life is headed, to choose what you'll focus on and to set some new goals, both personal ones and professional. I sincerely hope one of those goals will be to change one habit that will make your life simpler and reduce your stress. I'm willing to bet that by the time the holidays roll around, your efforts to refocus and plan will have allowed you to accomplish more than you had thought possible!
Radio Interview Announcement
Tune in next Thursday, August 12 to hear my internet radio interview with host Viveca Stone on the Get Ready For Love Show. Join me as I share how simplifying, organizing and decluttering your life can positively influence your relationships and help you attract love!
To listen live or call in, go to www.GetReadyForLove.com at 11pm EASTERN TIME (8pm Pacific) next Thursday evening, August 12 and look for Coming Attractions!
If you are unable to listen live, remember to check out the archives! Just go to www.GetReadyForLove.com and click on "Archives" at the upper right of the home page!
How Many Are FREEcycling Today?
Decluttering your life is a wonderful way to rid yourself of the things that no longer give you value and a great way to help someone in need at the same time. All over the world, people are helping others and decluttering their lives by giving away the things they no longer need, through FREEcycle.org. This means that fewer items are going into the trash and filling up the landfills of our planet.
It's so simple to join! You just sign up through the web site, and you'll begin getting the emails that people in your local FREEcycle group send out either seeking free items, or offering free items. It's as simple as that! Just go to www.FREEcycle.org to sign up!
Number of cities FREEcycling last month: 941
Number of cities FREEcycling this month: 1141
Number of people FREEcycling last month: 209,771
Number of people FREEcycling this month: 308,767
Check it out and let me know what you think of the idea. If you've received something or given something away through this wonderful concept, tell me about that too!
Special Feature: Hilary Baumann / Fascination Design
As you may have noticed, I'm experimenting with the design of my ezine lately. This new template was created by the lovely and talented Hilary Baumann of Fascination Design. Hilary is a designer of logos, web sites, and yes, ezine and other templates. Not only is her work affordable for small business, but she works fast, which is a great bonus!
Visit Hilary's site at www.fascinationdesign.com . Learn more about her by visiting her Ryze page, as well:
http://www.ryze.com/view.php?who=FascinationDesign
I love my new ezine design and I hope you do too!
Monica Ricci is an Organizing Specialist, and the founder of Catalyst Organizing Solutions, an Atlanta based company. You can see Monica this fall on the popular HGTV show,
MISSION:Organization.
She is the immediate past president of the GA Chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers and was recently named to the Editorial Advisory Board of Atlanta Home Improvement Magazine. To schedule Monica to speak to your conference, team, department, or association, or for an on-site organizational evaluation, contact her at 770-569-2642 or Monica@CatalystOrganizing.com
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