Clutter Coach

OCTOBER 20, 2015

One of my clients decided that she wouldn’t check her email until she spent a few minutes clearing off her desk. But since she checks her email a lot, it will get tidied up pretty fast! Put your purchases away as soon as you come home from the store, for example, even if it means walking all over the house. Write It Down!

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Clutter Coach

MAY 18, 2014

They joined Weight Watchers, for example. Call me at 510-768-7913 or email me at claire AT cluttercoach.net (substitute an ampersand for "AT"). It ranks up there with losing weight, quitting smoking and spending more time with family. Most people end up not following through with their resolutions.

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Clutter Coach

MAY 4, 2014

One of my clients decided that she wouldn’t check her email until she spent a few minutes clearing off her desk. But since she checks her email a lot, it will get tidied up pretty fast! Put your purchases away as soon as you come home from the store, for example, even if it means walking all over the house. Write It Down!

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Clutter Coach

MARCH 9, 2013

One of my clients decided that she wouldn’t check her email until she spent a few minutes clearing off her desk. But since she checks her email a lot, it will get tidied up pretty fast! Put your purchases away as soon as you come home from the store, for example, even if it means walking all over the house. Write It Down!

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Clutter Coach

JULY 6, 2013

case (for jewelry making, for example) to keep your project supplies in. Use Email to Stay Organized. Here’s how to combat this problem: Make it easy to put things away. Get in the habit of putting things away. Embrace the idea of completion. Make it easy to put things away by getting a box or special. Or set aside some.

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Clutter Coach

JUNE 13, 2017

It’s not just clearing off your desk or ploughing through your email inbox. It’s easy to be fooled into thinking you’re productive when you answer emails and phone calls and get paper off your desk. by What is productivity, really? Stop, take a breath and make sure you’re getting the important stuff done.

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Clutter Coach

AUGUST 9, 2018

An example of this is fine china. Protect yourself from offers that are too tempting; emails from stores that offer you deals all the time and, one of my favorites, don’t go shopping unless you actually need something. Weird, huh? I’ve done a lot of unpacking for people so I get to see what they have. Bwah ha ha ha.

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Clutter Coach

APRIL 30, 2020

Planning to exercise at 11 am right away gives your morning structure because you eat breakfast and shower before that, for example. Email clutter got you down? Clean Email has ninja powers to eliminate that clutter. Try Clean Email today with my special discount. Your structure can be as simple as that.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 19, 2016

It may be startling to find out exactly how much time you spend cruising around the internet or caught up in cross currents of email, but the idea isn't to make you feel bad. Email flurries at certain times of day can mean that others are most easily contacted then, for example.

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

A listener asked me to do an episode about multitasking and she gave the example of all the little tasks she needs to create an Instagram post. In my case and my listener’s, we’re likely to get our attention scrambled by calls, messages, emails and shiny squirrels that pop up online. Another method I use is a checklist.

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Clutter Coach

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In the above example, it’s knowing what a tidy apartment means to me, what it looks like and how I get there. One of my clients started checking her email in the bathroom because it was the only time she could get three minutes away from her two small kids. Usually with music. And probably a cocktail. What am I suggesting here?

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Clutter Coach

APRIL 11, 2017

Place actionable items in determined lists, like people to call, emails to send, or papers to write. For example, you can have a conversation while driving, but not compile your Post Its. If it’s a big project, like Marketing Plan for 2014, break it down into a hierarchical order with subprojects and subtasks. Finally, just do.

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Clutter Coach

MAY 18, 2013

That means once you start giving in to an urge to, say, check email by opening your email program, it will be much harder to keep yourself from doing it than if you nipped that pesky desire in the bud. Also, there is always some kind of neural activity going on in your brain and that contributes to its restlessness and distractibility.

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