Journaling can be a great way to improve your mental health. It can help you to:
Unclutter your mind and reduce stress
Process difficult emotions
Track your progress and goals
Reflect on your life and make positive changes
When journaling, it is important, to be honest with yourself and to write about whatever is on your mind. You may want to write about your thoughts, feelings, experiences, or goals. You can also use journaling to brainstorm ideas, plan for the future, or simply relax and de-stress.
There are many different ways to journal. You can write in a traditional journal, or you can use a blog, an online journal, or even a voice memo app. There is no right or wrong way to journal, so find what works best for you.
If you are new to journaling, it can be helpful to start with a few prompts. Here are a few ideas:
What are you grateful for today?
What is one thing you are proud of yourself for?
What is one thing you are looking forward to?
What is one thing you are worried about?
What is one thing you want to change about your life?
Once you get started, you may find that journaling becomes a regular part of your routine. It can be a great way to connect with yourself and improve your mental health.
Here are some additional tips for journaling:
Find a quiet place where you can write without distractions.
Set aside some time each day to journal, even if it is just for a few minutes.
Don’t worry about grammar or spelling. Just write whatever comes to mind.
If you get stuck, try writing about something that is bothering you or something that you are grateful for.
Reread your journal entries from time to time to see how you have grown and changed.
Journaling can be a great way to process your thoughts and feelings, so don’t be afraid, to be honest with yourself.
If you find that journaling is not helpful for you, there are other things you can do to improve your mental health. Talk to a coach, counselor, or therapist, join a support group, or try other relaxation techniques such as yoga or meditation.
๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฎ & ๐๐ช๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ท๐ ~ Your Friendly Organizer, Cheryl
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It brings me pleasure, motivation, an action toward my goals.
It’s okay to include your children or family.
It takes about 10 to 20 minutes of your day.
๐๐’๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐๐ . . . I been journaling since I could write. I always had a notebook and my collection of pens. My friends would be looking at the toys in the Navy Exchange while I was checking out the new fancy pens on display in the Stationary Section.
I really don’t know what to say to others about HOW I AM – having a journal that never expects anything from me in return, it’s easy to just write about anything.
It’s not that I don’t care about people, I just don’t feel comfortable saying anything other than “I’m okay”. My journal is the space where I can be honest, rude, negative, hopeless, worthless, and above ALL be truthful with myself.
It is not always a smooth journey that leads to an easy destination. There are times when things can get worse before getting better. At times you have to travel unpaved paths to come to the most magnificent visions. Who doesn’t love a rainbow after a violent storm? That’s when you get the prettiest rainbows.
I have used this writing prompt in the past with clients, especially the individuals whom I arrived at on Saturday morning and they would say to me “I didn’t get ANYTHING done this week” I would reply with “Really, you didn’t do anything this week?” I would leave them with this writing prompt as Homework.
The amazement the following week never came from me, it was from my client to learn how many actions they do attend to during the week that’s where I come in as a coach to direct that foot traffic to the purposeful matters.
Enoy journaling . . .
๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฎ & ๐๐ช๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ท๐ ~ Your Friendly Organizer, Cheryl
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๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฎ & ๐๐ช๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ท๐ ~ Your Organizer & Coach, Cheryl
If youโre looking for guidance beyond this post today, my Coaching Programs can be personalized just for you. Book a Complimentary Session to discuss what’s holding you back. I look forward to guiding you on your journey to achieve organized spaces in your lifestyle.
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Letโs be truthful, clutter makes us feel crappy. Thatโs why, every year, after the big ball drops, oodles – oodles and oodles of us vow โthis year we will get organized,โ Fist pumps in the air, the family high-fiving each other. But, as days, weeks, and months go by and we resume our daily routines, the motivation to declutter tends to diminish. Perhaps your inner โneat freakโ merely needs the incentive to jump-start the organizing process.
Do you have too much clutter lying around? Do you have tripping hazards? such as tripping over toys in the middle of the night. Nevertheless, clutter causes many internal problems which โ although less obvious than the Lego maze spread across your family room floor โ are quite impactful on your life.
Putting in the effort of getting organized, especially if this organization extends to multiple areas of your life, can help reduce stress and anxiety levels long term by requiring less last-minute scrambling in a variety of directions in everyday situations. It can also feel empowering, so you can experience new situations as “exciting” rather than “stressful.โ
HEALTH BENEFITS OF BEING ORGANIZED:
*Boost your energy and productivity
*Reduce stress & anxiety
*Sleep better
*Lose weight
*Improve your financial health
Clutter happens to all of us at one time or another and regaining control over the chaos can be challenging. Fortunately, science has shown getting organized has so many health benefits. Making small changes and successive improvements in one area can lead to positive effects in other areas. For example, less stress means a better nightโs sleep. This just might be the motivation you need to kick your organizing goals into high gear.
Check out the three Organize & Coach Packages that are available now.
I have focused my organize + coachwork on busy professionals that have struggled with chronic disorganization throughout their whole life. My clients and I work together to understand their challenges and to identify, and strategize along with learning new skills and habits.
Chronic Disorganization Fees
$75 / hour 60 – 90 – 180 minutes sessions
Walk & Talk Strategy
A 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hour Walk & Talk Strategy Session will provide clarity and a written step-by-step strategy for getting organized. We begin with an interview and an examination of the spaces of concern, then continue with an evaluation of various organizing options and product recommendations (if needed). I can provide a sketch of the future layout as part of this package and would also be pleased to advise you on how to work with an assistant or temporary help in order to achieve your organizing goals.
Walk & Talk Fees
Individuals, non-profits, small businesses โ $75/hour plus expenses
Corporations โ $100/hour plus expenses
3. The Organizing Operation
I’ll sort through the clutter, create simple systems designed to your style and specifications, and replace the chaos with a pleasing functional, clean & tidy space.
Have a deadline?
Not productive or frustrated by your desk, filing system or office?
Overwhelmed with household storage areas, home office, or the so-called guest room?
On-Site/In-Person Organizing Operation Fees
Individuals, non-profits, and small businesses โ $75 per hour plus expenses
Corporations โ $100 per hour plus expenses
Coaching Package Activities: to facilitate your journey to a Simple Lifestyle!
Vision/Mood Board Kit – learn techniques of creative visualization to achieve goals
Journals Kit – help you organize your thoughts, set goals with positive self-encouragement
Daily Planner Kits – help with time management, become more productive, stay on tasks
These three pathways fit into all Organize & Coach packages:
Hands-on Sessions.
In-home organizing tailored to fit your lifestyle and design style. For help making all spacesโincluding walk-in closets, home offices, pantries, playrooms, and everything in betweenโfunctional and stylish.
DIY Organizing ~ Virtual Coming Soon!
Expert guidance via videos & guidebooks. Follow a personalized plan and shopping list that fits your budget and design aesthetic. LBD prefers placement over purchase to style the space, we will have you shop your home before sending you off to the stores. You will then put it into action with one-on-one organizing support in real-time. You will receive a written action plan within the personalized guidebooks for your organizational needs.
Organization Design.
Customized Review of planned closet systems and/or built-in kitchen, bath, or garage cabinets. So you can be sure your newly built or remodeled storage spaces will be well organized for your lifestyle, and that the storage fits the purpose of the space.
Here’s how a Home Stager can get the premium price from a sale
Stagers are professionals who work with real estate agents to help them sell homes by enhancing interiors for the best possible presentation. Realtors know that selling is more effective, and perceived values increase when prospective customers walk through rooms that are beautifully designed and decorated. This is where the stager can be an essential partner to the agent and the seller.
We partner with real estate agents and Property Managers like yourself in order to market your listings to their best capacity. Partnering with a professional home stager & Redesigner adds credibility to your business, tremendous value to your listing package, and ultimately results in faster, more profitable home sales. Certified Home Stagers are specially trained to work with agents to quickly transform the inside of the home so that the traffic that the agent drives to the home will result in multiple offers.
How do they do this? We use an 8-step “FEEL HOME EMOTIONS” mission in each room of the home that serves to engage your clients (the home seller) in the process while ensuring that every detail is dealt with in the transformation of the home.
Here are the three easy steps to ensure a SOLD home:
1. Before listing the home, have a Home Stager come to the home and develop a plan for staging the home that focuses on quick transformations, return on investment and works within the client’s budget. Even if you’re a DIYer, we can create a WALK & TALK action plan for you to reference.
2. Working with the home seller, the Home Stager makes only those changes that will reap a large return on dollars spent AND will speak to home buyers’ emotions.
3. Once staged, the home is photo ready! Since 95% of home buyers are using the Internet to determine whether to visit the home, photos of professionally staged rooms will set the listing apart from the rest.
Staging of Owner-Occupied Homes for Sale –We offer a variety of services for occupied homes including in-home consultation, a DIY Walk & Talk action plan, art and accessory packages, and staging only a particular room to showcase its function. Occupied staging focuses on decluttering and furniture placement over purchase to make your home market & photo ready.
Staging of Vacant Homes for Sale –We walk every property before providing a bid so we can create a customized design plan that positions the home to sell fast, with the most abundant amount. Our bid is a fixed, flat fee – no monthly fees, no ongoing fees, no design fees, no delivery fees โฆ NO Surprises! The rental fees are based on the number of rooms or square footage of the home.
Interior Redesign –Lifestyle by Design can provide options and ideas for “refreshing” your home’s decor as well as providing assistance with shopping (which is primary in-home shopping) and setup. Services and products can be customized to fit the homeowner’s budget. This service works well if you have an upcoming personal or business event that youโll have within your home, great way to showcase your sanctuary.
Holiday and Event Staging – Whether you’re planning an event at your home or office and need assistance decorating for the holidays, Lifestyle by Design can provide options and ideas to give your space that perfect look to enhance that special occasion. Services and products can be customized to fit the homeowner/clientโs budget.
Itโs human nature to be attracted to pretty things and staged homes are much prettier than unstaged or badly staged homes. Staging relieves your client of stress and pressure and worries if their home looks good enough for buyers to pay the highest price.
Professional staging will encourage the buyer to form an โemotional linkโ with the house and itโs that connection that leads them to buy the home. When our home was on the market I put out pamphlets of information about the local schools, local farmer markets, local wineries & Music – this way it makes them a part of home & community. Itโs an idea I took from going up military, for each new deployment we would have a welcome kit waiting for us with all the information we needed to engage with our new community.
Remember staging is an investment, not an expense. You are investing in a proven method for appealing to the greatest number of potential buyers willing to pay the highest price. Remember earlier when I said we had our home on the market – it was on the market for 1 day, our home was a 30-year-old home with some aging, and it was bought within 4 hours. I asked our realtor what was her response to your survey question, and he said as she walked around she felt she had found โHomeโ.
If youโre looking for guidance beyond this post today, my Coach/Organize/Stage Programs can be customized just for you and/or your clients. Book a Complimentary Session to discuss how I can help your clients get the best and quickest price for their homes. I look forward to guiding you on your journey to achieve a โShowcaseโ of your homes or business.
Ways to contact us!
Call/Text 860.961.6824 or you can email envisionsdesigns@gmail.com for your free 1/2 hour consultation.
Take a look at our Fall ~STYLE OF LIVING~ newsletter. I included a few tips to get your home ready for the market if you’re thinking of selling or getting ready for the upcoming Holidays. If there are special interests you would like to see in the newsletter – please contact me.
When you’re confronted by a disorganized home or business and you don’t know where to start . . . we are there in your corner, no judgment just hands-on coaching & cheering you along toward your goals.
What would it say? Help me, please with my struggles.
Well, you ended up at the right place for solutions.
โ๐๐พ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ can save you real chunks of time, money, space, and energy, de-cluttering and organizing will organically show you why being organized matters. If you must break it down, here are only “a few” of the hundreds of ways that becoming organized can and will transform your life.
Being organized will reduce the tension and stress in my life. I will feel calmer, clearer, more focused, and more motivated.
Being organized will simplify my busy life by allowing me to get things done faster and become more effective at problem-solving.ย
Being organized will start aligning my world towards my goals and dreams, freeing up my mind and space to focus more on the real priorities in all aspects of my life.
Being organized will save me money. I will know exactly where everything is and how much I already have. My valuable earnings can finally be allocated for things that I really need.
Being organized and de-cluttering will give me more freedom, time, and energy. I don’t have to get frustrated looking for stuff anymore and I can become more efficient and productive.
Being organized will bring me closer to achieving my full potential by increasing my focus and motivation.
Being organized and excess-free will eliminate my excuses for not paying enough attention to more important things in life.
Being organized and purging will help me move forward, leaving past negative experiences in the past where they belong.
Being organized will eliminate my excuses of “not being ready” for that unexpected visit, for pursuing my passions and new opportunities, and for being quick and sharp on my feet. Instead of procrastinating, staying stuck, feeling guilty, wishing, or hoping…โ
Being organized will allow me to regain control of my life with a sense of accomplishment and pride.
Lifestyle “Other Stuff” In OrdeFrom vehicle interiors to holiday decorations, from shopping to donations!
Holiday decorations removal and repacking
Organizing vehicle interiors
Organizing products and supplies shopping assistance (purchases and returns)
Consignment, donation, and recycling activities for tax benefits and convenient disposal
Partnerships with charities, animal hospitals, and orphanages for donations.
If youโre looking for direction beyond this article, my Coaching Pathways Programs could be tailored for you. Book a Complimentary Session today to discuss your circumstances. I look forward to guiding you down the pathways to achieve your clarity ofย Passion ~ Power ~ Purpose in your Lifestyle!
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