DECLUTTER & ORGANISE WORKSHOP – SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER

I’m running another full day workshop at Selwyn Community Education in Kohimaramara Road on Sunday November 10^th and I’d love you to join me.  Here’s the link to the course:

http://www.selwyncomed.school.nz/courses/1106-declutter-and-or-downsize-your-home/

We will be discussing downsizing and decluttering, what to keep and what to let go, storage ideas, organising personal papers, and your wardrobe, and more…  This is an opportunity for you to not only talk about your problems around clutter and organisation, but also to listen to those of others.

The class is not large, and usually capped at around 15 or 16 participants.  I provide a Workbook for you to take notes, plus handouts for you to take away.  And as I say right at the beginning, this is not a ‘lecture’, this is participative exercise and I am continually checking in for feedback so everyone gets as much value as they can from the day.

The important thing is that everyone gets to see that we all have similar problems around clutter, and the stress it causes.  Discussions are lively and there’s lots of interaction from everyone making the day fun and interesting.

Here’s some feedback from my previous course:

“I really appreciated the tone of the class. Angela was very encouraging and welcoming. She facilitated the group very skilfully so that everyone participated and shared their knowledge and experience.  I liked the flexibility of the group.”

 “Angela had a positive presence and it was really easy to follow what she was saying. The content of the day was structured but not rigid.  Angela listened with empathy and ensured that everyone heard both questions and answers.  At appropriate times she shared her own experiences and this gave credibility to what she was telling us.”

 “Angela was an excellent presenter, very focused on everyone’s issues/problems and everything I hoped to learn was covered. As well as being very informative, it was also very entertaining (thanks to Angela and some of the participants). “

 “I wasn’t sure what to expect exactly but was hopeful. Course gave me reassurance that my own ideas, slowly forming, were sound & that there were other ways to deal with the issues.”

 “Angella was great!  Very friendly, enthusiastic and non-judgmental about everyone’s own personal ‘cluttered’ situation.  All areas were covered despite all the interruptions she had.”

If you’ve been struggling to get rid of that clutter and want to enjoy the feeling of being organised and more relaxed in your environment then do come along.  You will definitely come away with ideas, loads of tips, and hopefully the momentum you’re looking for to get started on your decluttering project.

Warmest regards

Angella

Controlling Your Email Inbox

I think we all have difficulties coping with the amount of emails that surge into our Email Inbox.  How can we keep up with them all…  That’s the burning question.  I try to keep my Inbox content down to less than 100 emails, however it does sometimes become a bit unruly if I haven’t kept up with them.  I know that may sound like a lot to some of you but I tend to keep interesting emails in the Inbox until I have read them then I ditch or file them into a sub-folder which is why it sometimes creeps up to 100 plus emails.

The easiest way I have found to store emails is to create sub-folders in the Inbox, really just the same as your Folders and Sub-Folders in your My Documents on your computer, and potentially as you would file hard copy documents in a filing cabinet.  Sorting emails by category makes it a simple job to file emails into the relevant folder/sub-folder, and really quick to go back and find them.

Filing emails by shifting them over into their folder or sub -folder is then a simple matter of hitting your FROM tab on the top bar and then moving all the emails from that sender over into the relevant folder.  You can then do exactly the same in your Sent box except you hit the TO tab.

Unsubscribing to emails you no longer wish to receive will also make a difference in keeping the emails to a manageable number and I regularly scroll through my emails and Unsubscribe.

SPAM emails can also be a nightmare and it’s recommended that you don’t open them.  If you don’t already have a Reading Pane which allows you to have a quick preview of your inward emails then I suggest you go to View on the Tool Bar and select the Reading Pane that suits you.  I use the Right Reading Pane as I find it more convenient than the option of  having the reading pane at the bottom.

I know there will be other ways of dealing with emails, using Rules etc, however I like to use the simplest methods possible.

If  your Inbox is already unwieldy and it takes you ages to find an email, then you might like to try some of these tips.  You’ll find once you’ve set up your folders and sub-folders, and use them, and start unsubscribing, then you can really get stuck in and file and cull emails.  I promise you it’s worth the effort you put in to set up your systems.

Very best wishes to you.

In Joy

Angella