I gave up drinking about half way through 2020 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst others were hitting the bottle in one of many lockdowns in Melbourne I decided I’d had enough of the booze. Here’s some background I was a bit of a late starter to drinking alcohol. In later years of Read More
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Let stuff go like a teen
Meet Captain Risky. He’s been sitting on our teen son Robbie’s desk for the past couple of years. Robbie recently cleared his desk while doing some maintenance on his computer and decided that Captain Risky no longer had a place. My husband was quite puzzled by this and wondered why he wouldn’t want to return Read More
Create a 1 to 31 folder to manage your paperwork
A 1 to 31 folder may be exactly what you need to manage your paperwork if piles are stressing you out. The 1 – 31 folder is a folder with tabs labeled 1 – 31 (one tab for each day of the month). Allocate todo items to a day of the month and simply open Read More
Tips to curate, organise, file and retrieve paper articles of interest
Many of my clients have varied interests and they love to collect paper articles from magazines and newspapers and they pick up all sorts of related postcards or freebies whilst they are out and about. They find that piles of paper mount up quickly, and before they know it they are overwhelmed by an activity Read More
My favourite podcasts for decluttering, personal growth, health and happiness
I spend a lot of time in the car driving to and from clients. To pass the time I listen to audiobooks and podcasts. During 2018 and 2019 my podcast appetite was insatiable for business, marketing and personal growth. I couldn’t get enough of ways to grow and improve my business. During the COVID-19 effected Read More
Ask yourself these priority setting questions to get straight on what’s important to you
To-do list over flowing? Lot’s of great ideas and can’t decide which ones to work on first? Ask yourself the below questions whilst you reflect on your to-do list to sort out what to work on next when everything is urgent and important. What’s next Download your own copy of the above worksheet so you Read More
3 techniques to choose a finite amount of things to focus on to reduce feeling overwhelmed
Many of the working women I help to declutter and get organised have one thing in common. They are trying to do too much and they feel overwhelmed. Doing too much or expecting too much is not a bad thing. However, doing too much whilst raising kids, running a household, feeling like they’re missing the Read More
Professional Organiser shares 9 techniques to stay up
About 20 years ago my manager gifted me Believe and Achieve by Australian motivational Author Paul Hanna. A senior manager walked past whilst I read it on my lunch break and said “I didn’t think you’d need a book like that”. I never really asked her what she meant but I presume that since I Read More
Julie Cliff is guest on the “Marketing and Me” podcast with Leanne Shelton
Chuffed to be a guest on the “Marketing and Me” podcast with Leanne Shelton (@leanneshelton247) from Write Time Marketing. I speak to Leanne about how working mums can organise a life they want to live. The key tips include: the benefits of planning your week and prioritising tasks, outsourcing, and getting it all in the Read More
9 ways to display your memorabilia instead of keeping it in a box under your bed
It’s sad to see memorabilia stuffed under beds and in the back of cupboards when I work with clients. Much of the time the client plans to do something with the items “one day”, but their plans are grand and time consuming and hence never get started. Here are a number of easy suggestions to Read More