{"id":49,"date":"2009-06-10T21:40:58","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T15:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=49"},"modified":"2014-06-17T07:29:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T12:29:19","slug":"keep-it-simple-sweetie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/keep-it-simple-sweetie\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep It Simple Sweetie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Keep-It-Simple-Sweetie.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/keep-it-simple-sweetie\/keep-it-simple-sweetie-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Keep-It-Simple-Sweetie.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Keep It Simple Sweetie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Keep-It-Simple-Sweetie.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4076\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Keep-It-Simple-Sweetie-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"simplify your organizing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Keep-It-Simple-Sweetie.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Keep-It-Simple-Sweetie.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Simplicity makes a difference in all our lives.\u00a0 Creating a simple plan, working on\u00a0a simplified project, and\u00a0communicating simply\u00a0are all important aspects of simplying our lives.\u00a0 I love the mantra of <em>Keep It Simple Sweetie<\/em> because it reminds us\u00a0in a fun way to keep things as simple as possible.\u00a0\u00a0 Often complexity makes a task overwhelming and paralyzing.\u00a0The details become the project instead of the outcome.\u00a0 \u00a0Think of the tasks to accomplish, whether for home or work, and see what the most direct path to accomplish that can be.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Start with the end in mind. What do you want to accomplish and what is the deadline? What is the path to accomplish the goal?<\/li>\n<li>Ask for help from your team, whether it is your family or co-workers.\u00a0\u00a0 A team effort makes the work more fun, gets the job done quickly and lessens your work load.<\/li>\n<li>Stay on task for completion.\u00a0\u00a0 Keep off those bunny trails.\u00a0 If you are easily distracted, create reminders to keep going and get it done.<\/li>\n<li>Remember that <em>done<\/em> is perfect! Balance your perfectionism with the time allotted to get the job done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simple steps for your work at home or elsewhere\u00a0create effectiveness and efficiency.\u00a0 Your benefit is\u00a0your great sense of productivity for accomplishments! And you get to do the really fun stuff now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simplicity makes a difference in all our lives.\u00a0 Creating a simple plan, working on\u00a0a simplified project, and\u00a0communicating simply\u00a0are all important aspects of simplying our lives.\u00a0 I love the mantra of Keep It Simple Sweetie because it reminds us\u00a0in a fun way to keep things as simple as possible.\u00a0\u00a0 Often complexity makes a task overwhelming and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[1501,1504],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-organizing","category-organizing-skills","tag-family-organizing","tag-organizing-skills"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Keep It Simple Sweetie - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; 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