Organisational Tips for August
Commit to trying monotasking There’s a real appeal in multitasking. It makes us feel that we are super productive. That we are getting lots done. And also that we are very busy and therefore very important. And it’s a good way of not really engaging with...
Organisational Tips for July
Get ahead of yourself Go through and make a list of all the birthdays/anniversaries/significant events coming up in the next 3 months. Focus on the kind you need cards or gifts for. Then make a plan to deal with them. You could order all the cards and gifts in one go....
An Envelope of Snippets #32
A continually updated list of 75 things white people can do for racial justice. It has an America focus but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things on this list you can do right now. And make a point to schedule in time to view it again and again –...
Organisational Tips for June
100 memories Start a practice of writing down 100 memories from the month. and get whoever you lived with involved. I started doing this when returning from holidays. When I read back through I’m amazed at the small things that made the time special and how...
Using routine cards to develop habits
How do you build a routine with good habits? And more to the point how do you ensure it doesn’t become a bit well.. routine? Avoid humdrum by giving routine cards a whirl. The idea of routine cards is that you have anchors throughout the day. These can be an...
Organisational Tips for May
How things are organised has changed a lot since March. We’re pretty glad we followed our own tip to tidy our desk then! In the meanwhile, we’ve been looking at how we can continue to deliver stationery and cards to you. Right now means weekly post runs,...
A day for everything
Routine has always been a good thing. Obviously, in the interesting times, we currently live in this is ever more relevant. Morning routines have become super trendy. Even if you’re not planning on an hour of yoga and intention setting it’s good not to...
Organisational tips for March
Zero your working space In other words, tidy your desk. Not a half-hearted shuffle of papers either! Take everything off your desk. Give it a good clean. Find a pot or tray to put a selection of writing instruments in and out the rest in a drawer. Do something with...
Organisational tips for February
Clear off pinboards Or the front of the fridge. Perhaps the cluster of random papers clipped to the spine of a folder. But wherever you put your miscellaneous paperwork and bits of ephemera now is the time to sort them out. Yes, we had every intention of doing them in...
Saved for Later?
Are you in the habit of saving posts to read later? Even if you have no idea when later will be? When Twitter was in its infancy I used the like button as a way of saving things I wanted to look at later. I’d read the post or follow up on the link and then...
When do you dive deep?
So one of the reasons (or excuses) for all the stationery is to be organised. And being organised has job lists at its heart. We like to feel purposeful. So you make notes of things to do and follow up in notebooks and notepads and on sticky notes. You use pens in a...Get featured on our blog!
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