Many people make their lives more complicated. This is easy to do in a world that is constantly pushing us to have more, more, more and pulling us in a million different directions. I say, make your mission: simplication. Here are five ways to do so.

1) Part with some possessions. I have a personal rule to only have things in my home that I use regularly and/or truly enjoy having. I always keep possessions that have special meaning or great purpose to me. Everything else, however, is considered fair game for the donation box, a rummage sale or the trash can. Because of this rule, I never have clutter in my home. Simplify your life by parting with anything you currently have that doesn't meet the 'I use it and/or I enjoy it' standard.

2) Unpack your schedule. There's no way I'd want to be running from one place to the next all day long. I like my life to be full and balanced, but not hectic. Therefore, I'm also sure to keep my schedule as simple and uncrowded as possible. If I have a meeting on Monday morning, I never schedule anything directly before or directly this activity. This way, I have plenty of time to get to the meeting without rushing, and ample time to get home and have lunch before taking on the next item in line. If your schedule is so full you don't even have time to breathe, it's definitely in need of some simplification.

3) Get someone to lend a hand. Can you get your son to do a load of laundry each week? Can your daughter handle the grocery shopping on the way home from high school? Can your spouse, partner or live-in relative help get dinner started before you arrive home from work? How about paying someone to clean your house or mow the lawn? Can a professional organizer (maybe a new one whose prices are fairly low) assist you twice a month with getting your papers filed away or your bills paid? Part of simplifying your life means delegating some of the responsibilities you're currently doing to someone else. It's difficult to simplify if you're the only person doing everything there is to do.

4) Simplify your processes. Everyone has processes, such as the process you use to do your laundry, your process for answering the telephone or your process for sorting through the mail. Some processes are efficient, while others waste an immense amount of time. For instance, I used to know someone who would leave her clothes in the dryer for hours after the cycle finished. The clothes would be so wrinkled as she removed them, that she had to spend hours ironing each week. Another person answered her phone every time it rang and would get caught in long conversations at the most inopportune times. Allowing voicemail to field those calls would have solved this problem. Voicemail would pick up throughout the day and then this person would return calls at her convenience. Simplifying and streamlining your processes will help you get more done with less work.

5) Give yourself a Time Out. So often, people forget to schedule time for themselves to do relaxing activities that actually get them to unwind, such as meditating, soaking in the tub, or reading a book. A balanced, simplified schedule always includes this quiet time that everyone requires for a balanced, content, happy life.

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Because it's impossible to stay on top of everything going on without writing things down, people are getting inundated with more and more paper every day.

You have to remember a birthday, so that gets written on a calendar. You have to make a grocery list, so you scribble down a few items and stick the list on the fridge. Someone gives you a phone number, and it gets written in the address book. You're planning your garden, and that information is stored in a notebook. You want to keep track of the movies you want to see, or the books you want to read--another sheet of paper. A friend gives you an email address on a sticky note that is now attached to your computer monitor.

Paper, paper and more paper--and it's all over your home!

Information is getting lost. Appointments are missed. Goals aren't being met. And all of this adds up to chaos and frustration.

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___ 1. Do today's task on my February Monthly Organizing Checklist. The February 6 TO DO focuses on your desk. Visit GetOrganizedNow.com to access my February Monthly Organizing Checklist.

___ 2. Use clear plastic bins. These see-through organizing bins are wonderful for helping you keep your items sorted and visible, and they stack which is great for making the most of your shelf and closet space.

___ 3. Don't get bit by the clutterbug. It starts off as small as a sticky note. Soon, it's a pile of stuff. Then, just when you least expect it, you discover that the clutterbug is running amuck, all over your home and office. If you don't watch out, you'll get bit. The consequences are stress, lost time, lost productivity, embarrassment, arguments, depression and environmental chaos--just to name a few. Visit GetOrganizedNow.com to swat that clutterbug now, and take back control, using my article on this very topic.

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