Feb 15, 2015 | Blog
I can’t tell you how many emails I receive about organizing. Everyone resolved to be better organized this year and is coming up with some pretty great ideas, so I took the top 10 best ideas and decided to share them with you, so do one or, maybe all of them, if...
Feb 4, 2015 | Blog
The more stressed you are, the less able you are to make the changes that could help ease that stress. And when you’re hungry? Forget it. The ability to do even the most simple math goes out the window, let alone to make choices that help you manage your...
Jan 31, 2015 | Blog
The owners refurbished this fine six-bed Victorian in Greystones, now they want to spend more time enjoying family life Frances O’Rourke A six-bedroom house in Greystones’ Burnaby enclave was the third fixer-upper that Eoin O’Mahony and his wife Ciara bought....
Jan 27, 2015 | Blog
When temperatures begin creeping up again, it signals time for an annual tradition: spring cleaning. While big projects like windows are hard to overlook, don’t forget smaller areas that need attention, too, such as your home office. Making sense of a year’s worth of...
Jan 23, 2015 | Blog
Have you ever had one of those days from the time you get up in the morning until your day comes to an end where everything just looks and feels like a blur? One of those moments where life is happening to us instead of us happening to life? If you have, you are most...
Jan 16, 2015 | Blog
This article is a good read and it really emphasizes that people are working too many extra hours every week in the office or at home doing office work. Call the Original Assistant to help ease your stress in your personal and office work. QUINCY, ILL. —...
Jan 13, 2015 | Blog
Every year, it’s the same thing for many families: We launch into January full of energy to finally clear out the kid clutter, sit down to healthful meals together and stop nagging our kids during those nightmarish school mornings. But in a matter of weeks...
Jan 8, 2015 | Blog
The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. TalentSmart has conducted research with more than a million people, and we’ve found that 90 percent of top performers are skilled at managing their emotions in...
Dec 30, 2014 | Blog
There’s something about early January that I find refreshing. It is full of promise–resolutions are not yet broken. Holiday decorations are packed away, and a new year is stretched before you. This year, I want to get serious about cleaning and organization. I decided...
Dec 30, 2014 | Blog
My New Year’s present to myself was an organized and de-cluttered basement. A few months ago, the drop ceiling in our basement collapsed. No humans or cats were hurt, but my husband and I could no longer turn a blind eye to the mess our basement had become. The...
