One Thing I Have Learned…. About Kids and Kindness “The most important classroom of kindness is the home. What are we REALLY teaching our children by our words, actions, and reactions to the world in the privacy of our own homes?” – JB Organizing “The lesson of kindness is better learned by example than by
Linen Closet Lessons By JB Organizing Always remember the 5 principles of organizing: 1. Small Steps 2. Declutter 3. Condense 4. Contain 5. Label Do things a little at a time. Small steps. Shelf by shelf, top to bottom. As always — Declutter first. Throw away anything that is: broken, ripped, worn, nearly
JB’s Must Reads: “Strong Fathers Strong Daughters” “Strong Mothers Strong Sons” By Dr. Meg Meeker, MD JB’s Review: The books look at the invaluable role that Fathers (male role models in general) have in the life of a girl and that Mothers (female role models in general) have in the life of a boy. The
One thing I have learned…. Letting Go It is easier to let your kids go a little at a time, than to hold them tight and have to let them go all at once when they are grown. – JB Organizing Letting Go of our kids is not easy. It isn’t easy when they are
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JB’s Must Reads “For Women Only” and “For Men Only” By Shaunti Feldhahn JB’s Review: Do you want to gain an accurate insight into the opposite gender and what makes them tick? Then read these books. They not only help us to understand our spouses or partners, our children; but also our coworkers, bosses,
JB’s Must Reads ” The 5 Love Languages” By Gary Chapman JB’s Review: Who doesn’t want to learn to love others better? Who doesn’t want to be loved better? Love is the international language. Love is the language that we all can and should speak. It doesn’t matter if you are single or married, divorced or
One thing I have learned……… Make a List of Rewards and Consequences for EACH Child Your child is misbehaving, you are boiling inside, flustered on the outside and trying desperately to think of an appropriate consequence for their actions without losing your cool! What do you do?! One thing I have learned is to take
Many of you already know that I have 5 teenagers and I speak regularly on parenting, organizing and resume/small business development. While I do not profess to know much (my children think I know nothing 
and am completely flying by the seat of my pants in this parenting of teens thing, I have learned
File Management: The 4 D’s When going through the paper that comes across your desk and or Control Center use the 4 D’s to help you organize. Dump What can you throw out or recycle immediately? Delegate What can you have someone else do? (Then it goes in their file and on their “to do”