Summer Shorts: Back to Fall Organizational Hacks

08/18/21 • 16 min

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No matter how many years you’ve been out of school, Fall always feels like a fresh start. It’s such a great feeling until things get super busy and we wish we long for the days of Summer vacation!

In this week’s Summer Shorts, Mimi is going to talk about her favorite thing -- how to get organized -- and give you some of her favorite hacks to keep the fresh fall feeling all year long!

Use a calendar -- people are fans of to-do lists -- but lists can get long and unwieldy fast. Putting things on a calendar and even better assigning a day and TIME to do it gets you clear on what to do when and how long it will actually take to do it.
I especially love Google calendar because you can access it on your phone, set up different calendars that you can share with others, color code it and easily move things around.
You can also include notes and attachments in your calendar invite getting you super organized and Google calendar has a task function built right in so you can have a to-do list alongside of your calendar.
Know what you can do and what you can’t --- don’t over-commit. This is the downfall of so many of us -- even if it feels like something you want to do -- give yourself 24 hours to think about it. Something that sounds like a great idea in the moment, may not feel so great in the morning!
Use the power of routines -- make a grocery list on the same day every week, do laundry the same day -- this allows you to stay on top of things and systemize so things don’t get piled up. For example, I love a finance Friday --- pay your bills and balance your accounts. Doing this once a week makes it much less daunting and saves lots of time!

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In this week’s Summer Shorts, Mimi is going to talk about her favorite thing -- how to get organized -- and give you some of her favorite hacks to keep the fresh fall feeling all year long!

Use a calendar -- people are fans of to-do lists -- but lists can get long and unwieldy fast. Putting things on a calendar and even better assigning a day and TIME to do it gets you clear on what to do when and how long it will actually take to do it.
I especially love Google calendar because you can access it on your phone, set up different calendars that you can share with others, color code it and easily move things around.
You can also include notes and attachments in your calendar invite getting you super organized and Google calendar has a task function built right in so you can have a to-do list alongside of your calendar.
Know what you can do and what you can’t --- don’t over-commit. This is the downfall of so many of us -- even if it feels like something you want to do -- give yourself 24 hours to think about it. Something that sounds like a great idea in the moment, may not feel so great in the morning!
Use the power of routines -- make a grocery list on the same day every week, do laundry the same day -- this allows you to stay on top of things and systemize so things don’t get piled up. For example, I love a finance Friday --- pay your bills and balance your accounts. Doing this once a week makes it much less daunting and saves lots of time!

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Summer Shorts: Manifestation

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Have you ever thought of something only to have it come to fruition a few days later? What about thinking about a friend you hadn’t contacted in a while and then you hear ‘ding’ and she sends you a text? You may think all of these things are coincidences, but instead, what if you looked at this through the lens of energy and manifestation?

We are all made of energy and we can create the world we want to exist in. In this summer short, we’re going to explore manifestation and give you a few new ways to start.

How to Manifest

Be specific on what you want, give it as much detail as possible
Write it down, putting pen to paper helps our brains recognize it’s something you are serious about and want to acquire in your life.
Envision yourself already there, place yourself in the space where you’ve achieved what you’re trying to already, how do you feel, show up, act.
Add a by when date. Putting concepts out in the world without a by when gives the ‘universe’ cart blanch to create its own timeline
Acknowledge any disbelief or self-doubt
Be thankful for all that you have and practice gratitude for where you are because it opens up our energy to accept what else we want
Let it go. You’ve asked, you’ve planned, you’ve taken steps, now let it go

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E-Squared Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality Book

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Best of: The 5P's of Success

This week, we're sharing the Best of Make Your Life Magnificent.
The 5P's of Success
You start with the best intentions, you want to be more confident, so you take an online course on confidence yet you still question all of your decisions.

You’re ready for a career transition, so you read dozens of blogs about how and yet, six months later you’re sitting at the same desk without even your resume updated.

Some call this a personal-devel-aholic. Others may say best-laid plans are unfulfilled.

In episode 33, we dove into intake vs. activate. In this week’s episode, we are starring change and personal development right in the face and giving you the 5 P’s to you can get to success.
Why self-improvement is important:

It makes us become self-aware. Self-improvement cannot happen without awareness. Increased awareness literally unlocks our ability to grow.
We become aware of our own limiting beliefs
We become commitment when we have awareness of our Why

The more we take ourselves off of autopilot and make conscious decisions in alignment with our goals, the more overall success we will have.
95% of our day is spent on autopilot -- so we need to make sure that we are actively taking ourselves off of autopilot and optimizing our autopilot aka subconscious so that we get the best results.
What Personal Development Isn’t

Personal development is not akin to learning about history, where you can read to understand.

Instead, personal development is more in line with playing an instrument, it needs to be experienced, it is active learning.
The 5P's of Success

Precision: The first step in personal development is precision, understanding, and pinpointing exactly what you want to work on and be as specific as possible.

Planning: You cannot dive right into what you want to achieve. You need to consider what the process will look like. When is the best timing to start? What bumps will you hit in the road? How am I going to be challenged along the way?

Practice: Just like learning a new instrument, you need to put into practice the concepts and tools that will facilitate the results you are looking to achieve. This has to be done daily, which is why planning ahead of time is so critical. Personal development is absorbed by doing, not by reading.

Persistence: It takes approximately 21 days to form a habit, which means, within the first three weeks, you will have to stay dedicated and persistent to see your development through.

Patience: You will not see change overnight, or within a few days, it isn’t realistic. Here is where you must trust yourself and trust the process.
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