Getting Started

Getting Started: Why Try For Inner Peace?

What Is Inner Peace?
Inner peace goes by many different names: serenity, calmness, centeredness, peace. It can be likened to a feeling of calm in the storms of life (A more complete definition can be found “What Is Inner Peace?”)
Is Inner Peace Possible In Today’s World?
Our modern lives do not lend themselves to calmness. As [...]

What is a LifeHack?

The term “lifehack” is being thrown about on the web, in magazines, and in the titles of books these days. Lifehacks are familiar for those who work in programming, but its extension into everyday life may leave some people baffled.
What Is A LifeHack?
Lifehacks started out as the automations programmers use to be more productive. An [...]

Getting Started: Why Organize?

The last time I was at the bookstore I was amazed at how many organization books there are available. While each of these organization books will give the details of how to implement a specific system of organization, there are two areas I found lacking when paging through several of these books: Why and How [...]

Getting Started: Household Rotation Part Deux

In a previous article (Getting Started: The Basic Housework Rotation), I talked about they Why of household rotation, as well as how to set up the framework of the rotation. Once you decide on which rooms get attention, though, you need to decide what will happen in each room. Here is a framework of questions [...]

Clutter 101: What is Clutter?

What Is Clutter?
My definition of clutter is something that you don’t use or respect. By respect, I mean that you must respect it enough to care for it properly.
Why Should I Care About Clutter?
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, has clutter somewhere. Clutter is insidious and creeps into our lives and homes without conscious thought. It [...]