YOLO Color Trends for 2011

As we begin to decorate our home and businesses for the holiday season, we look to the new year for what will be the newest color trend.  Below is YOLO's color trend for 2011.

Tell Worries Goodbye

We all have worries.  Some of us more than others.  As we reflect the days, months or our past lives, there is a place of resolvement.  A realization of the wonder of the world and hopefully the good times that have happened   During this reflection time, there will be issues that have been unresolved and you will want to address. 

With the peace of this time many times, worry peaks its ugly head in.  When this happens; take a walk, a relaxing bath or watch an inspiring movie.  You can even set a timer that reminds you that worry has taken a break.  When your time is up, then you revisit your concerns with a fresh perspective.

Time To Reflect

Many of my blogs are written by an inspiration.  This past weekend as I cleaned my office I thought about all the papers that came and went of out a space.  And then I began a self evaluation.  So my inspiration for these blogs were born.

Surprisingly enough when I started research for my writings, there was not a whole lot regarding our personal lives.  Odd to me that this subject was not written on much in the web world. Or maybe it is just my lack of SE research that limited me.

But what I did read and learn I have condensed.  And I will begin where I think is the starting point.

Reflecting, a word that has so many different meanings.  For me, I immediately think to my life.  To clear our mind of the clutter and noise of the world, reflecting allows time to look into your past.  Many times this reflection will be an eye opener on a subject you thought had long been gone.

As I did this weekend, take time to reflect on your past few days, months, or what time period your mind takes you to.  Embrace these thoughts.  For in reflection, lies the future.  You cannot go forward without knowing where you came from.

Find a quiet place, either in your home or outside.  I love the sound of water and have found myself many times sitting near a fountain or stream.  In your home, you might like a darker spot for your cocooning.  And yet many love a bright and sunny location.  Wherever you decide, allow yourself time to be there.  Time to let the mind saturate the calm and peace that you are giving it.

As your mind losing itself in the silence that peace can offer, feel your body relaxing.  Your breathing will become calmer.  And in this time, soft moments you have experienced will come forward.  Look into this moments and explore them.  For out of these, insight for direction will come.

Now It's Time to DeTox Our Mind

Over the past  few weeks, I have written about decluttering your home or work environment.  I have taken my own suggestions and spent this past weekend go through a storage area and my office.  I am continuing to clean out my office.  As an interior designer I have a world of paper, catalogs, magazines and fabrics that arrive daily to my office.  It honestly is overwhelming some days.  This influx of information was my inspiration for the blogs.

I truly believe that a person needs down time, which I have talked about,   What about detoxing our minds?  Our brain is always on, filling with new knowledge, giving out information and taking in unimportant noise.  All of these mental distractions leaves you overworked, overloaded, stressed and negative thinking.

So how do we detox our mind and revitalized our mental wellbeing?

I am sure that there are over 100 suggestions for this.  But these are some suggestions that I will be discussing in the next few days:

1. Take time to reflect
2. Tell worry goodbye
3. Get a clear vision of what you want
4. Make a plan
5. Set that plan into motion

Help, My House Is On The Market

Friday, I spent a few hours working with a real estate agent staging a home for their clients.  She will be hosting a caravan of agents viewing the home on Tuesday.  My job working for the agent to make the house as presentable and appealing without their client putting much money into their home.

This home has zero budget for improvements so my time was spent moving and removing items.  In their dining room, the owner was using a dated tablecloth with silk flowers in the center.  The house had stained casing, doors and trim which already dating the house to 1980's.  I simply removed the silk potted plant and tablecloth and replaced  the table with a simple white soup tureen.  The homeowner was in shock how much a simple change could update the the room.

When placing your home on the market, remember you are trying to reach out to a wide spectrum of possible buyers.  Removing dated materials or colors is a simple and easy way.  Keep the colors neutral for the most part and remove any personal photos.  You want the prospect to quickly be able to see themselves in your home and not to feel as they are visiting..

My advice is hire an interior designer or stager.  We will see the home from a business aspect.  And quickly can make changes that will market your home.

Hot Summer Day in July

I am sitting at my desk today, trying to catch up on paper work.  As you remember I wrote my first article on decluttering your office/desk.  Well, I working that method again. 

Looking outside my window there are clouds building, but it is hot.  Wishing I was still at the beach and that the paperwork would magically fix itself,  I am thinking of homemade lemonade and homemade ice cream.

I have yet to find the perfect homemade peach ice cream.  I would love to have you send in your favorite recipes.  Everyone could then enjoy them.  Please add them in the comment lines below this post.


Hot Summer in the city......


                                      

A Day of Celebration

Today is my birthday.  Coming off a vacation with some of my family, I continue to reflect of the important things in life.  As I sat on the beach last week, with no cell phone reception, I was forced to slow down.  My focus was on my great niece and nephew who were lost in abandonment of thrill of the waves and sandcastles.

They played with the waves, bouncing them to and fro, rhrilled with the excitement.  The laughter and smiles put everything back into perspective.  I am a workaholic and I found that I need no cell phone service to turn my attention to the great gifts we all have.  Unfortunately we lose sight of them.

And as I reflect on the people that love me and wish me warm wishes, I want to leave the decluttering behind.  I want everyone to take a few moments to think about the people that are important to them.  And the ones that we forget to put first, or at least put to the front of our list.  We all have so many wonderful people in our lives that we neglect.  Today, I want you to celebrate with me and reach out to those people.  Tell them just how important they are to you. 

Tomorrow busyness can fill your days, but today celebrate.