July 2005 Anticrastination Tip Sheet
What's the opposite of Procrastination?
THE ANTICRASTINATION TIP SHEET
An Idea and Tip Sheet to Blast Away the
Procrastination Habit
From Rita Emmett
Author of THE PROCRASTINATOR'S HANDBOOK
& THE CLUTTER-BUSTING HANDBOOK
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Quote For July
God created company so the home gets cleaned.
--- Rita Emmett
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Special
The Conquer Clutter Series
(one teleseminar with Rita per week for 4 weeks)
- Are you swamped by clutter?
- Do you feel like you waste years of your life
doing the Clutter Shuffle rummaging through piles of stuff looking for
something important?
- Are you a Pack Rat who saves everything because
somebody might need it some day? But when they need it, you forgot you
had it ... or if you remembered that you had it, then you couldn't
find it?
There is help! Join us for a 4 week "Conquer
Clutter Teleseminar" and learn that clutter doesn't come from being lazy
or disorganized or messy, it simply comes from four habits.
Once you work on any one of these four habits, you will see your clutter
start to melt away, and you Pack Rats will learn to say good-bye to your
stuff without breaking your heart or sobbing like a baby poodle.
This is an easy way to learn how you can stop feeling overwhelmed and
exhausted from clutter -- all without leaving your home! 4 teleseminars
with Rita - 1 per week starting July 27 at 7pm Eastern time. If you
don't know what a teleseminar is, you can go to our FAQ (Frequently
Asked Questions) page
Teleseminar FAQ
Plus you will receive several valuable bonuses
including a Conquer Clutter E-Workbook not available anywhere else.
Interested? To learn more, go here
Clutter
Teleseminar
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Message From Rita
In the past, we have sent out our CDs in MP3
format. They play on all computers and new cd players, but not on
older CD players. This did not totally satisfy our customers, especially
since most people play CD's in their cars, and not everyone is delighted
to listen to a blank CD.
Rejoice with us. We now know how to burn CDs that play on ALL CD
players. (What a concept!) This miraculous ability is thanks to husband
Bruce Karder and computer genius Mickey Forster. So YOU can feel free to
order CDs again, and I send heartfelt thanks to both Mickey and Bruce.
PS If you have one of our famous blank CDs and you'd prefer to hear
something on it, contact us and we will happily replace it.
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And now some helpful ideas. In the past few weeks,
several friends have talked about going into a "melt-down" because
overnight guests were coming and they were overwhelmed with all they had
to do. So here are some tips.
First of all, most guests don't care whether your house is perfect or
not, so don't put pressure on yourself. Life is too short to not enjoy
your guests because you're worried about your house.
To start getting your place in some kind of order, go on a "Paper Chase"
and gather all the papers into one spot.
If you have a ton of paper clutter, don't shove it all in one bag and
risk misplacing something important. Take a few minutes to quickly go
through the stack - no matter how big it is - and separate the important
papers. Then put the important ones in a safe place - even if it's a
shoebox. The rest you can toss out or if you can't do that, you can
shove it all into one bag.
Don't try to clean and de-clutter on the same day or you might keel
over, poor thing. If your house guest is going to arrive SOON and your
place is buried under mega-clutter, it might be worth paying someone to
clean while you de-clutter. Or ask a friend to help with the cleaning
and you'll help her at a later date.
Kindness and thoughtfulness to the house guest often outweigh a
less-than-perfect house. Put a piece of candy or a cookie beside the bed
along with a few magazines. Empty a drawer and section of the closet for
your guest. Leave a nice set of fresh towels out plus a special bar of
soap.
And this might be the greatest tip of all - it was sent by Kay Merkle of
Norridge, IL and I couldn't stop
laughing when I read it: Place several get well cards on the mantel so
your guest will think you've been sick and unable to clean.
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Want to Hear an Interview with Rita?
Ilene Dillon of "Full Power Living" will interview
Rita on Tuesday, July 12 at 9 a.m. Eastern time. Call-ins
are encouraged with either questions or comments; the number to call is
877-514-7300. You can hear the show on a computer, not a radio. Click
http://www.worldtalkradio.com/archive.asp?aid=4437
To hear it live, listen from 9-10 a.m. EST on the 12th, or you can go to
the web afterwards to hear the interview.
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