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Notes to Grow By: POTPOM Note Pad

January 22, 2013 in News with 0 Comments

With the advent of my Peace Planner, I also wanted to create something that was useful and affordable to go along with the Planner. This is when the Piece of Time Peace of Mind Note Pad popped into my mind. Although something like a note pad can seem simple, you will not believe how having access to a clean sheet of paper to write on can fuel many inspirations, ideas, and great projects. There are so many times when ideas for blog posts… gatherings… and helping my clients have trailed into my mind and I know I need to write them down or else I will forget.

Every time I pull my POTPOM note pad out and read what I have jotted down, no matter how messy, these ideas come back and I can put into action my inspirations and to-dos. The note pad can also be used for your every day shopping lists and even a paragraph or two of being grateful for the things that exist in your life.

The POTPOM Note Pad is just a little token of usefulness when thrown into your purse, bag, or even put on your desk.

You can purchase the POTPOM Note Pads here.

Still need some guidance on the path to Peace in your life and good use of your time? Contact me here and we can work together using the tools that I have created!

 

Planting Peace…

 

Shelley

Plan and Pave Your Way to Peace

January 21, 2013 in Balance and Peace, Creative Ideas, Inspiration, News with 0 Comments

There are 2 things that help me achieve balance being inspired and  realistically planning my life.

 Feeling inspired allows me to be motivated and being motivated pulls me in the direction of being productive and when I feel productive I feel capable of handling most things that arrive in my life.  

I focus on the smaller steps and pay less attention to the big steps. Like I always say… Inch by Inch is a Cinch!  

What I have learned is achieving your goals through smart planning and patience is the way to go. 

Steal a peek into Tomorrow’s Peace…

What if your planner could be your own space to plant peace, order, and simplicity?

What if it’s not just simply a place you write your appointments down,

but a place where you can set short-term, long-term, and in between-term goals and aspirations?

 Peace of Mind. The Piece of Time Peace of Mind planner offers you a new way to organize your schedule each day.
Peaceful features include:
  • Space for you to write your OWN date in–flexible and productive!
  • Customizable front cover-CHOOSE what makes you feel most at Peace!
  • Space for both short and long-term goals-REMINDing you each day!
  • Monthly self-reflection and affirmation pages act as reminders for YOU!
  • and MUCH MORE. . .

 Find ease in Prioritizing, Organizing and Simplifying your Life.

You’ll learn to manage your tasks, appointments, errands and much much more…

In the Piece of Time Peace of Mind™ Life Planner, the entire year is broken up into  (2)  6 month segments.

There’s no need to carry the weight of an entire year with you. Instead, find convenience with this simplified planner and these helpful features:

  • Identify Daily Priorities
  • Segment your Tasks
  • Create space for Daily Gratitude                                          
  • Reminder to Nurture YOU
  • Reminder to Act on Kindness
  • Create space for Inspired Ideas
  • Monthly Inspired Plan
  • Monthly Inspired Life
  • Monthly Recap

This spiral-bound planner makes it easy to plan a peaceful life. The  plastic cover protects your best-laid plans and custom design is perfectly sized to fit into almost any purse!  Its open-dated, perpetual day view, note pages,  keep your life balanced but leave a little room for inspired dreams. 

Purchase the Piece of Time Peace of Mind planner here.

Once you have started to lay your path to inner clarity by purchasing the Peace Planner, click here for my audio guidance series on how to use this Planner.

Here’s to peaceful planning and creative inspirations put together. . .


 

Planting Peace,

 Shelley

Adjust, Adapt, and Accept – Inch by Inch is a Cinch

January 18, 2013 in Balance and Peace, Inspiration, News, Time Management Ideas with 0 Comments

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Today I want to talk about something that has become my motto and reminder – “Inch by Inch is a Cinch.” I find that whatever I may tackle in life, the small or big things, I have to take it one step at a time. LIFE is something we have to work at every single day that we can wake up and live! We set short term and long term goals, but either way small steps must be taken to achieve big steps.

Try approaching it by day by day and even at moments, minute by minute. You can read all the books but that won’t create an organized life. What does? It is being able to learn how to adjust, adapt, accept day by day, minute by minute. Life requires you to adjust your thinking, habits and environment. Organization must be adapted to suit your personality, lifestyle and inspirations. Creating Peace within yourself requires you to start accepting your life the way it is this very minute. If you are waiting for someone or something to dictate what to do in your life it will eventually lead you to frustration and you will find yourself even deeper in clutter and disorganization not only in your home or office, but your actions and thoughts.

 

Invest more time in exploring where your internal clutter really is, why it arrives and at what time it arrives. Are you frustrated because every time a new diet is started or a new time management plan arrives, you always fall off the wagon?

 

Remind yourself first that achieving something takes work, time, and patience – Inch by Inch is a Cinch – start small and work your way up.

 

Then bring to your mind to the place where you recognize and accept that your life is perfect in its imperfections.

 

There you will find your answers and with those answers you can begin to create new systems that work for you and only you.

 

Planting Peace…

Shelley

Designing Peace – Simplicity

January 15, 2013 in Designing Peace, News with 0 Comments

I think many look at organization and the feeling of gloom and dread drops into their stomachs. Looking at clutter can cause a major headache – I know that like the back of my hand! But what I have learned is that I have grown not only as an organizer but also from the beginning, when I had to organize my own life. Although organizing something is definitely easier said than done, it is also not as scary as we think it is. It’s time to clean out those ‘monsters’ from the closet and the bed. . .

This time, I want to talk about the concept of simplifying. No matter what kind of business or home I step into, simplifying is at the core of everything that I do. Take the PDR approach as an example. Purge. Donate. Repurpose.. right? The end result of PDR is that my client will have a simplified home and ultimately and simplified life. This doesn’t mean that all their troubles will go away or that life will stop throwing anyone curveballs, but that they now have the right tools and techniques that I have left them with to tackle life.

So don’t be afraid of clutter! Do not fear crazy closets or buried offices—we can do it together.

Closets are often the place we like to stuff things in. Closets are usually clutter central and we usually accept that it’s OK for it to be cluttered.

Closets can be our right-hand tool in the house – always there for you to store the extra stuff that you will need later but it is important to remember that even our closet needs to be simplified! Once that is simplified, the rest of the storage units in the house can be simplified as long as you know where everything goes.

Simplicity is one of the main components of not only my PDR approach but in how I help clients with whatever they may need. Let me support you in your organization endeavors (whether they be physical organization or life organization) today!

 

Planting Peace…

Shelley

It’s time to buy your Peace Planner… Of Course!

January 14, 2013 in Balance and Peace, Creative Ideas, Inspiration, News, Organization Ideas, Time Management Ideas with 0 Comments

I am all about planning, doing, and checking things off. Like I always say… Inch by Inch is a Cinch! Achieving your goals through smart planning and patience is the way to go. With that being said. . . Is the New Year overwhelming you with its endless possibilities and potential for a fresh start. . . a new creation. . . or even a little hint of impossibility?

 So I ask you…

 What if your planner could be your own space to plant peace, order, and simplicity? What if it’s not just simply a place you write your appointments down, but a place where you can set short-term, long-term, and in between-term goals and aspirations?

  

This year I came out with a brand new and IMPROVED Piece of Time Peace of Mind Peace Planner. I am so excited for you all to try it out and plan your way to your own Peace of Mind. The Piece of Time Peace of Mind planner offers you a new way to organize your schedule each day. Peaceful features include:

  • a space for you to write your OWN date in–flexible and productive!
  • customizable front cover-CHOOSE what makes you feel most at Peace!
  • space for both short and long-term goals-REMINDing you each day
  • Identify Daily Priorities
  • Segment Your Daily to Do’s
  • Ceate a space for Daily Gratitude
  • Reminder to Nurture YOU
  • Reminder to Act on Kindness
  • Create a space for Inspired Ideas
  • Get Inspired with your Personal Plans
  • Connect on Life Progress each month
  • Jot special notes
  • Create Weekly shopping list
  • Create a weekly journal of your life
  • Plan Peaceful Escapes
I know this list of the amazing things that my Peace Planner offers is itself overwhelming and filled to the brim with possibilities, but don’t worry. I have an audio series that guides you through the pages of my Peace Planner – you will have Instructional Shelley right there with you when you start using the planner. Check out my audio guidance series on the Peace Planner here. 

I’m here to help you start this New Year off with a good foundation through a Peace of Mind. I’m not talking about any ol’ regular Peace of Mind, but true clarity within yourself complete with acceptance that life is chaotic and we must work at ourselves and our lives every single day. This is just a glimpse of my new themes and blog post series for this year! 

Purchase the Peace Planner here.


Here’s to peaceful planning, creative minds, and grateful hearts put together. . .

 

Planting Peace,

 Shelley

Peaceful Gatherings: Just CAN it!

January 10, 2013 in News with 0 Comments

Sometimes we need a fresh idea, a new space, or a different state of mind. Get ready and be excited because I will be creating and providing opportunities for us to connect and learn new ways of doing things such as cooking, organizing, time planning, simplified living and rejuvenating ourselves. Below you will find opportunities I have created to do just that!  Don’t see a Gathering you would like to see connect with me? Would you like to partner with me for a Gathering? Connect with me here.

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Peaceful Gathering: Canning 101

For our second gathering, Piece of Time Peace of Mind has once again commissioned the talents of : Deliah Snell Master Preserver. Learn about the tradition of canning and preserving, how to get started, deciding what to can and preserve along with the various methods of canning…

Deliah is the owner of the The Road Less Traveled Store.

 

Hosting the location: Jolyn Thompson, the owner of Twisted Sage Cafe. 

(Address: 433 E. Foothill Blvd., San Dimas, CA 91733 | Phone:  909.305.0724)

This class will be on Saturday Jan. 19th from 3-7 pm and is $80/person with light appetizers included.

 We only have 20 spots… limited openings!

Reserve your spot RSVP now!




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Canning 101 WORKSHOP: Learn the science and proper techniques behind food preservation in this comprehensive canning course that will leave you feeling confident and secure..

Be prepared to get to work! Students will make a number of recipes as a group. Learn the basics of canning your fruits and veggies.
Master Food Preserver Delilah Snell will guide you in this hands-on workshop making some of the following:
•Pepper Jelly
•Apple Pie Filling
•Spicy salt and quick chocolate bark
•Bloody mary green beans
•Rosemary/shallot jelly
•Pickled asaparagusRecipes, canned goods (btwn 6-8 jars/student) and snacks are all included in this workshop-bring your apron and your appetite! Recipes will be based on seasonal produce and TBD.

We will provide: Jars, Canning Recipes, Ingredients and Kitchen Supplies.
All you need to do is bring your appetite for learning/eating and an apron .
Come join us for a fantastic time, great company, learn techniques, increase your experience AND take home some yummy food!

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Here are some captured moments of our first Canning experience last time! These wonderful individuals and I were amazed at how many canned items we could can, preserve, and take home – W-O-W!

 

 

-Planting Peace…

Shelley

Peaceful Gifts – Creating Simplicity

January 7, 2013 in News, Organization Ideas, Time Management Ideas, Tips with 0 Comments

As I work with and get to know different clients, we always exchange useful bits of advice and wisdom–the best part of my job! The question I get asked the most after I have shared some of my life experience and tidbits of advice is “How can I get access to this information?” or “Is there a place where I can save these tidbits?”

That is why I created my new “Peaceful Gifts” page (located underneath my “Store” tab). This page is all about the free resources that I can offer you to create space and simplicity for planting peace amidst the craziness in your life! These resources can be checklists, remedies, or just some peaceful tools of self-affirmation and self-reflection–which is why I want to share them with you so Enjoy!

One of my newest additions to the page is the “Creating Simplicity” Checklist. Sometimes we sit down and try to plan our year; what results is a great big sigh of “oh boy!” There seems to be so many things to plan and not enough energy, time, or Peace to plan them! We try to plan one thing and then get caught off guard by another and before you know it you feel neck-deep in to-do’s and errands.  My “Creating Simplicity” Checklist most if not all of the big and small things that you need to take care of for the year–plus some tips on how to indulge and relax yourself. Create some Simplicity in your life and let me know how it goes! Check it out here or click on the picture below to download it! 

 

Give theses Peaceful Gifts a good read and download–let me know how they simplify your busy schedule each day, month, and year! Still feeling overwhelmed after seeing these resources? Don’t worry-I can walk you through each step.

 

Planting Peace,

Shelley

Peaceful Gatherings: Canning Opportunity Knocks Twice!

January 7, 2013 in News with 0 Comments

Sometimes we need a fresh idea, a new space, or a different state of mind. Get ready and be excited because I will be creating and providing opportunities for us to connect and learn new ways of doing things such as cooking, organizing, time planning, simplified living and rejuvenating ourselves. Below you will find opportunities I have created to do just that!  Don’t see a Gathering you would like to see connect with me? Would you like to partner with me for a Gathering? Connect with me here.

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Peaceful Gathering: Holiday Canning 

For our second gathering, Piece of Time Peace of Mind has once again commissioned the talents of : Deliah Snell Master Preserver. Learn about the tradition of canning and preserving, how to get started, deciding what to can and preserve along with the various methods of canning…

Deliah is the owner of the The Road Less Traveled Store.

Hosting the location: Jolyn Thompson, the owner of Twisted Sage Cafe. 

(Address: 433 E. Foothill Blvd., San Dimas, CA 91733 | Phone:  909.305.0724)

Canning 101 WORKSHOP: Learn the science and proper techniques behind food preservation in this comprehensive canning course that will leave you feeling confident and secure.. 
Be prepared to get to work! Students will make a number of recipes as a group. Learn the basics of canning your fruits and veggies.
Master Food Preserver Delilah Snell will guide you in this hands-on workshop making some of the following:
•Pepper Jelly
•Apple Pie Filling
•Spicy salt and quick chocolate bark
•Bloody mary green beans
•Rosemary/shallot jelly
•Pickled asaparagusRecipes, canned goods (btwn 6-8 jars/student) and snacks are all included in this workshop-bring your apron and your appetite! Recipes will be based on seasonal produce and TBD.We will provide: Jars, Canning Recipes, Ingredients and Kitchen Supplies.
All you need to do is bring your appetite for learning/eating and an apron .
Come join us for a fantastic time, great company, learn techniques, increase your experience AND take home some yummy food!

We only have 20 spots… limited openings!

Reserve your spot  RSVP now!




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Here are some captured moments of our first Canning experience last time! These wonderful individuals and I were amazed at how many canned items we could can, preserve, and take home – W-O-W!

 

 

-Planting Peace…

Shelley

Put Yourself First: Peaceful Gifts

December 28, 2012 in News with 0 Comments

As I work with and get to know different clients, we always exchange useful bits of advice and wisdom–the best part of my job! The question I get asked the most after I have shared some of my life experience and tidbits of advice is “How can I get access to this information?” or “Is there a place where I can save these tidbits?”

This is why I created my new “Peaceful Gifts” page (located underneath my “Store” tab). This page is all about the free resources that I can offer you to create space and simplicity for planting peace amidst the craziness in your life! These resources can be checklists, remedies, or just some peaceful tools of self-affirmation and self-reflection–I am all about the ME-cation when I am feeling like life is getting a little bit too fast and crazy!

One of my newest additions to the page is the “Peaceful Measures” sheet. Ever tried breaking a habit and felt that it was just too hard? Have no fear–this peaceful resource is here! Think of  more as creating a habit rather than breaking one. Start something new and use this resource to keep you accountable! Check it out here or click on the picture below to download it!

 

Give theses Peaceful Gifts a good read and download–let me know how they simplify your busy schedule each day, month, and year! Still feeling overwhelmed after seeing these resources? Don’t worry-I can walk you through each step and I can be your support.

 

Planting Peace…

 Shelley

Planning Your Peace 5

December 22, 2012 in News with 0 Comments

 

I wanted to discuss the different elements in my Peace Planner. I created the planner to help me in creating peace on a daily basis within my life. These days your life may be full and at times may be very chaotic and stressful, sometimes when you are planning your day, week, or month it feels like everything is important.  It can become difficult finding the priorities in your day. But remember it’s essential to deal with your life as it is now and not by the way you wish it would be. It is my hope that the Peace Planner helps create more clarity in your life.

Today I want to discuss  the  Life Inspired Page– click  here  to listen.

Planting Peace…Shelley
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