Kreamer Connection

August 2002

KREAMER CONNECTION
By Patty Kreamer
www.kreamerconnect.com

ISSUE: August 2002
Happy August :-)
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. "One in - one out" rule
2. Excuse, obstacle or reason?
3. In Closing--Be happy!
4. Copyright, Contact, & Reprint permission
5. Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information
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1. "ONE IN - ONE OUT" RULE

Before buy something, ask yourself:

1.Do I NEED or WANT this item?
2.If I NEED it, where will I put it (do I have room)?
3.If I do buy it, what will I be getting rid of?

For example, if Kathy NEEDS new pants, then she
should buy them. Now she must decide what she
will be removing from her closet before she buys
the pants. The key is to follow through with
the disposal of the other item. If Kathy WANTS
the new pants but doesn't NEED them, she must
ask herself if she can wait a week and walk away.
If she even remembers next week that they were
on her radar screen the week before, Kathy needs
to ask questions 2 & 3 above again, decide what
will be leaving her closet to make room for the
new pants, and stick to her decision.

In order to make really quick progress in
decluttering your life, instead of getting rid
of one item to make room for the new, get rid of
two or three or four! So you can use the One
in-one out rule, One in-two out rule, One in-three
out rule, and so on. Obviously the higher the
OUT number, the faster you will see results.

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2. EXCUSE, OBSTACLE, OR REASON?

Excerpted from "...But I Might Need It Someday!"
by Patty Kreamer to be released later this summer.

Obstacle...YOU HAVE NO TIME TO CLEAN UP

Let's say that you have taken the time to assign
homes for your stuff and you know where things belong.
The problem is that you never seem to have time to
put things away. Perhaps you are over-scheduling
yourself, leaving no time to clean up and put
things back in their home when you are done using
them.

Behavior Tune-Up

Congratulations! You are halfway there if you
have assigned homes for your most sought-after
items. The next step is to change the way you
manage your time. When scheduling your tasks,
be sure to include a REALISTIC time frame that
includes clean up, travel time, last minute
matters, etc. If Wendy normally takes one hour
to pay her bills but never has time to put the
checkbook, envelopes, and stamps away, she should
schedule one hour and fifteen minutes to do the
job. Wendy should not PLAN on doing anything
else until the job is completed and everything
has found its way home.

If you take more time to plan a realistic schedule,
you'll save way more time in the end.
Try it, you'll like it!

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3. IN CLOSING -- BE HAPPY!

I am always asking you to stop what you are doing,
take a look around, and be sure you are where you
want to be. I want you to do this often.

So are you happy? If not, what can you do to change
that? Take a few minutes to ponder that question.
You have this wonderful thing we call life. Live
it to the fullest.

Here's to simplifying your life!

Until September,

Patty
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Copyright (c) 2002 Patty Kreamer

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Kreamer Connect - Connecting you with what matters most!
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Email: patty@kreamerconnect.com
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