Ramble Writing of R.D. Hayes

The beauty of an empty inbox is a thing to behold. It is calming, peaceful and wonderful. See how you can clear your inbox and stop drowning in emails. An inbox that is overflowing with actions, urgent calls for responses, stuff to read … it’s chaos, it’s stressful, it’s overwhelming. I know you don’t like to clear your inbox but, once you do you will be much less stressed. A friend recently posted: “Help! I’m drowning in email!” Let’s look at how to get your head above water first, and then how to get safely to dry land after you clear you inbox. Head Above Water You need to give yourself some breathing room. De-cluttering your life also means to  declutter  your email inbox. A flooded inbox is overwhelming, and you don’t know where to start. So here’s where we’re going to start: 1. Create an “actions” folder or label in your email . This is where you’re going to store any emails that you need to take action on (other than just replying or filing or whatever). 2. Pick th...

  Yes, we all have and some of us call it by a different name but it’s all the same. It’s the stinking junk drawer that piles up and piles up to no avail. If yours is like mine then it is probably time for a good deep cleaning. The  kitchen  is one of the most important rooms in your home and it really needs to be neat and tidy including that dawning junk drawer of yours. There are different ways that you could go about making it work for you but here are a few tips to get you started and on the cheap because we all love cheap. Clear it Out: Take everything out of the junk drawer and dump it on a table. I do mean everything and you will probably be amazed at what all you have in there. I know I hadn’t seen my finger nail clippers in a while. Go Through the Pile: Go through it and take out the things that don’t really belong or things that you know should go in another room. I leave things like tape, pens, and a notepad in mine because these are things that we of...

  I slacked off a bit because I had a few yard sales in my garage so I had to take everything down and now I am starting over trying to set everything up once again. My garage is a mess right now and I’m not even going to lie about it. I am suppose to have another garage sale tomorrow in my garage and then I will continue to set it back up. I have dreams for my store and someday I hope to open up a real store in a shopping center. It just takes a lot of time, inventory, and money in order to do this. But I have faith that I will be able to do this one day but for now, I will continue to sell out of my home and garage.