Are we having fun yet? Practice Savoring this Holiday Season
Choose to savor your seasonal celebrations (Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, Kwanzaa, New Year's) to make the holidays happier.
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Marie Jones
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Embracing Messy Imperfection
Are you paralyzed by perfectionism? Messy imperfection supports flexibility and adaptability. Life is a laboratory; we learn from mistakes
Marie Jones
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Taming Anxiety and Your Catastrophizing Brain
A little anxiety is normal and even useful. You may fear a particular thing like public speaking, heights, spiders, or the color purple.
Marie Jones
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Closed Doors & Open Windows: Resilience in the Sound of Music
When I was a child, The Sound of Music was one of my favorite movies. Julie Andrews' spinning in that opening scene of mountains...
Marie Jones
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WOOP! Make Your Wishes Come True
I just learned about WOOP as another model for goal-setting, and want to quickly share it with you today. I like it for big picture goals,
Marie Jones
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What Happened Today? Balance Bad & Good
The glass is half-full AND it's half-empty. You come home from work and your partner asks, "How was your day?" The next day, not so much.
Marie Jones
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Be Proud of Your Unique Self
A field of wildflowers. A handmade quilt. A homemade cookie. Your personality. What do these things have in common?
Marie Jones
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15+ Tools for Your Motivational Toolbox: Tips and Tricks to Overcome Barriers to Action
How do you find the motivation to do what needs to be done? Every human being has times when motivation is difficult. Some of us have a hard
Marie Jones
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The Reflective Spiral of Personal Growth
Reflective practice helps you make better choices and move your life in the direction you want it to go.
Marie Jones
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Household Division of Labor: What's Fair?
We can blame the Victorians for women's sense of shame about the messiness of their homes.
Marie Jones
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Introducing the Messy Desk Journal: No foolish consistency
For years, I sought a perfect system that I can consistently maintain to keep my life in order--in time, housekeeping, and thought...
Marie Jones
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Be Productive Like a Sloth
I met some sloths last year. Most were asleep, but I was lucky enough to catch one walking veerrrry slooowwwlllyyy on the ground.
Marie Jones
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Beyond all-or-nothing: A different perspective
I am a star at starting a new routine or habit. I follow my self-imposed rules perfectly for, like, a week.
Marie Jones
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Messy Desk Rules
Every person is unique. No solution is universal. Make it easy. Lean into your strengths. Don't waste time on unimportant junk.
Marie Jones
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The Strengths of Being Messy
It turns out that there are advantages to being a little bit messy--we aren't talking all-out hoarding or seriously unhygienic.
Marie Jones
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Deep Breathing: Why it works
I have been advocating mindfulness activities and saying "just breathe" to friends and clients for years. But how does it really work?
Marie Jones
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A Tour of Mindfulness Apps
Guest blogger Z. Morrow reviews Headspace, Calm, Let’s Meditate, and Insight Timer in a tour of Mindfulness Manor.
Marie Jones
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Soundtracks of our Lives
Do you remember the guy in High Fidelity and how he organized his records?
Marie Jones
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February Blues and Depression
February is Self-Care Month here at Messy Desk because it is a difficult time for people on this side of the planet who experience SAD.
Marie Jones
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Ten Ideas for Self-Care in the Dark of Winter
The holidays are long over. The days are short. Our vitamin D levels are plummeting and along with it, our energy.
But maybe that's just me
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