Reader Quandry: My boss is NOT a Penelope

January 31, 2011

I’ve been getting a lot of questions from Penelopes asking me how I handle certain organizational dilemmas. (Though, I gotta say, I’m not a professional organizer, I just have my own way of doing things, so, fair warning.) Any time I get the same question several times, I think it’s time to make a post [...]

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We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now

January 24, 2011

With the celebrations honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Day last week, lots of bloggers were, rightly, focusing on him, his works and his words.
My favorite quote of his is one quoted on Seth Godin’s blog.
These words absolutely challenge me.
“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are [...]

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How This Penelope Stays Organized: an interview with Holly Bohn of See Jane Work

January 17, 2011

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the office supplies website See Jane Work was a big reason I decided to start Penelope Loves Lists.
For years, I’d spend waaaaaay too much time on the See Jane Work website, trolling page after page of gorgeous, useful supplies for my home and work offices. I loved [...]

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A Really Juicy Giveaway of Knock Knock Organization Products

January 12, 2011

I love the line of products offered by Knock Knock Products. They’re so useful and witty, just like Penelopes. Their tagline is “we put the fun in functional.” Isn’t that perfect?

So imagine my happiness when the great folks at Knock Knock asked me to do a giveaway for all of you. Score!
Here’s what we have [...]

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Two Books on Work That Rocked My World

January 6, 2011

I’ve read 2 books in the last year that have absolutely rocked my work world. Each one inspired and reinvigorated me and changed many of my work processes. They are both books that, when things get a bit stale or frustrating in my job, I can go to for new insight and a bit of [...]

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Just One Resolution

January 3, 2011

This year, I’m not putting together a list of New Year’s resolutions.
I’m just going to devote myself to one single goal: instead of holding so tightly to the way I think things should happen or worrying what might happen, I’ll instead spend my time more deeply experiencing how they DO happen.
This year, I want to [...]

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Are Penelopes Born or Made – or both?

December 27, 2010

My daughter is 15 years old and she was born a Penelope. I say this because I know for a fact that I never taught her to be an organized perfectionist. She came out that way.
When she was just one year old, she’d sort her blocks by color and couldn’t leave a book on the [...]

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