Nov 4, 2021
Episode Summary:
Every year the holidays bring stress, chaos, and disorganization when one considers all the additional to-do’s added to our already over-crowded days and schedules. Today we’re going to be talking about how to get organized and simplify your holidays with holiday pro, Marcia Ramsland.
Quotables from the episode:
- Getting organized is something that can be learned and will save you time, give you focus, and mental clarity.
- It’s always too early to start preparing until it’s too late to begin! So start your holiday preparations now.
- Part of what makes our holidays stressful is the fact that we already fill our days 24x7, then have to add more to our schedules for the holidays
- Simplifying our holidays and our lives starts with decreasing our expectations
- The problem with the poverty in the world is not God’s provision but our distribution.
Scripture References:
- Proverbs 13:4 “The sluggish crave and have
nothing,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.” - Proverbs 14:1 “A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.”
- Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Recommended Resources:
- 8 Week Online course: “Simplify Your Holiday Season” to take the stress out of the holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s
- Simplify Your Holiday Season by Marcia Ramsland
- Simplify Your Holidays: A Christmas Planner to Use Year After Year by Marcia Ramsland
- Simply December Devotions by Marcia Ramsland
- Ways to Create a More Peaceful Holiday Season – Part 1 ep 35
- Ways to Create More Peace During the Holidays – Part 2 ep 36
- How to Stress Less at Christmas ep 88
- Simplify Your Space: Create Order & Reduce Stress by Marcia Ramsland
- Simplify Your Life: Get Organized and Stay That Way by Marcia Ramsland
- Organizing Your Workspace for a Productivity Boost (Instant Insights) by Marcia Ramsland
- Simplify Your Time by Marcia Ramsland
- Free Time Tracker: Marcia’s Famous 168 Hour Time Tracker (scroll down to the Better Homes and Gardens magazine cover)
-
Revive & Thrive Online Women's
Conference
- Trusting God through
Cancer 1
- Trusting God through Cancer 2
- Breaking Anxiety’s Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises by Dr. Michelle Bengtson
- Breaking Anxiety’s Grip Free Study Guide
- Hope Prevails: Insights from a Doctor’s Personal Journey Through Depression by Dr. Michelle Bengtson, winner of the Christian Literary Award Reader’s Choice Award
- Hope Prevails Bible Study by Dr. Michelle Bengtson, winner of the Christian Literary Award Reader’s Choice Award
Social Media Links for Host and Guest:
Connect with Marcia Ramsland:
Facebook / Instagram / LinkedIn / Website
For more hope, stay connected with Dr. Bengtson at:
Order Book Breaking Anxiety’s Grip / Order Book HopePrevails / Website / Blog / Facebook / Facebook Twitter (@DrMBengtson) / LinkedIn / Instagram / Pinterest / YouTube
Guest:
Marcia Ramsland is well known as The Leading Online Organizing
Coach, a Business Productivity Expert, and author of the
Simplify Your Life: Get Organized and Stay that Way book
series, which has sold over 100,000 copies. Marcia is a nationally
recognized media guest appearing in Woman’s Day and Real Simple
magazines, the Wall Street Journal, and Martha Stewart radio.
Marcia believes anyone can become more organized – even you – with
the Motivation, Momentum, and Mastery which she provides in her
Online Courses and Fast Track Coaching!
Hosted By: Dr. Michelle Bengtson
Audio Technical Support: Bryce Bengtson