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What is Your Year-End Ritual?
It is hard to believe that the year is almost over and 2022 will be here. It is also so hard to believe that we are moving into a third year with COVID still changing how we live and work. But life goes on and we’ll continually be adapting, at least in the near future, thanks to COVID.
But what does that mean?
I recently said to a friend. “Okay, it is time to kick butt. COVID is here to stay. I need to get my act in gear and perform my year-end rituals.”
Here is my top year-end ritual.
Declutter and reset.
“Every minute you spend looking through clutter, wondering where you put this or that, being unable to focus because you’re not organized costs you: time you could have spent with family or friends, time you could have been productive around the house, time you could have been making money.” — Jean Chatzky, CEO and Co-Founder at HerMoney
During the first year of the COVID pandemic, I watched people in the neighbor declutter their homes. I know my husband and I scrutinized all the “stuff” in our basement and reinitiated a decluttering effort…