I once got some very wise advice from a female executive in my former corporate world, and I never forgot it. With regards to how to do it all, she simply advised "outsource that which is not memorable." This made so much sense to me as a busy working Mom. Making chocolate chip cookies with my kids is memorable. Washing, drying, folding and putting away their clothes is not. Cooking for my family, memorable! Doing the shopping to get the required groceries, not memorable!

Do you have a big pile of papers, unopened mail, and old homework, bills, and catalogs you'll likely never read stacked somewhere? Do you save stuff to do something with later, yet never go back? Do you lose bills that need to be paid?

Imagine the feeling you get when you open your closet and it's jammed full - full of things you do like, and thing you don't like, and items that haven't fit in a long time, and things you probably don't even know you own anymore! Instead of making getting ready for the day a nice experience, it can make you want to go back to bed, or least wear pajamas all day.