Addition By Subtraction: How To Simplify / Issue # 174 - March 25, 2009

Home Spa Lady's
Tips of the Week
Issue # 174 - March 25, 2009
Publisher: Marilee Tolen RN
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Home Spa Lady ~ Simple Solutions for Self-Care At Home
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In This Issue
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1. Addition By Subtraction: How To Simplify

2. Essential Oil Tip: Simply Lemon to Wash Veggies
(video 1 min 43 sec)

3. Success Tip: Lin Yutang

4. Recipe of the Week: Lemon Lentil Soup

5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week

6. HSL's "Inner Circle" News
Sunday Evening Essential Oils Webinar!

7. The "Green Tea with Marilee" Show

Leo Babauta "The Power of Less"
Zen - Habits Blog

8. Survey with Two Great Gifts!


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1. Addition By Subtraction: How To Simplify
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"Addition By Subtraction" ......
..........I love this expression!

It becomes my mantra when I'm feeling
overwhelmed, need to take things
off my plate, and declutter my mind,
body, and space.

And as much as I know that getting rid
of things and projects will add to
my life. . . .it is soooo NOT EASY.

When I learned about Leo Babauta's
book "The Power of Less", and his blog
ZenHabits.net, I said to myself

"this is a man I want to learn from and
bring to the Home Spa Lady community!"


Let me give you a sampling of Leo's work
from his blog......

.......he even simplifies simplicity!


"...these are not 10 difficult things,
but 10 simple things that you can do today.
Not tomorrow, not next week, not next month.
Today. Choose one and do it today.
Tomorrow, choose anothe." L.B.

excerpts from......

~ Simple Living Simplified ~

10 Things You Can Do Today to Simplify Your Life
Leo Babauta


1. Make a short list. .

. . .of the 4-5 most important things in your life.

--What's most important to you?
--What do you value most?
--What 4-5 things do you most want to do in your life?

Simplifying starts with these priorities, as you are trying to
make room in your life so you have more time for these things.


2. Drop 1 commitment

Drop the one you dread doing.
Call someone or send an email.
Tell the appropriate person or people that you just
don't have the time. You will feel relief.
I'd recommend dropping all commitments that don't
contribute to your short list, but start with one.


3. Purge a drawer.. .

. . .or a shelf, or a counter, or a corner of a room
(not the entire room).


How to purge:
--Empty everything from the drawer or shelf or
corner into a pile.
--From this pile, pick out only the most
important things, the stuff you use and love. Get
rid of the rest (right now - trash it, or put it
in your car to give away or donate).
--Put the stuff you love and use back, in a neat
and orderly manner.


4. Set limits today - tomorrow stick to them.

5. Simplify your to-do list. If it's more than 10 items long,

6. Free up 30 minutes to think about how you can free up time

7. Clear your desk with these steps:

--Put everything it in a pile (either in
your inbox or on the floor).
--Process the pile one item at a time and do one of
these:
file it immediately
route it to someone else
trash it
note on your to-do list

8. Clear out your email inbox.

How To Process Your Email:

--Process them top to bottom, one at
a time, deciding and disposing of each one
immediately.
--Your choices are to delete, archive,
respond immediately (and archive or delete),
forward (and archive or delete), or mark
it with a star (or something like that) and note
it on your to-do list to respond to later (and
archive).
--Process each email like that
until the inbox is empty.
--Each time you check your email,
process to empty.


9. Move slower

Eat slower, drive slower, walk slower, shower
slower, work slower.
Be more deliberate.
Be present.


10. Single-task.

Instead of multi-tasking, do one thing at a
time.
Remove all distractions, resist any urge to check email
or do some other habitual task like that while you're
doing the task at hand.
Stick to that one task, until you're done.


Want to hear Leo personally elaborate on this and more?

Join me on my show on Thursday March 26, 2009 7 PM EST
and listen in LIVE to my "Green Tea with Marilee" Show
with Leo Babauta, author of "The Power of Less".
http://snipurl.com/gtwm_power_of_less


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2. Essential Oil Tip: Simply Lemon to Wash Veggies
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Wash your veggies with lemon essential oil - especially
your non-organic veggies!


Video: 1 min 43 sec

http://www.snipurl.com/vid_washveg_w_lemon


For more info or to order any of these Young Living
products see your Young Living Distributor or go to
http://tinyurl.com/aenfp


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3. Success Tip: ~ Lin Yutang
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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble
art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the
elimination of non-essentials.
~Lin Yutang


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4. Recipe of the Week: Lemon Lentil Soup
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Simple Recipe from Twitter!

If you don't yet know about Twitter it is the hottest thing on
the internet - like a "microblog". You are only allowed 140
characters for posting.

Here is a post - "twittered" exactly as it is written below (in
twitter language) - for a delicious simple recipe!


Lemon Lentil Soup: mince onion&celery&carrot&garlic; cvr@low7m+3T
oil. Simmer40m+4c broth/c puylentil/thyme&bay&lemonzest.
Puree+lemonjuice.


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5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week
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"It's a Very Simple Operation"

A man was wheeling himself frantically down the hall of the
hospital in his wheelchair, just before his operation. A nurse
stopped him and asked, "What's the matter?"

He said, "I heard the nurse say, 'It's a very simple operation,
don't worry, I'm sure it will be all right.'"

"She was just trying to comfort you, what's so frightening about
that?"

"She wasn't talking to me. She was talking to the doctor!"


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6. HSL's "Inner Circle" News
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The Master Cleanse is quite the buzz now in the Inner Circle!
(and did you see the article about it today in USA Today?)

I'm sharing some of my experiences and some of the members
are getting started or thinking about it.

I uploaded two videos on the Master Cleanse
How I prepared my kitchen
Recommended laxative from Tom Woloshyn

and, of course, my interview with Tom Woloshyn, the author of The
Complete Master Cleanse, is there for your listening and
downloading anytime.


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Sunday Evening Essential Oils Webinar!

Members will be getting a link emailed
to join this webinar on Essential Oils
this Sunday, March 29th, at 7 PM EST.
Stay tuned!


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Watch the video!!!!!


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7. The "Green Tea with Marilee" Show
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March 26, 2009 7 PM EST

>>>>> The Power of Less <<<<<
with Leo Babauta

Register Here: http://snipurl.com/gtwm_power_of_less


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April 21, 2009 2 PM EST

>>>> Creative Aging <<<<
with Dr. JoAnne White

Registration available soon!


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8. Survey with Two Great Gifts!
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First of all "Thank You" to the 500+
of you who have filled out this survey.

If you have not yet filled out this survey
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