Forming New Habits – Productivity & Organizing Blog Carnival

January 18, 2024

Janet Barclay

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Earlier this month, millions of people made New Year’s resolutions, a practice that’s been around for 4000 years or so, according to History.com. Not everyone agrees with this practice, but I think most of us consider the start of a new year as a great opportunity to make positive changes. To help us achieve our goals for 2024, I invited my readers to share their experience and insight about Forming New Habits in this month’s Productivity & Organizing Blog Carnival.

The sponsor for this month is Geralin Thomas. The owner of Metropolitan Organizing© since 2002, Geralin offers one-on-one coaching for organizers at all experience levels, as well as a collection of professionally designed, editable, essential business kits.

Whether you need support working on your own habits or help others in this area, you’re sure to find some great advice here. As you read the posts listed below, please connect with the bloggers on social media, leave comments, and share your favorite posts with your own network.


Janet Schiesl	How to Build Game-Changing Productivity Habits
Pam Holland	How to Mindfully Change Your Habits for a Simpler Life
Susanna Miles	Applying The Four Laws Of Behavior Change To Mindflows
Lisa Griffith	Mini-Habits: Small Changes = Big Results
Hellen Buttigieg	The Shocking Consequences of Complaining: Grumbling Could Be Killing You
Julie Bestry	Paper Doll Helps You Find Your Ideal Analog Habit Tracker
Julie Stobbe	Old habits are hard to break – accountability is key to beating procrastination
Sheila Penton	Habits to Track when Digital Decluttering
Janet Barclay	Strong habits that will ramp up your blogging
Natalie Gallagher	Want a Clutter Free Home? Adopt These 8 Habits
Sabrina Quairoli	Create Goals and Make Them Happen This Year
Kim Tremblay	Transform Your Life with Powerful Small Habits
Seana Turner	Habits of Professional Organizers
Debbie Rosemont	Forming a New Habit is a Process, Not an Event
Linda Samuels	Practical Help That Will Change Your Worst Habits for the Better
Jill Katz	Using Point Of Performance (POP) To Support New Habits & Routines
Leslie Josel	Q: How Do I Convince My Teen to Use a Daily Planner for Time Management?
Hazel Thornton	Do I Practice What I Preach? (habits, maintenance, and backsliding)
Chantal Imbach	3 simple habits to manage digital photos easily
Phaedra Studt	The Mindblowing Hack to Help You Create Better Habits
Sheri Steed	Commitments to Myself

Thanks to everyone for sharing your wisdom, and special thanks to Geralin Thomas for sponsoring.

The topic for the next Productivity & Organizing Blog Carnival will be Creative Storage Solutions. There’s no sponsor yet for this edition, so if this is a good fit for you, send me a message! You’re welcome to submit your post any time before 11:59 PM on February 14, 2024.

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Topics for 2024

January: Forming New Habits
Sponsor: Geralin Thomas, Career Coach to Professional Organizers

February: Creative Storage Solutions
Sponsor: Sabrina’s Organizing & Admin Services

March: Money Management
Sponsor: Mindflows for ADHD

April: Education and Organizing

May: Filing Systems
Sponsor: Sabrina’s Organizing & Admin Services

June: Collaboration
Sponsor: Peggy Wonder, Space For You

July: Writing and Organizing

August: Meal Planning

September: Organizing Meetings

October: Organizing for Seasonal Changes

November: Best Organizing & Productivity Books
Sponsor: Coach Approach Training Institute

December: Best of 2024
Submission dates: November 21 to December 18
Sponsorship available

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6 Comments

Seana Turner on January 18, 2024 at 10:03 am

Wow! What a wealth of rich information about forming new habits! I guess many people are believers in habits, myself included! Thanks for assembling this terrific collection. Lots to take advantage of at the beginning of this new year.

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- Janet Barclay on January 18, 2024 at 10:55 am
  
  I’m amazed at the response to this topic! I thought it would be popular, but I’ve been wrong before. 😉
  
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Geralin Thomas on January 18, 2024 at 10:05 am

Wow! What a terrific start to a new year.
So many fabulous organizers sharing fantastic advice.
I’m delighted to sponsor the January 2024 Blog Carnival!

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
Jim Ryun

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- Janet Barclay on January 18, 2024 at 10:58 am
  
  That’s a great quote – I wish I’d used it in my post! 🙂
  
  Thanks again for your support.
  
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Sabrina Quairoli on January 18, 2024 at 11:31 am

Wow! What an amazing collection! I can’t wait to visit each one of these posts. Also, thank you for including my post as well. =)

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- Janet Barclay on January 18, 2024 at 12:50 pm
  
  This will keep you busy for a while, I think! Thank you for contributing another excellent post.
  
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