Agni Skafidas, Author at Organised Life and Mind

The benefits of having plants

2017-05-012017-12-15 by Agni Skafidas

5 top reasons you should have plants!

My friend is finally getting one of my plants tonight. I’m probably as excited as she is. Can you believe it will be her first plant since she moved in about 3 years ago? My home now doesn’t have as many plants as the one back in Germany. When I moved to the US in 2007, I couldn’t take my plants with me and it broke my heart. At our current home, there are a few tall and big ones plus many smaller and medium sized ones. I love the touch they add to the house but even more, plants bring you so many benefits:

Saturday quote

2017-04-292017-12-15 by Agni Skafidas

“It’s almost impossible to explain how unbelievably amazing it feels to remove the clutter from your home and life.” (Joshua Becker)

What do you want to do this summer?

2017-04-272017-12-15 by Agni Skafidas

How will you spend this summer?

This week, temperatures have gone up to 40 C/104 F. For most places, that’s really hot. Not for us in this region. Summer is not even here yet! But has that stopped you from thinking what to do this summer? With Ramadan being early, we’ll have almost 4 months of summer! Why not start thinking about your summer plans this weekend?

Saturday quote

2017-04-222017-12-15 by Agni Skafidas

“If we weren’t so weighed down with the meaningless decisions we make everyday, perhaps we’d have the clarity for choices that make a difference in the world.”

Tiny home movement

2017-04-202017-12-15 by Agni Skafidas

Could you live in a tiny home?

Do you follow the “Tiny Home Movement”? Tiny homes promote a simpler life and with generally less than 46m2 (500 square feet) are so tiny compared to the average American home (247.3 m2 or 2,662 sq ft). For a European, the tiny home movement may not sound that surprising. After all, in many countries, apartments with a size of 60 m2 (646 sq ft) are common. What makes this tiny home movement so special?

Parkinson’s Law or we’re oh so busy

2017-04-182017-12-15 by Agni Skafidas

How you can use Parkinson’s Law to your advantage

“I’m so busy.” Who hasn’t heard someone say this comment this week? Being busy seems to make many people proud. Could it be that we’re just spending too long on each activity? Parkinson’s Law would certainly support this theory. We’re wasting our time!

Productivity and efficiency aren’t new concepts. There’s more emphasis on them though. Over the last decade, US American workers logged more hours, took only 16 days off (compared to 20 days 10 years earlier) and productivity increased by only 1%. That’s a rather disappointing outcome, if you’re asking me!

Saturday quote

2017-04-152017-12-15 by Agni Skafidas

“Tomorrow (noun), a mystical land where 99% of all human productivity, motivation and achievement is stored.”

I’m going for a walk

2017-04-132017-12-15 by Agni Skafidas

And so should you

Do you ever have that your knees are hurting because you haven’t moved all day? When you are so focused on your work that you don’t want to interrupt your flow? That was me last week! Different projects were finally coming along so nicely, I didn’t want to stop the progress but could feel my knees cringing for a walk.

How much is your time worth

2017-04-102017-12-15 by Agni Skafidas

What’s taking up your time?

Visiting a friend, he shared how much time he spent at a car dealer that day. Normally, he lets his middle man handle it. Now, he wanted to go through the process himself and learnt how much his time is worth: More than what he pays his middle man for this activity. Do you know how much your time is worth?