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Friends With Benefits.
Ahhhh! That got you in didn’t it?
Well I hate to disappoint you but there’s no plan to talk here about the noughties definition of "friends with benefits"!
One of the joys of being in business however is finding other business owners with whom you just click and friendships develop. I have many business friends who’s businesses I may never be able to refer to but who have become firm friends.
It’s then even better when your businesses have some synchronicity and you can work together on projects, send clients to each other, or even just help each other with some brainstorming for your next project! You both want the best for the other’s business. 
The best moment is when that disgraceful little demon of self-doubt wriggles under the security fence and gives you a raspberry as well as eats away at your pile of confidence stores.
What’s that got to do with good friends?
That’s the time they give you a good shake, (well not literally normally) and remind you of all you’ve done for them and others. Then they whirl you round, and with a slap on the back they send you out to chase the demon off the premises, and then help you block up the gap under the fence!
One of my fellow business women and now good friends is Angela Esnouf from Creating Order From Chaos.
Recently she ran a 7-day Clutter Challenge during National Organising Week.
Well not only did it get me off my backside and into my shoe shelves (see Comments), her simple baby-step ideas have had me nibbling away at other tasks around the house ever since.
A drawer gets a quick declutter as I look for something. The spice rack was half-checked for past-their-used-by spices while I cooked the dinner the other night! I’ll get to the rest next time I have to stand near the stove for a bit.
Now only Angela’s newsletter subscribers got the inside running on this great decluttering challenge. LIke many of us Angela tries out her new ideas on her subscribers. I know I’ve encouraged her to make this into some kind of saleable product and so have many others!
So if you want to feel like you’re making progress against the clutter bug, I strongly recommend a visit and a sign up at Creating Order From Chaos. She’s got a finger on the pulse of making decluttering simple and easy! It’s like a breath of fresh air. Just like it is when she walks in with her ever-smiling face and sits down for a cuppa and a chat!
Not only is she organised, but she’s also diligent at keeping up her blog commitments. (As opposed to some tarts we could name!) So a short sharp couple of paragraphs appear on her blog most days! (Even while she swanned around Europe a few months ago!)
She’s definitely a good influence – and she lives around the corner! What more could a tart ask for?
