April 07, 2008 Life Guide by Sarah Lindner If you’ve been procrastinating on filing your taxes, Austin professional organizer Lorie Marrero recommends a tool that will make it easier to get started: H&R Block’s Organizit (https://organizit.hrblock.com). Based on a quick questionnaire, the program tells you what documents you should have. If you’re claiming deductions for… Read more »
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Austin American Statesman: Get Organized for Spring
April 05, 2008 Life Guide by Sarah Lindner Need a little inspiration for spring clutter-clearing and organization? Austin organizer Lorie Marrero has some ideas: Closets: If you haven’t already, put away your cold-weather clothing or move it out of the main part of your closet. Marrero’s Web site sells dividers to help you create sections… Read more »
What is “Faffing?”
Today on Lifehack I saw an article called "5 Ways to Get Out of Faffing Mode." What is faffing? According to Urban Dictionary, it means to waste time doing stupid things that are not necessary. The author of this article, Steven Aitchison, says it's "the art of doing something without achieving anything." Like checking your… Read more »
Organizing Magic Wand Now Available!
At long last! Now you can just wave your clutter away with ClutterMagic®! Simply brandish the wand in the room of your choice and at once, all items will find their homes and put themselves away. Imagine all of the feelings of embarrassment and being overwhelmed by your home just vanishing into thin air! You… Read more »
Vancouver’s CFUN Morning Show: Spring Cleaning
March 31, 2008 Lorie gives the listeners 5 tips for Spring Cleaning season. Need help getting organized? Here are 3 ways we can help: Get our FREE report, “30 Ways to Find Time to Get Organized“ Get 14 days of unlimited FREE advice from our team of Certified Professional Organizers® Get your house in shape®… Read more »
Calgary Herald: Put Your House on the Clutter Diet
March 30, 2008 Writer Irene Seiberling’s article was picked up by CanWest news wire. Click the URL below to read the Calgary Herald article on their site, or click here to read the same article as published a few days prior in the Vancouver Sun. Need help getting organized? Here are 3 ways we can… Read more »
We have a Piece of Flair on Facebook!
If you are into the social networking site Facebook, you might know about the application called "Pieces of Flair," which are shiny buttons you can put on your profile page to show your personality. (Of course this is inspired by the movie Office Space where Jennifer Aniston’s character is advised about how many pieces of… Read more »
The “Bottom” Line on File Folders
I was working with a client Friday and was reminded that many people still don’t know about Box-Bottom File Folders. They are terrific for those very bulky files that would dwarf an ordinary hanging folder and cause the contents to bow up out of the top. This picture is from the FedEx Kinko’s website of… Read more »
Regina Leader-Post (Saskatchewan)
March 29, 2008 Writer Irene Seiberling’s article was picked up by CanWest news wire. Click the URL below to read the Regina Leader-Post article on their site, or click here to read the same article as published the day before in the Vancouver Sun. Need help getting organized? Here are 3 ways we can help:… Read more »
Winnipeg Free Press: Whittle Your Waste
March 29, 2008 Writer Irene Seiberling’s article was picked up by CanWest news wire. Click the URL below to read the Winnipeg Free Press article on their site, or click here to read the same article as published the day before in the Vancouver Sun. Need help getting organized? Here are 3 ways we can… Read more »
