March 06, 2008 Lorie is a guest of Lifehack.org‘s radio show, talking about the Clutter Diet and how our program helps people lose the Clutter-Pounds from their lives! See Lorie’s blog, left lower sidebar, for a complete listing of the articles she’s contributed to Lifehack.org, one of the world’s leading productivity blogs. clutterdiet.com/blog Need help… Read more »
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Gutter Ball Days
Last night I went bowling. Frankly, I had a really rotten day, and I was glad it was our "family night" because I didn’t need to worry about dinner. It was my son’s turn to choose where we went, and we had a great time visiting the "300" bowling place here in Austin. Now, I… Read more »
I’m on Lifehack Live- BlogTalkRadio 3/6/08
Hi everybody! I’ll be the guest tomorrow, Thursday 3/6/08, on Lifehack Live’s show on BlogTalkRadio. The show is at noon Central time, which is 10 Pacific, 11 Mountain, and 1 Eastern. The call-in number is (347) 838-8244. The show will be about 45 minutes long. Come join us!
Spring Cleaning Time
It’s a blustery day here in Austin, and spring is here! Our trees are budding and we had the annual Zilker Park Kite Festival yesterday. People ask me a lot about "spring cleaning" this time of year, and I recently contributed an article to Connections for Women about just that. Click here to read the… Read more »
Time Yourself with Your iPod!
I am always telling people to time themselves doing tasks they don’t like, so you can be more aware of time in general and even conquer procrastination (read my recent post about this here). Sometimes you might want to time yourself because you need to have a limit on that activity and you need to… Read more »
Lorie’s Garage Floor Makeover!
This weekend we undertook a big project to resurface our garage floor. It had two different colors of spilled paint randomly all over the floor (dark green and white– LOVELY!!), along with 6+ years of oil stains and other unknown car liquids. Not very appealing to come home to every day. I have been wanting… Read more »
Throw Out Your Manuals With Confidence!
We are always telling our clients that manuals and user guides are obsolete the moment they are printed. Of course there are some you may use more frequently and those are great to hold onto, but there are some you probably never would use. You can now throw electronics-related manuals away with confidence because of… Read more »
Get Organized Modularly
Wow! Pottery Barn has come up with a very cool modular system for what we at Clutter Diet refer to as the "Communication Station" for your family. It’s called the "Daily System," and it consists of a display rod that is mounted to your wall, with components that slide onto the rod as you see… Read more »
Tired of Toy Clutter? Rent Instead of Buying!
This very enterprising mom in Houston created a new business that people are calling the "Netflix for kids." It’s at www.babyplays.com. In just the same way that you can rent movies and even handbags online now, you can sign up for a monthly subscription plan for either 4 or 6 toys to be mailed to… Read more »
National Clean Out Your Computer Day 2/12/08
Yes, it’s National Clean Out Your Computer Day on Tuesday of this week! It’s a great day to take a few minutes to streamline your virtual workspace. Here are my top five pointers: I don’t believe in spending too much time deleting old files. Memory space is cheap, certainly cheaper than the value of your… Read more »
