I believe that I am in the "personal change" business, and organizing is my topic. Organizing is a change in itself, and it's also a means to make other, bigger changes. Organizing yourself makes room for new things to come into your life and space. Our biggest enemy in personal change of all kinds is… Read more »
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Shine from Yahoo: 8 Organizing Tips That Actually Work
August 25, 2010 Experts, readers, and REDBOOK staffers share their best stay-organized secrets. Your sock drawer will never be the same again. (And that’s a good thing.) This is an abreviated version of the article found here By Wendy Manwarren Need help getting organized? Here are 3 ways we can help: Get our… Read more »
Redbook.com: 26 Organizing Tips That Actually Work
August 25, 2010 26 great tips ranging from your makeup drawer to your freezer. Read the article for tips, advice and pictures. By Wendy Manwarren 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… Read more »
What Are Your “Back to School Resolutions?”
One of our Clutter Diet members posted this yesterday in our member message boards: "The new school year to me is like setting new year's resolutions." Yes, it is! It's a fresh start, just like a brand new calendar year. What will you do differently? Here are some suggestions of small things you can change… Read more »
Good Housekeeping Magazine: Good (Enough) Housekeeping
August 23, 2010 Simple solutions for smart living. Lorie is the expert source noted in this article about creating a communication station. 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… Read more »
Facing the Giant Mail Pile
I just went on vacation for two weeks (to ITALY!), then returned home, repacked my suitcase, and was gone another week speaking for Goodwill in Atlanta and going to several days of meetings in San Diego. Whew! Glad to be home! And what did I find upon my return? THE GIANT VACATION MAIL PILE. You've… Read more »
Newspapers are Old News
One of the clutter traps we see often in people's homes is reading material… there is this strange guilt hanging over people's heads about all of the things that they "should" read sometime. The reading material that stacks up the quickest is newspapers. Sorry, Lois Lane– the newspapers have gotta go. Here is what my… Read more »
Chicago Parent: Behind Closed Doors
August 16, 2010 by Maria Pilar Clark Let’s face it, most of us use our closets as catchalls, meaning that what goes in might never come back out as it gets shoved randomly on the rod or stacked up out of sight. And forget about taking inventory or reorganizing its contents – who has the… Read more »
Bored with Disorganized Board Games?
We see a lot of homes with stacks of board game clutter… broken game boxes, pieces scattered around or missing, and other problems like mixed up money. I was just playing Monopoly this weekend with my kids and was inspired to tell you about some of the ways we organize board games… Sometimes all you… Read more »
7 Sticky Tips for Using Velcro in Organizing Projects
Here's another set of tips inspired by our recent Good Housekeeping clutter makeover contest winner's projects. (See before & afters and get an overview of the contest winner's bounty here…garage and home office) We use Velcro® quite a bit in our work as organizers, you'd be surprised! Here's how: Just like we did for our… Read more »
