One of our members wrote this in our message boards recently: I have realized that there is something about wearing an apron that says, "Get busy!" So true! Sometimes we suit up with a "uniform" when we are serious about getting a lot done. Maybe for you it's a "do-rag" bandana on your head, an… Read more »
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Staples® is Teaming Up with Clutter Diet®!
Today we announced our relationship with Staples, the world's largest office products company! Through January, we'll be providing tips that are updated weekly at www.staples.com/clutterdiet. This week our tips are about filing, in honor of National Clean Out Your Files Month. Here is the press release announcement, and here is the Boston Globe story about… Read more »
Do You Have a “Destination Station” in Your Home?
Where do you enter and exit your home most often? That door should be near to what we call a "Destination Station." It's a place for your purse, your briefcase, your keys, your chargers, your sunglasses, and kids' backpacks and gear– right where you need it most. I want to show off another one of… Read more »
3 Ways to Find Your Stuff, If Memory Serves… or Not!
For most people, out of sight is out of mind. And when you get older and your memory is not as reliable as it used to be, even more so! (Hey, my brain's hard drive just needs a defrag. That's all.) We tell people all the time in our online program that one of the… Read more »
Bulk Up: Top 5 Tips for Storing Bulk Purchases
I just got home from accompanying my husband to Costco. He thought it was so we could spend some time together, and that was nice, but he didn't know that he was being chaperoned. He tends to vastly overbuy! We managed to get out of there with about half what he would typically bring home…. Read more »
Shop ‘Til You STOP: 5 Ways to Prevent Clutter
I just got a postcard in the mail for 30% off my entire purchase at one of my favorite stores. Now, I am not a power-shopper type of gal, but I do know a good deal when I see one. So it made me think about how you turn "Shop 'til you drop" into "Shop… Read more »
Are You “High Maintenance”? Streamline Your Grooming Time
As the only female in a male household of two teenage boys and a husband (even the dog and the parakeet are male), I am frequently criticized and am the subject of exasperated sighs due to the waiting around for me to “get ready” when we are going out. I have tried to explain to… Read more »
Great Moments in Kitchen History
This week I was in New York on a media tour for Staples, as I am currently working with them as a spokesperson for some fun new office products and some great tried and true ones too! More about that later… During my trip I got to visit the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) to… Read more »
What to Do With Your Broken, Weird Stuff You Don’t Need
By now my regular readers will know that, as Ambassador of Goodwill's Donate Movement, I love to talk about donating gently used clothing and household items, because donating is recycling and philanthropy all at once, and everyone wins! But what happens when you have objects that are broken or just plain strange or random, and… Read more »
Are You Improving? Ten Little Ideas to Be More Organized
September is National Self-Improvement Month. What are you currently doing to improve yourself? I have a friend/mentor who tries a new self-improvement habit every 30 days, a new focus for each month. He sees how much it improves his life or not, and if it's good, he keeps doing it. I love this idea! Here… Read more »
