The cable channel A&E has started airing a new reality series, Hoarders, on Monday evenings at 10:00 (9:00 Central). The show features one of our Clutter Diet team members, Geralin Thomas, in several episodes, along with my friend Dorothy Breininger. If you've missed the shows, you can watch the full episodes as they become available on the A&E website. (logo… Read more »
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Never Go to Costco on a Scooter
We teach people to think about organizing as more than just "cleaning up"… we want you to think about your house just like you'd think about weight loss: Prevention, Reduction, and Maintenance. With weight loss, you limit your caloric intake and make sure you're eating only healthful foods. With organizing, you want to bring fewer items into the house, and… Read more »
Organize Your Way to Better Relationships
I just returned from attending a conference, and I am reminded that building and maintaining relationships takes organizing skills too! I asked three of my friends who are experts in networking to give us some tips on how they organize their way to better relationships. Getting organized before a meeting: Steve Harper is the author… Read more »
Trade in Your Clutter for CASH!
Wouldn't it be great if you could turn your clutter into some good old-fashioned green cash? According to an eBay/Nielsen survey, the average American household has about $3000 worth of valuable items waiting to be cashed in! Of course you can sell pretty much anything on eBay, but Ladies Home Journal's August 2009 issue has… Read more »
Color Me Courageous: 5 Ways to Get Unstuck
Being a Professional Organizer, I often get asked what my office looks like, so I decided to give in and post a photo. (click image to enlarge, if you must…) This is my favorite room in the house, and I love the robin's-egg-blue walls and my yellow flowers. There was a time, however, that I was… Read more »
3 Big Lifesaver Ideas for Getting Out of a Jam!
As our definition of what it means to be organized, we teach that you should strive to be N.E.A.T.E.R.: Not perfect, but…Effective- doing what works bestAlways improvingTrue to your styleEfficient- not wasting time and energyReady for anything- being prepared for life (NEATER acronym © 2006-2009, Clutter Diet, Inc.) Yesterday I was so happy that I was "Ready… Read more »
One of These Things is Not Like the Others
Don't you feel sometimes that everything you really needed to know, you learned from Sesame Street? Being kind, sharing, having fun while you learn… You might not have thought about how you were also learning organizing skills. Let's have Cookie Monster refresh our memories in this clip: For our Kindle readers and others who may not… Read more »
It’s So Totally ME!
We all go through many phases in our lives– we went through our "terrible twos" when we were little, and we may have times when we are students, newlyweds, young moms, empty nesters, or retirees. We may have career changes that also mark new phases. Hopefully we grow and learn all the time, and we can see that… Read more »
Finding Balance: What is Your HOME-eostasis?
Homeostasis is a medical term that refers to the tendency of the human body to seek and maintain balance. What is your house’s “HOME-eostasis?” What is that balanced condition of your home to which you would always like to return? Homeostasis n. [hoh-mee-oh-stay-sis] The tendency of the body to seek and maintain a condition of… Read more »
Get Real by Watching a Cartoon…
I don't often write about movies, but last time I did it was about Wall-E, and this time I want to talk about another Pixar movie, the latest one called UP. I have seen it twice, which I also don't often do. You may have seen from the previews that the curmudgeonly main character, Carl,… Read more »
