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Someone once told me that people come into your life for either a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I have definitely found this to be true. (Read here for a beautiful writeup of this Reason, Season, Lifetime idea, author unknown.) Relationships for a reason teach you a brief important lesson and then end. Relationships for a… Read more »

In times of financial distress like these, sometimes we need some perspective to help us regain our positive outlook. Try this: The Global Rich List. Put in your annual income, select your currency, and see how you stack up against everyone else in the world. Let's try a few sample incomes, shall we? $25,000 per year means… Read more »

I am doing a hundred different kinds of happy dances in every room of my house! The April issue of Good Housekeeping is hitting the newsstands, and I have been waiting for this for months… back in November/December I worked with contributing editor Kyran Pittman in her home, and she went on our Clutter Diet… Read more »

OK, now I feel I have "arrived" as an author– a 10-year-old did a school book report on my book! I think that is ADORABLE and I just had to share. One reason this means a lot to me is that it's the daughter of a college friend, and another reason is that I read MY first organizing… Read more »

Flat surfaces like countertops, desks, and tables are one of the first collection places for clutter– and they are also places that need to be cleaned, worked on, and straightened up often. Sometimes you need to have certain things out and handy all the time on these surfaces. (Our members and those who have read my… Read more »

I worked with someone recently who is very sentimental. As we went through numerous stacks, files, and piles of papers, he really enjoyed the trip down memory lane…however: He did not realize he had all of it, and what he did know he had, he could not find. The memorabilia was clogging up areas of… Read more »

In my last post I talked about being choosy about what you bring into your home. We always stress to people that getting organized is a process that includes Prevention, Reduction, and Maintenance. In thinking about Prevention, did you ever realize there is such a thing as "junk food" for your house? I call it… Read more »

This week in New York I was invited to tour the Good Housekeeping Institute, where they award the famous Good Housekeeping Seal. What a thrill! I saw all of the testing labs there, including the textiles lab, the food kitchens, and the climate room where they can seal things up and test weather conditions on… Read more »

(The following is an abridgement of the January article I wrote for Connections for Women.) It’s another new year and most of us are reflecting upon the changes we would like to make in our lives. New Year’s Resolutions are classically full of hope and ambition and quickly fizzle out… but why? How do you… Read more »

I am so excited! Because of my blog's popularity with the Kindle readers (thanks, everyone!) Amazon and I have partnered to make my new book immediately available starting today, 12/31/08, on the Kindle e-book reader device. Read the full press release here. The Kindle has an exclusive on my book until the print version is ready… Read more »