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Today while running errands I observed a woman working at her place of business, and she had everything really well-contained and ready at her fingertips. It made me smile, and it made me wonder if her home was also organized…because I very often hear from people that they are organized at work but not so… Read more »

Before I completely sign off for the holiday weekend, I had to share with you the story that I taped last week, which aired this afternoon on KTRK-ABC Houston. Reporter Patricia Lopez covered our Clutter Diet membership program on her "Stretch Your Dollar" segment, where we visited a Clutter Diet member in her home and… Read more »

Happy Canada Day today to our Canadian readers! And here in the USA we are celebrating Independence Day this Friday. What if you declared independence from your stuff–forever? What if you could just walk away from everything and start over? Consider Ian Usher at www.alife4sale.com, the man in Australia who this past Sunday “sold his… Read more »

Last night we saw the new Pixar movie, Wall-E. He is a waste management robot, alone on Earth still cleaning up our mess years after we’ve abandoned the planet. He is enamored with particularly interesting remnants of our culture and cherry-picks them out of the trash during his daily work, bringing them back to his… Read more »

"The Onion" just published a hilarious fake news article that I thought you would enjoy (if you have never read The Onion, be aware that some of their other fake news content is potentially offensive): Researchers Discover Details Smaller Than Minutiae PASADENA, CA—A team of Caltech scientists announced Monday that they have discovered a type… Read more »

This week I was here in Chicago and was on WGN on Tuesday. I am really enjoying exploring the city! Yesterday I was at the Museum of Science and Industry, where this massive structure houses objects as large as a captured German U-boat submarine. This museum has a "hidden" collection behind the scenes of over… Read more »

I had an incident with my wonderful husband Friday, whom I will try to embarrass as little as necessary in this post… let’s just say it involved a lost car registration sticker. (I love you, honey!) But it was very time-consuming and annoying for both of us. He is someone who fortunately is very neat… Read more »

I have observed colleagues in my industry for many years now, along with many clients, Clutter Diet members, and audiences, and I have this theory that I have shared with a few of my Professional Organizer friends. I believe that there are two different approaches to organizing projects, and you could even say two different… Read more »

Did you know that one in eleven US households rents storage space, and that 7 square feet of commercial storage space now exists for every American? (click here for source) I tend to get on a soapbox about this issue, as so often the rental cost of these units exceeds the replacement cost of the… Read more »