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One day about five years ago I was trying to solve a big problem for a client:  how to label a very large quantity of stackable wire cube compartments filled with papers. You could not stick a label tape to them, because they were made of thin wire. You could not write on them either…. Read more »

Readers, will you please take about 30 seconds RIGHT NOW to go vote for ClutterDiet.com at the NAPO-LA Chapter Website? They are taking votes for "Best Organizing Website or Blog" as part of their annual awards banquet at the Luxe Hotel Sunset Boulevard, Bel Air, California, on February 1, 2008. You can vote until December… Read more »

The Today Show this week featured Chip Giller and Katherine Wroth of Grist.org talking about things you may not realize you can recycle. When we are doing organizing projects like garages and closets we run into this kind of stuff all the time, and you probably do too in your own home. Here are the… Read more »

I just got rescued by my Emergency Twenty last week. I keep a little cheap-o plastic business card holder in my car with a few extra business cards and one cute little hidden twenty dollar bill. I thought you might like to have an Emergency Twenty yourself!It allowed me to get out of a parking… Read more »

In our Clutter Diet message boards recently there have been some good discussions on perfectionism. When someone thinks of a perfectionist, they often picture a "neatnik" who is exquisitely organized. I put a picture of Froot Loops cereal here because one of my nieces, who has perfectionist tendencies, used to sort her Froot Loops and… Read more »

I have been tagged by Tina Su at "Think Simple. Be Decisive" to share what cause makes my heart sing, for Alex Shalman’s Caring Compassion Charity project. The cause I want to tell you about is Impact Austin.  This is a women’s philanthropy group where each member contributes $1000 per year toward large grants awarded… Read more »

My team member Yvette & I coordinated a large shredding effort for one of our clients yesterday, with a shredding truck there to do it all right on the premises.  Our client lost 864 Clutter-Pounds(sm) in one day!   🙂  If you have never seen a shredder truck, it’s really quite a spectacle.  They take a… Read more »

We are pleased to report that our blog has been added to Priscilla Palmer’s Personal Development List by fellow blogger Julie Bonner.  Thank you, Julie!  The Personal Development List is a dynamic list of blogs having to do with “law of attraction, goals, time management, physical fitness, education, motivation, inspiration, and social skills.”  The list… Read more »

One of my favorite websites for a good laugh is "Wordspy." They capture newly-minted words in the English language and share them, with actual citations of the words’ usage in popular media.  Here are a couple of new entries I thought our readers would appreciate:

My blogger friend Dr. Amie Ragan at Psychology of Clutter just posted about a show on TLC called "Help! I’m a Hoarder." It will air on Wednesday, September 19th, at 8:00 and 11:00PM Eastern.  You can view it in its entirety at the Helping Hoarders website.  I watched it and thought they did a good… Read more »