In my business, my biggest competition is cousins and friends of the disorganized. We allow our "people" to help us get organized but what is organized for one person isn't necessarily organized for anyone else. In fact, such valiant more often than not make matters worse.
I see a lot of stuff in my line of work and frequently strength my brain to come up with creative storage solutions to meet the needs of each individual and family. One area that continually baffles and frustrates me is board game storage. The tiny little pieces, no problem; keeping up with…
If you are hiring professional movers, you are paying someone to move each and every item you own. A representative from the moving company will come to your home to get an idea of the amount stuff you wish to move. They will base their cost estimate on what they see so before they come, you should…
"Maybe one day. Just in case. What if." These statements are the hallmark of cluttered thinking – and we all know that cluttered thinking leads to cluttered lives.
Our world is full of little spaces and my office is the perfect example. When we think of small spaces our minds typically turn to dorm rooms or Harry Potter rooms underneath stairwells. Small spaces can actually be anywhere from a kitchen command center to a walk-in closet converted to a craft…
I have heard that a cluttered desk reflects a cluttered mind (and also that a clean desk reflects a sick mind – but we aren't talking about that today) but what about your computer desktop? It doesn't do much good if your stapler is tucked neatly into a drawer if you have a hundred files on your…
Whatever your motivation may be to become more organized, it is well documented that individuals who consider themselves to be organized have a better life on many accounts. Here, let me show you:Less frustration. How many frustrations in your day could be eliminated if the clutter was gone?
We all have to do laundry. There is no getting around it. The longer you put it off, the worse it is.
Week after week I give a lot of advice on getting organized. We can organize just about anything but if we continue doing the same things we've always done, we will be met with nothing more than frustration and shame. Here is a crash course in how to be organized.
We all love interesting information and it is everywhere. According to the New York Times, the average person is exposed to more than 100,000 words every day – that is the equivalent of 175 newspapers worth of information. To get a clear picture, that is the equivalent of covering the entire…
