You may ask yourself, "How does preventing yourself from identity theft tie into organizing?" As we already know, clutter is delayed decision making and the information overload we experience causes us to question what we do know. When we question, we wait for the most current…
Back To School is big business. The United States Census Bureau reports that 77 million students will be going back to school this fall. Consequently, $7.4 billion is spent at family clothing stores during the month of August, second only to December in gross sales. The first day…
So many times I hear people tell me they do not know how to get started tackling their clutter, simply because they are overwhelmed. Our stuff can be very overwhelming when it becomes a giant mountain of homeless items. When there are so many, we fail to see the individual items and…
We have been looking forward to this day for twelve long years and here we are…at college! Classes will start soon and in addition to feeding ourselves and doing our laundry, we have to manage to keep up with college classes. The biggest obstacle for most college freshmen is time…
There are only two certains in this world…our birth and our death. Births bring great joy while the passing of a loved one brings great sadness. The one very important thing that you can do for your loved ones is to make the "at death" process as easy as possible for them. This…
We all have them, some more than others…Books! Books are an integral part of our culture: we studied them as we were educated, we use them as leisure activities, they serve as family heirlooms, and even sterile hotel rooms have at least one. Whether we reread them or simply keep them…
In terms of organizing, the general population can be divided into two groups, Right-brain dominant and Left-brain dominant. There are also individuals who balance between the two. In short, right-brainers, affectionately called Arbies, are typical creative types that like to see their things and…
There are a few key items that would make clutter particularly dangerous: if paramedics would be unable to reach you in an emergency, if the clutter prevents proper housekeeping, if you are unable to locate the things you need when you need them… If these situations do not pertain to yours…
All of us (myself included), have things that we hold on to for reasons that seem sound enough in our heads when actually they are simply excuses to put off making a concrete decision. Those limitless reasons can be agonizing. It is only when we are real with ourselves that the true…
When I say the "60 Second Rule", I'm not talking about how long a piece of food can stay on the ground before it becomes unfit to eat; I'm talking about how long it takes to put something away. If you have an item, let's say a shirt you elected not to wear, out of place and it can be put away…
