Making Do With Less Very interesting article from today’s New York Times about living with less. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/opinion/sunday/living-with-less-a-lot-less.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& Take a look and let me know what you think. Could you do it?
Daylight Savings Time begins tomorrow, March 10, 2013. Remember to set your clocks forward one hour before you go to sleep tonight. Because you’ll have one less hour tomorrow, organize and simplify your morning routine tonight. You might consider setting…
Last week, I helped a client organize her linen closet. Like many linen closets, this one was crammed full of sheets, towels, toiletries and over-the-counter medications. There was so much stuff packed in there, it was hard to see what…
I took a three-hour seminar today on creating a Life Inventory for my clients. I now have access to a very comprehensive piece of software which allows me to capture all of this information for a client. They can then…
As the end of the year is rapidly approaching, many people start jotting down goals and objectives for the coming year. Here are some ideas on how to get more out of every minute of the day. Let me ask…
In the last month, as I have been helping people organize their home offices and kitchen drawers, I have unearthed about 37 gift cards and gift certificates. In one case, the gift certificate was issued by a local merchant in…
For years, I’ve told clients that if they don’t balance their checkbook, at a bare minimum they must review the statement for erroneous charges. It’s also important to eye-ball your credit card statement to make sure all the charges are…
Over the past couple of months, a number of my organizing clients have gotten married. For two, it was a new marriage; for the other three it was a renewal of vows taken years earlier. It was an public affirmation…
No wonder so many people have trouble getting and staying organized! Can you relate to this? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6oHBG3ABUJU&vq=medium]
Letting go can mean parting with possessions. Many of us are emotionally attached to our possessions, and parting with things that have had a place in our lives can be difficult. In fact, for some people, this can be a…
