10 Secrets to Organizing Kids for School Success - From Locker to Backpack to Home Study Area

Some kids seem to instinctively know how to organize themselves to succeed in school. They are never late, always get their homework done on time, and can find anything they need in their backpack. But in today's world of constant distractions, many kids are struggling to find what works for them. Below are 10 secrets to ensure your child's success at school!

Leftover Living: Bogged Down in the Old and Outdated?

Do you ever find yourself with Leftover Living, bogged down in the old and outdated, cleaning up what’s been overlooked or neglected, instead of looking forward to and engaged in a future that promising and exciting?

Six Steps for Embracing Autumn at Home

Every season has unique qualities and characteristics that influence our health and well-being. Nature compels us to adjust and adapt to winter’s cold air, spring’s blooming flowers and the heat of the summer. Fall, like all other seasons, is a time of change and adjustment. While we often think of spring as the season for cleaning and starting anew, fall is a wonderful time to create breathing room and space. Here are a few simple ways to honor the spirit of the fall by creating a warm, comforting and uncluttered sanctuary at home.

Organizing Your Thoughts

If you have trouble speaking in public you will: - Learn how to organize your thoughts - Use these skills to become an effective speaker - And persuade someone to your point of view

Clearing That Clutter

We're not going to beat around the bush here. Imagine that tomorrow you're knocked down by that proverbial double-decker bus and poof! that's it, you are no more. What will happen to all your 'stuff'? Who will have the task of sorting it, getting rid of it, dealing with all that unfinished business?

Transform Your Office and Increase Your Energy

Is your office hindering your performance, or is actually contributing to your success? You can, by making small changes, improve your working environment so that it channels your energies in the right direction.

Our Lives are Getting Busier and Busier

No matter how busy our lives get, the day-to-day errands do not decrease, in fact they increase. It is harder to say I will leave that until tomorrow or the next day, because then the important errands in our lives never get done.

Organizing Paper Clutter - What To Do With Mail Order Catalogues

There is no shortage of paper clutter in your home. For one, those mail order catalogues are still coming to your postal mailbox. And the truth is that you do like to receive and browse them. Is that a problem though, especially if you're trying to organize paper clutter at home? Only if you let it become one and don't do this.

The Family Organizer

Easy tips for organizing your family's daily schedule.

Too-Simple Clutter Confrontation

-or- How to Deal with Clutter without Going Bonkers. Not all clutter is bad clutter, but any clutter that makes you feel out of control is clutter that needs to be dealt with. Adapt your worldview so that clutter won't drive you up the wall. A too-simple plan to help make clutter behave properly or disappear.

Barriers to Organization

Are you immersed in clutter? Wonder how it got so bad? What are the barriers to a clutter-free environment?

The Landing Zone: Ready for Takeoff?

Organize the spot where you land. It will pay off when it's time to leave.

Inexpensive Ways to Organize Young Children

Children are often less than gentle on their posessions. Here are some thrifty tips on setting up organizational systems for them.

Ten Minutes That Will Change Your Life

Pretty catchy title, don’t you think? Don't you 'instant gratification' types get too carried away. I am going to tell you about a ten minute exercise that will change your life. That's the good news. The bad news is that it is a daily exercise. You'll have to find ten minutes each and every day for the rest of your life and work hard to convert this exercise into an enduring habit. For some of you ten minutes a day will prove too high a price for the possibility of changing your life. For others, and I hope most, it will be a small price to pay for a huge step forward.