The Link Between Stress and Cluter

Clutter in the head, in the home, in the office creates stress. Clutter does not have to be old newspapers which are scattered throughout the house although it certainly can be. The kind of clutter I am talking about are things which clutter up your mind, your space and your time. It is all those outstanding things which you have been meaning to do and just have not quite found the time to get round to.

Organizing Tips For a Stress-free Tax Season

The holidays are over. The barrage of catalogs in your mailbox is turning into a flurry of year-end tax statements. If you dread tax time and usually spend your spring stressing over getting taxes done on time, these tips are for you! The best time to prepare for tax time is the year before. But if you didn’t do it last year, it’s not too late to start now! With this simple system, you’ll get your taxes done early and be ready to enjoy spring!

Keep Track of Important Information with a Work Journal

Document your daily work with an organized work journal. It can be hard sometimes in the daily rush of completing work assignments, juggling meetings, and hitting deadlines to remember the details of interpersonal communications and the myriad facts that come your way. Taking the time to keep an ongoing log of conversations, work accomplished, and other important info can serve to orient you in your work day. It can also save you some major headaches if...

Juggling the Demands of Your Life

This article discusses ways for you to take back the control in your life and will help you to figure out how to juggle all the balls in the air that make up your life.

Garage Organization

Can you park all your vehicles in your garage? Can you walk through your garage without tripping over bikes, shovels or whatever else might be stored out there? Our garages often become the dumping ground for the stuff we don’t have a spot for and hope to get to someday. Paula Constable, professional organizer shares some simple steps for garage organization.

Taming the Closet Monster

Every now and then it's time to tame that beast of our own creation, the closet monster. So what's the best way to undertake such a daunting task? Here are a few suggestions.

Seasons Change and So Do We

There is a time for everything, as the seasons show us. A rhythm of doing and not doing, the Yin and Yang of life.

The Joy of Pix (and Memorabilia)

Remember that romantic trip to Paris in 1991? Your best friend's wedding in 1993? Bet you took lots of photos, right? Still have your 5th grade report card, the one where Miss Crabtree said you were a leader, not a follower? You've probably got lots of handwritten notes and ticket stubs, too. Where is all this stuff? People routinely list photos and memorabilia among their most prized possessions but, if you're like most of my clients, they are shoved into bags, drawers, or shoeboxes under the holiday decorations in the far reaches of your garage, attic, or basement. Creating a good home for them just never seems to rise to the top of anyone's to-do list. Digital camera sales surpassed 35mm-camera sales in 2003, but what to do with those pre-digital photos? If the thought of organizing them is frustrating and overwhelming, these tips will help.

Home Paperwork Filing Tips #3 & #4

We usually hear that bad habits are hard to break. A more accurate statement is that good habits are hard to make. I am going to use home paperwork filing as an example. Should you file alphabetically or chronologically? Use one system that works for you.

The Cancer Of Clutter

Take a look around your home or your office and notice what's there. Proliferation of clutter in our lives operates very much like a cancer growth. It can start out small, but if left unchecked, clutter will grow to the point where you feel unproductive, distracted and unable to move forward towards your goals. Tips to clear out the old and make way for the new.

7 Days to A Cleaner More Organized Home - Part 3 - The Bathrooms

Part 3 on a week long (or short) session of cleaning each room in your home and bringing back some order. We're in the bathrooms today. You need your heavy duty tools for this. Disinfectant, gloves and some cleanser.

Saving You Time - Organizing with Address Labels

You are attending a trade show and you have filled out the ninth information card of the day and it's only 10am. Your hand is cramped and even you are starting to doubt the zip code. Do you stop filling them out altogether or do you go prepared?

How To Access The Organized Living World

Getting organized defeats its own purpose by being a waste of time. Get past the struggle for getting organized with something different. Something new. The idea of being efficient.

Organizing Your Office

Do you have home office? Does your desk look like a nuclear bomb hit it, scattering paper everywhere? Is very surface covered with paper? Does the paper work spill out from your desk drawers and on to the floor? Can you even find your desk to use it?