Organizing is simply as means to an end
I want to feel like Carrie when I enter my closet. Don’t you? Hey, we start and end our days in the closet. It’s where we choose what we’ll wear to head out into the world. How do we make it a great space? Simple… Unless you have a ginormous closet, you want to remove all [...]
One way to determine what to keep and what needs to go is to look at your current lifestyle and ask yourself, when it comes to your stuff: “What’s relevant?” We all know that once we get married and/or have children, there’s a major shift that happens in terms of how our home is set [...]
With warmer weather here and the school year nearing its end, now is a great time to clean out and organize the garage. Taking a proactive approach to this dreaded task (let’s face it, not much fun for most people–I get that!) will keep you on track so the next time you want to go [...]
I don’t know about you, but the promise of warmer weather has me motivated to get moving on spring cleaning projects. The first was to organize my garage so we could get to our gear as soon as the weather breaks. The bikes are ready, the tennis racquets handy and beach gear packed–so there’s some wishful thinking there, [...]
Pre-holiday decluttering… It doesn’t matter if we’ve been naughty or nice, pre-holiday is the best time to declutter to make room for the slew of new stuff. Think of this process as a way to create a space for what’s on your holiday list. If you’ve asked Santa for some new books, consider purging some [...]
I must be the only one who has not read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. It was on the N.Y. Times Best Seller list for weeks, is currently number one on amazon dot com, and now the motion picture starring Julia Roberts will be released this Friday, August 13th. Last year, sometime, I did [...]
Small space living is an art. To reduce your surroundings to only what you need, what you love and what is most functional…is a challenge, but one that is satisfying in the end. Years ago, when I began writing my first book, I was wrestling with the idea that I had reached the Joneses in [...]
Here’s a quick recap of the life of medications and cosmetic items that should be purged if they’ve been lurking in your medicine cabinet, bathroom or kitchen cabinet (which is where I keep a supply of regularly accessed stuff, including peroxide and cottonballs for scrapes and Motrin for Mom headaches) for too long. When you [...]
Meet Heather Bestel, Psychotherapist & Stress Management Consultant, from England who is here today with a reminder of the emotional benefits of decluttering and how to cope with the process. Emotional Attachment Getting rid of our clutter can often bring up the most deep rooted emotions. The underlying problem of clutter is not procrastination; it’s [...]
It’s the beginning of a New Year and what better way to get started back at work than to return to an organized office where you can think clearly, find what you need, and crank out some work! Let me introduce Michele Dortch, owner of Integrated Mother. You may have heard her name before: She has [...]
