Organizing is simply as means to an end
Many people are curious how to minimize or even eliminate unwanted mail and remove themselves from telemarketers lists. Here’s what you need to know: Remove Yourself from Junk Mail Lists The National Do Not Mail List site is the first place to start. Click over and enter your information on the right hand side of [...]
I love my Pug. And I’m sure you love your pet too! Around my house, we take turns feeding and walking Cody. The food and treats are kept together in the kitchen, the leash and poop bags in the hall closet. He has a bed in the family room, that’s cleverly tucked behind a chair so [...]
Since it’s National Clean out Your Closet Week, I thought I’d put all the My Organized Lifestyle closet posts in one place to simplify the purging and organizing process. Enjoy! Wardrobe Change: Organizing Your Closet Six steps to cleaning out and straightening up the tiny room you start and end your day in. Make it a [...]
As a reader of the My Organized Lifestyle blog, I’m letting you in on a little secret! The Momsources section now contains a full page of Kitchen Product Solutions. These are my most favorite containers that I’ve personally used over and over again on client projects, as well as in my own home! You will [...]
Whether you work from home or run a household, here are simple steps to becoming more effective in your office: – Eliminate Excess—surround yourself with what’s relevant and inspiring, especially if you’re in a smaller space. – Set up an effective Filing System—Purge last year’s docs. Box them up. You want your files to reflect [...]
I have it on good authority that if you’re hopping around this holiday season from house-to-house, you would be best to use travel packing cubes. Pack the cubes with pants, shirts, and socks/undies in another. Zip the cubes and load them into your suitcase. When you reach each destination, you can easily remove the cubes, [...]
As most of my close friends and blog readers know, I’m not one to hold onto much when it comes to physical stuff, and I’ve worked very hard over the years to also let go of the emotional baggage too. This afternoon, as I was engaging in one of my favorite activities of sifting through [...]
How many of us are pushing, pushing, pushing to get things done? Driving our children to activities, rushing to a meeting (and sometimes we’re not even sure why we’re in attendance), up late getting last-minute projects completed, and feeling like we need to stay on the phone with a person who never gives us the [...]
If you’ve ever had the thought that you’d like to declutter but you didn’t want to “throw away” an “investment” you made in an item, you must read Donna Smallin’s How to Declutter and Make Money Now: Turn Clutter into Cash. Donna starts off with a complete list of “bestsellers” in the second hand [...]
One of the challenges every parent faces, at some point, is how to get kids to help put their clean laundry in the proper places. For adults, it may be easy to remember that socks and underwear go in the top drawer and pants in the bottom, but for kids who are just learning (or [...]
