Book Review: How to Declutter and Make Money Now

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  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 [...]

Creating a Natural Home Environment by Eliminating Clutter

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Studies show that organized people are less stressed, have increased productivity and efficiency, are less frustrated, and suffer less from depression. Being organized helps one regain a sense of control which results in higher self-esteem and confidence. Organized people make conscious choices and decisions. They eliminate clutter and think positively, focusing on the task at [...]

I Have These Lovely Containers, Now What Do I Do?

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How much have you spent on organizing products over the last year? Do you feel like you’re organized? If you answered “No” to the second question, I can give you my insight on perhaps why after carefully choosing pretty containers, there’s still a lack of organization. It’s called “The Container Epidemic.” I’ve written about this [...]

Are There Expired Cosmetics Lurking in Your Bathroom?

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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 [...]

Five No-cost Strategies to Gaining Control of Your Home

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Feeling helpless, hopeless or simply frustrated! Who isn’t in today’s economy. Just heard of another colleagues spouse taking a pay-cut versus a lay-off. Jobs are hard to come by and what used to be an asset for many, is now an albatross. Yes, I’m talking of our beloved real estate investment(s). There is something you [...]

How Do I Get Them to Help? Part Two

Follow up to How Do I Get Them to Help: Part One So you put a bunch of guys on a field, give them some gloves, a ball and a bat. Okay, now what…kind of sounds like baseball? Since we haven’t named the game or provided the rules, does anybody really know what to do, [...]

Everybody’s Doing It: “Detox” is the new buzz word

Detox this, detox that…We hear about celebrities going to Detox, new methods for detoxing our hair, and detoxing our inboxes. Actually, I think it’s great. Discovery Channel has introduced Planet Green, Organize.com has a line of eco-friendly products, Hollywood celebrities are lending their status to the GO Green efforts. Charleston, SC even has its own [...]

GO Green Using the GOPACK® Method

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What’s one way you can go green? Reduce your carbon footprint, which is the measure of emissions of CO2 emitted by each individual. These emissions are associated with the burning of fossil fuels including domestic energy (electric and gas in the home) consumption and transportation (car and plane) and the whole life cycle of products [...]