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Whether you’re looking for pantry organization ideas, home office efficiency tips, or moving and downsizing guidance, our professional organizers share insights to help you create a more functional, stress-free home.
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Mar 2014
From Paper Madness to Paper Management in Six Easy Steps
From Paper Madness to Paper Management in Six Easy Steps Most of us are drowning in paper these days. It doesn’t seem to stop – mail, school papers, magazines, and more. If you don’t have a good way to manage it, it will just keep piling up. To keep a handle on your papers, you need a good paper management system. A what?! Have no...
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Mar 20146 Steps to Stay on Top of Your Taxes
Getting prepared to do your taxes can be overwhelming, especially if you haven’t been all that organized about keeping track of your tax-related documents throughout the year. Not only do you need to keep track of tax forms you get in the mail (or on-line), but also receipts for tax-related expenses and donations, and it can also be very helpful to put your hands on...
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Feb 20143 Tips for Organized Packing
I will admit that packing for a trip is one of my least favorite things to do. A little strange as it seems like it would be one of those things that organized people love to do – well, not this mostly organized person. I think it might be my perfectionist tendencies creeping through – and the fact that I am rarely thrilled with my...
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Feb 2014Get Organized Challenge: Celebrate Your Successes
Get Organized Challenge: Celebrate Your Successes Last week, we wrapped up our Get Organized Challenge: 5 Weeks to a More Organized You. Over the course of the challenge we focused on developing 5 healthy organizing habits that, when practiced regularly, can lead you down the path to happily organized. Just to recap, those 5 healthy habits are: Buy less stuff. The less you buy, the...
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Feb 2014Get Organized Challenge Week 5: One In, One Out
Get Organized Challenge Week 5: One In, One Out Wow – time flies when you’re working on your organizing super powers! Over the last 4 weeks, we’ve practiced buying less stuff, making sure the stuff you have passes the test, making a home for everything in your home, and cleaning up as you go. We’ve also reminded ourselves that it’s not about being perfect but...
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Jan 2014Get Organized Challenge Week 4: Clean Up As You Go
Get Organized Challenge Week 4: Clean Up As You Go Here we are – week 4 of our Get Organized Challenge: 5 Weeks to a More Organized You! By now, you’re buying less stuff, making sure the stuff you have passes the test, and making a home for everything in your home. Or at least you’re working on it. I’m a realist – it’s not...
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Jan 2014Get Organized Challenge Week 3: Make a Home for Everything!
Get Organized Challenge Week 3: Make a Home for Everything! It’s hard to believe, but we’re already on Week 3 of our 2014 Get Organized Challenge. If you’d like to catch up, you can check out the first two posts and brush up on the organizing skills we’ve already started practicing: 1) Buy less stuff and 2) Give your stuff the “Do I need it,...
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Jan 2014Get Organized Challenge Week 2: Does it pass the test?
Get Organized Challenge Week 2: Does it pass the test? If you’ve been following along with us, you know that last week we decided to kick off 2014 with our Get Organized Challenge: 5 Weeks to a More Organized You. Our plan is to focus on one new organizing skill each week with the goal of getting ourselves into amazing organizational shape. Last week’s challenge/skill...
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