By Monica Friel One great way to help you get rid of that clutter that lingers is to plan a yard sale. Sometimes it’s hard to donate items when you don’t know where they’re going and if they will really be used. It’s easier to get rid of things when you know your items are …
4 Key Criteria For Picking The Right School Bag
July 18, 2012Choosing the right school bags for your children is a critical decision. After all, it’s the one article they’ll wear every day of the year. Makes you think, doesn’t it? They’re going to want a bag that goes with practically any outfit—or maybe they’ll just want something that speaks to their personality. You, however, are …
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Travel Light
July 16, 2012If you’re heading home from college for the weekend, make it easy on yourself and pack light. First, take all of your unneeded schoolwork and supplies out of your backpack to make room for your Hanging Toiletry Kit. Then plan ahead – select your outfits for the time you’ll be down there, fold them nicely, and …
GO Quote: July 16
July 16, 2012“Real life isn’t always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgment of what is working in our lives can help us not only survive but surmount our difficulties.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Choosing the Right Tools for Going Paperless
July 13, 2012By Joshua Zerkel Paper takes a lot of space to store, and especially if you’re used to searching for documents on your computer, rifling through paper piles and digging into file cabinets can seem practically archaic! Many people have been asking me lately to help them go paperless – that is, reduce the amount of paper …
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Four Must-Dos To Get Your Homework Done On Time
July 12, 2012If your students are in year-round school, they may already be dealing with homework. If they aren’t, they soon will. Homework isn’t something any of us look forward to, but we learn far more from it than the subject matter it covers—follow-through, for instance. Since homework isn’t going away any time soon, here are four …
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Back to School Infographic
July 12, 2012How does your family get ready to go back to school each year? Preparing to head back takes a lot of work, and can be expensive too. Love it or hate it, back to school season is around the corner. We put together an online survey to learn more about how families organize for this …
Organized on Campus
July 11, 2012For those of you with college students who plan to live in the dorm, the time has come to prepare them for living in a small space. And with several roommates sharing the space, there won’t be any room to be disorganized. So with that in mind, here are seven essential dorm room solutions to …
GO Quote: July 11
July 11, 2012“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.” -James Allen
Laundry in the Dorm
July 9, 2012Life is different when you have to share washing machines. When heading down to the laundry room, take your clothes, washing machine supplies, and room key (you don’t want to be locked out). Sort your clothes and pre-treat any stains, then check the soap and bleach dispensers before you load and start the machine – if …
GO Quote: July 9
July 9, 2012“Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Moments That Make You Disorganized: Common Clutter Traps To Avoid
July 6, 2012By Carmen Coker If you are trying to get organized, close your eyes for just a minute and imagine the moments that make you disorganized. Think through the last day, week, month, or even year(s) of your life … and you’ll see them there, as obvious as the big pile of clutter on your desk. While …
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Organizing with the Time You Have
July 3, 2012It’s an interesting exercise to sit back and try to account for every minute of your day. How much time did you spend watching commercials? In your daily commute? Cooking your dinner? All these little segments add up to your lifetime, and so many of them are spent on unimportant things. So the next time …
Cookbook Organization
July 2, 2012Recipes can be a mess sometimes, especially if the non-cook tries to take over when the cook is out of action and messes up the filing system. Help keep that from happening with Avery binders and file organizers. Simply fill a 1” Binder with all of your recipes – you can punch holes in full-sized paper recipes, …
GO Quote: July 2
July 2, 2012“Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.” -Emanuel Swedenborg
Tips for Creating a New Filing System
June 29, 2012Trust your intuition when organizing your papers. By Joshua Zerkel One of the most frequent questions I get from clients who are organizing their offices is what to call their new filing categories. The truth is, there is no one right way to create a category structure for a filing system. Filing, whether on the computer …
Think Ahead
June 28, 2012I know, it’s only June, but why not think ahead to the holiday season. Buying gifts for all your close friends and loved ones can be a chore, especially if you leave it until the last minute. This year start shopping early. You will be happy you did once November and December roll around. Lucky …
GO Quote: June 27
June 27, 2012“Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.” –Alexander Pope
Plan Ahead—Make Summertime Simple
June 26, 2012Organize as you may, summertime is loaded with spontaneity. Kids don’t normally plan the way you do. The phone rings and poof! Your day just changed. Somebody’s mother will be by to take Suzie to the pool in 15 minutes. Of course, there are times when you need to breathe your own air for a …
Party Favors
June 25, 2012Summer is full of parties – barbecues, family reunions, weddings, bridal and baby showers, bachelor parties, you name it. Before you head off to your latest shindig, consider a small gift for your host from among our most affordable organizing options: The Nantucket Pen– a stylish writing instrument Inspirational Quote Magnet– perfect for milestone events …
