Blog Entries tagged 'organizing homes'

Automate Your Day - Clearing Your Mental Clutter

gail@afreshstartorganizing.net — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:00:00 +0100

How would you like to clear your mind from all the little distractions that get in your way? These everyday distractions can wreak havoc on your productivity. Wouldn't you love to have a machine that automatically made your life easier? Well, I have a little secret for you. You already own it! It is that thing in your head that weighs about 3 pounds. Your brain!
Wikipedia defines automatic as "Capable of operating without external control or intervention. Done out of habit or withou [...]

Home Organizing Tip-of-the-Month for May

owner@thecluttercoach.com — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:00:00 +0100

It’s spring-cleaning time.

Choose an area to de-clutter, and gather a large garbage and/or recycle container, a box or boxes for donations/garage sale/consignment, and a box for items that go elsewhere -- i.e., don’t belong in the area you are de-cluttering. Sort items into these containers, and then deliver the “goes elsewhere” items to their proper places.

The above organizing tip is taken from my booklet, "36 Home Organizing Ideas for Your Family Around the Year". This 16- [...]

Are you ready for A Fresh Start?

gail@afreshstartorganizing.net — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Whether you celebrate Easter or not, the feeling of new beginnings is in the air. Spring is my absolute favorite time of the year. Everything seems clean and fresh. (Yes, you can tell my mood by how clean and picked up my home is! Mess = Stress) New plants [...]

Organizing the "Right Way"

alexandra@decoratingbythesea.com — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:00:00 +0100

How many of us get paralyzed with the thought of tackling a project, because we do not have the perfect scheme, perfect supplies, perfect know-how. My philosophy is: Excellence, not Perfection.

Perfection is usually quite unattainable, but excellence, doing the best you can with the tools you have, is doable for everyone to their own degree.
When you are trying to organize your home and family, there is not necessarily a correct way of doing this. Y [...]