Everyone is so excited with the dawning of a new year! People are making plans and “resolving” to make improvements in their home, their work, their lives. I always look forward to the new year, too. Most of us who tend toward clutter and disorganization do. It’s a clean slate — we KNOW we can […]
Are you giving thieves a way into your home without realizing it? Seven tips for increased security.
We’ve had a rash of burglaries in the neighborhood recently. It’s pretty frightening. More than a dozen homes have been hit. But not one, according to our local sheriff’s department, has been a forced entry. The thieves simply helped themselves to the garage door openers from vehicles parked in the driveway. Most of us leave […]
Will getting organized leave you out of control?
It seems ironic to think that getting organized would give someone less control; after all, the whole point of organizing is to be able to know where things are and to be more efficient and effective. However, there can be a ‘downside’ to having a workable system: You would no longer be in total control. […]
The dirty little secret about decluttering
Last night I completed my class series called “Declutter Your Home NOW!” It was amazing to work with those 25 people, helping them learn what it really takes to declutter and organize. So often we are given “three easy steps,” or told “all you have to do is…” But if you, like me, are not […]
7 ways we sabotage ourselves as we try to get organized
Sometimes other people try to bring us down whenever we try to make some kind of improvement in our lifestyle. However, you may actually sabotage your own success at decluttering and organizing. Here are 7 ways we sabotage ourselves as we try to get organized: 1. Cluttering your life with objects that have little real value […]