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Have you ever forgotten an appointment or an important date? Do you think of things you need to do later but don’t remember to do them because you have no place to write them down? Do you have one place to write your most frequently used phone numbers and addresses? How would you like a memory prompter? Do you need a stress reliever in your life? Do you want to clear clutter in your life? Obtaining a day planner and using it can clear the clutter and organize your life.
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Do you feel like your home is bursting at the seams and you need to clear the clutter to breathe? Do you have a limited amount of space so your things look cluttered but you need everything you have? Here are 6 ideas on how to declutter your home so you can breathe easier and utilize “hidden” space for storage in your home.
1.Take a good hard look at your “stuff”. Get rid of things you don’t use, don’t like or that have bad memories attached to them. If you have limited amount of space you simply have to have less. So declutter your home by getting rid of the excess. Reduce by recycling, giving to charity or throwing away.
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Are you overwhelmed by clutter? Is it taking over your life? Here are 5 simple steps to organizing clutter in your home that will simplify your life and reduce stress.
Long before people came to the Americas and took over the land the Indians lived in beautiful harmony with the land. They “lived light on the land”. Many tribes traveled from place to place depending on the food sources, weather and other conditions. They traveled with their homes and all of their earthly belongings. They respected the earth and had only what they could use.
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A part of life is getting older. I know people who don’t like birthdays or say they are 29 and holding when they are obviously much older. I like to say I am 74 and then people say, “oh you look much younger” (which I am). We all have a good laugh when I tell them my real age.
It doesn’t matter how old we are; we all work constantly on organizing clutter in our homes. It may be because it is driving us crazy or because we have decided that we have too much stuff or it could be because we are tired of cleaning and caring for all the clutter we have accumulated throughout the years. By organizing clutter it no longer is clutter because everything has a home and therefore things have a place to live until we need them and everything is organized.
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One thing I really don’t like is to be late in sending birthday wishes to my friends. Here are some simple and effective ideas and tips to help you reduce clutter in your home and in your life that will help you remember all the things you want to get done.
In your planner have an ongoing to do list. Everything you want to accomplish write it on your list. This way you won’t have to remember it and when you read the list it will be a great reminder of what you want to do. You don’t have to clutter your mind either by trying to remember everything you need to do.
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Do you have a list of reasons why you can’t get rid of clutter yet it drives you crazy to have clutter? Here are 7 ways to get rid of the fear of getting rid of clutter.
Do you want to clear clutter but you tell yourself you can’t organize? There are many reasons we tell ourselves we can’t clear clutter in our homes and lives. Let’s get rid of the idea that we can’t get rid of clutter.
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Car Trips with kids can be a harrowing experience where everyone ends up fighting and ruining the vacation. Here are 10 tips to make the car trip half the fun. With preparation you’ll want it to last longer.
Vacationing with kids in a car is no vacation. Or another way of saying this is “being cooped up with the kids in the car is the pits”. If you don’t plan on popping in a DVD and letting the kids watch endless movies here are sanity saving ideas for your car trip.
Long trips can be boring for kids and every two seconds (well maybe one) they are asking, “are we there yet”? Plan ahead before the trip to make your drive pleasant for everyone—of course this works best with school age children.
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I remember when computers were becoming really popular and we all thought they would take care of our paper work pile ups. A man working next to me said he thought they would create more paperwork nightmares. From my observations this has become true.
I have 9 tips on how to declutter paper in our homes and offices:
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If your kids are out of school and you are already counting the days until they go back or you are tired of hearing : “I ’m bored, what is there to do” then this article will brighten your day with 11 awesome ideas of things to do this summer.
In the summer are you frazzled and tired of your kids at the end of every day? Are you counting the days until school starts? Summer can be a time to help spark your creativity and your child’s creativity as well.
Hold a family meeting where kids can choose an activity they are interested in. Older children can help younger children which can help siblings bond to each other and teach them respect for each other.
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If you are tired of all the clutter and want to get organized here are 8 tips to help you organize clutter in your home and office.
Clutter, clutter, mutter, mutter. As a professional organizer I work with many people who don’t want to stay home because their homes and lives have become so cluttered with things. Clutter can creep up on us so slowly we don’t realize our homes are cluttered until we become overwhelmed with things. It is time we take a good look at every room in our homes and evaluate how our things make us feel and if what we have lights us up, has a purpose and has a home.
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Have you ever said “I just don’t have time to reduce clutter and get organized in my home and in my life”? Here are 9 tips that will help you find time to clear your clutter.
I was teaching an adult education class to some very bright, very busy adults and we were playing a game I called “Why I can’t get organized”. All ten students said their biggest problem in clearing the clutter was they didn’t have time. Fortunately I have 9 tips that will help you find the time when you are organizing clutter.
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Are you clearing the clutter in your home and you are thinking there are some good things that you could sale and make a little money? Here are 9 tips from a professional organizer on how to organize a successful garage sale.
With the temperature heating up outside now is the time to sell your guilt by clearing the clutter in your home. The saying is “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure”. You can start organizing clutter and make money at the same time. The way to do this is to have a Sizzling summer garage sale. If you can, have a street or neighborhood group sale that is even better.
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As a professional organizer I am always helping women in their homes by organizing clutter. Sometimes we hang on to our clutter and then we feel guilty and we feel bad that we hold on and then that we feel guilty. Let’s start organizing clutter by getting rid of it.
Do you say: but I can’t get rid of it because it is wasteful to throw things away? Which is better to hold on to it and continue to feel guilty and have less space and not like what is around us or to let go? Here are a couple of ideas on how to let go:
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Is organizing clutter on your to do list? No matter what the weather or time of year it is a good time to get rid of clutter. Here are 4 easy tips to help you reduce clutter.
Do you think organizing clutter is a pain in the neck and you just never get around to it? Now is a good time to get around to it. One reason it is so daunting could be because you don’t know where to start and what to do with all the stuff. Sometimes we just get stuck. I have some great tips on how to get unstuck when it comes to organizing clutter in your home and in your life.
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If my friends could see me now! I had a friend who used to tell me how cluttered my fridge looked on the inside. Have you ever saved food and then it molded so you had to toss it out? Me too. It’s hard to throw it out even if we probably won’t use that last ¼ of a cup but we don’t want to be wasteful so we save it. But when it has mold on it or smells bad then it is okay to toss it. (Does this sound familiar)?
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