Category: Living Simply

My #1 Productivity Tip (And It Takes Less Than 2 Minutes!)

As a professional organizer, I always get asked: How can I be more productive? How can I get more stuff done everyday? These are both great questions, and the answer lies not in what you do but how you think. Let me give you an example. One of my #1 suggestions for being more productive […]

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Is Your Life Unbalanced?

Often times, we tend to think of clutter as “stuff” in our space: piles of paper on the desk, clusters of toys on the rug, mounds of mail on the kitchen counter, stacks of magazines on the sofa, and heaps of laundry on the bed. And while this is true, there are other types of […]

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A Weekend of Contrasts: How Organizing Can Help Your Mood

Saturday morning, 7:15 am: Hubby’s up. Dogs are up. That means I’m up. Waahhh. Get up. Fix coffee. Kitchen’s dirty. Dishes stacked up on the counter from last night and the stove is greasy. Yuck. Sit down on my sofa among the jackets and backpacks for a few quiet moment of coffee-savoring. Feeling crowded by […]

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