Some days, even though the closet, basement and garage really need it, the desk drawer is just the right size to get organized with the time and energy available.
It’s ok to be a bit obsessive during a desk drawer organizing project. You’re the one using it, and you probably go ...
No matter how many times I speak on organizing paper, no matter how many articles are published on tax preparation, no matter how many experts there are on the topic, there are always people who ask, “How long should you keep papers?”
You might be shuffling your own papers just ...
According to a recent report from the Department of Labor, American businesses got more work out of their employees in the second quarter of 2012. The 1.6 percent gain in productivity was a welcome surprise in a struggling economy. The number measures the output per hour of work and is ...
Another way to organize your office or home office is to use color. Colored folders can help you identify the items that you need immediately, allowing you to segregate each child’s school information separately or to differentiate specific projects at work. This is true whether you keep your folders in a ...
I recently shared three organizing projects that are just perfect for starting you off on the right foot this year with your organizing goals. All three of these projects can be accomplished in under a half hour, and can give you that “fresh and organized” feeling without sucking up your whole ...
Oh, sure, those little ottomans look cute on paper, but they are really the workhorse of the house. The best ottomans do three jobs, as a table, a bench, and a spot to stash stuff. Here are five storage ideas to work into your footstool or ottoman.
1. Clothes donations. An ...
Every morning when my alarm goes off and every night before I go to bed, the first thing I do is turn on the TV and check my cell phone. On the TV I’ve got the news, and on my cell phone I typically go right to Twitter. I guess ...
When you think of photo organizing, do you see in your mind’s eye an image of boxes of family photos stored somewhere in the back of your closets or down in the basement? Or do you get itchy thinking about all those precious baby photos and what you would ever ...
COUPONS. We all use them and we all receive them practically every day from many different outlets. They are notoriously found in the newspaper, magazines, catalogs, on websites, and in your email and postal mail. But sometimes between all of those coupons you receive via email and from newspapers, etc. you ...