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A Call To Action: Why Now Is the Most Exciting Time I’ve Seen in 30 Years of Business as an Organizing Consultant - by Barbara Hemphill- Daylight Savings Time begins On 3/8/09 - Tips For Taking Advantage of your extra daylight time - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Regina O'Leary"Spring forward" is the catchphrase for the beginning of Daylight Savings Time, which takes place at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2009. How will you spend your extra daylight time? Here are some ideas and tips: Begin clearing space in your yard or garden. Choose an area that needs attention ...
Views: 1069 - De-clutter Your Air - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from Amy GrayWe all spend time cleaning our houses. We wash, we dust, we vacuum - but what about the air we breathe? Unbeknowest to us, it can get pretty filthy as well. Indoor air is often cluttered with harmful airborne chemicals such as: • formaldehyde (often found in plywood and particle board), ...
Views: 1415 - De-Cluttering Your Home from Attic to Basement - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Maya WillisIf you've finally decided to "clean up your act" around your home, you might be wondering where to start. Getting a home organized from top to bottom can definitely be a challenge - but one that's certainly worth taking on. Springtime is a popular time of year for people to de-clutter and clean ...
Views: 1046 - Decisions: 10 Things You Should Ask Before Tossing - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2012 from Lorrie FlemAll day long moms have many decisions to make, what to cook for dinner, whether to do two spelling lessons or not, if we should go to the library today or tomorrow, etc. We have all kinds of decisions to make and one of the biggest and longest lasting as far as long-term impact, is whether or ...
Views: 980 - Declutter and organise your wardrobe in three simple steps - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2012 from Luke FrohlingIt's time to declutter and organise your home! Are you: Consumed with clutter? Despaired by disorganisation? Embarrassed by the enormity of it all? Don’t feel overwhelmed any longer. It's time to get clutter-free and organised! The biggest projects start with one small step and Domestic ...
Views: 1505 - Declutter Tactics - Extreme Techniques for Getting Rid of Clutter - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2012 from Beverly OMalleyDo you need to declutter but are unsure of where to start? Are you held back by fear of throwing out something you might need or want? Do you keep items that are perfectly good (or maybe not so good) because you cannot live with the guilt of throwing them away? The declutter tactics profiled ...
Views: 4412 - Decluttering Blueprint: Step 1 – Getting Started - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Pam WoodsAre you drowning in stuff you don’t use, you don’t love, or you don’t have a convenient place to store? It’s time to tackle your clutter! I know what you’re thinking—“Yes, but…I don’t have time to get organized and my space is so overwhelming, I don’t know where to start.” Being ...
Views: 1295 - Decluttering Blueprint: Step 1 – Getting Started - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Pam WoodsAre you drowning in stuff you don’t use, you don’t love, or you don’t have a convenient place to store? It’s time to tackle your clutter! I know what you’re thinking—“Yes, but…I don’t have time to get organized and my space is so overwhelming, I don’t know where to start.” Being ...
Views: 1189 - Decluttering Blueprint: Step 2 - Planning - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2009 from Pam WoodsNow that you have curtailed new clutter from entering your home as outlined in the "Decluttering Blueprint: Step 1", you need to tackle what you already own. To begin, make an assessment of your current situation and then create a decluttering plan using the steps below. 1. Take an inventory ...
Views: 1539 - Decluttering Blueprint: Step 4 - Organizing Your Family Room - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2009 from Pam WoodsIs the gathering area (a.k.a. family room, living room, den, great room) in your home chaotic and cluttered? If so, try the following prescription to create a calm, comfortable and orderly space you’ll love to relax in and entertain family and friends. 1. Pin down the purpose(s) of your ...
Views: 1425 - DeCluttering Blueprint: Step 6 – Easy, Green, DIY Ways to Organize & Update Your Bath - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2009 from Pam WoodsIf your bathroom is cluttered with several family members cosmetics, half filled bottles, and grooming tools—it’s time to clear it out, clean it up and convert it to a space that is fresh, green and rejuvenating! First, empty the room and edit all of your belongings. That means you’ll need to ...
Views: 1545 - Decluttering Blueprint: 3 - Organizing Your Kitchen - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from Pam WoodsIf your kitchen isn’t living up to your expectations, give it a makeover for convenience and pizazz using the steps below. 1. Take stock of your kitchens purpose. Is it for cooking, baking, eating, and storing food? If so, move all the items that are unrelated to the purpose of your space ...
Views: 1720 - Decrease Clutter, Decrease Your Stress - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from Janice RussellApril is Stress Awareness Month. Most people are already aware of stress in their lives! But did you know stress is a major cause of clutter? There is schedule clutter because we have more tasks, obligations, and activities than we have hours in the day. There is physical clutter, which ...
Views: 1256 - Definition: Organizing - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2008 from Douglas PakOrganizing is the act of rearranging elements following one or more rules. Anything is commonly considered organized when it looks like everything has a correct order of placement. But it's only ultimately organized if any element has no difference on time taken to find it. In that sense, ...
Views: 9696 - Design Your Vision - Option 1 - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2023 from Productive Environment Institute with Barbara Hemphill & Andrea AndersonHave you ever noticed how much you seem not to notice about your everyday environment? Look around yourself right now and you’ll probably “see” many things that have become invisible to you on a daily basis because you have trained yourself not to see them. There are those three towering ...
Views: 367 - Design Your Vision - Option 2 - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2023 from Productive Environment Institute with Barbara Hemphill & Andrea AndersonDOCUMENT YOUR CURRENT CONDITION Now it’s time for the before pictures. Get a camera or video and capture images of the area without a single change. Or you might draw a sketch, make a list of the contents, or do a funny audiotape like a broadcaster describing the layout of an old museum. ...
Views: 391 - Design Your Vision - Option 3 - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2023 from Productive Environment Institute with Barbara Hemphill & Andrea AndersonDEFINE WHAT YOU WANT YOUR SETTING TO BE, EXACTLY This is a valuable exercise and one many people imagine they can easily skip. You may be thinking, “I just want it cleaned up, cleared off, and efficient.” That may be “good enough for now,” but it isn’t the best that is possible. This is ...
Views: 387 - Determine Your Organizing Style - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Beth FlaridaGetting and staying organized can be one of the most profitable and simplest things you can do in your business ... IF YOU KNOW HOW My articles tackle real problems and real questions from my clients and newsletter subscribers. In this article, I'll address Ted's question on finding your ...
Views: 1745 - Developing a Simpler Life - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2011 from Heidi DeCouxHave you ever wonder if living a simpler life is possible? It is! There is a growing movement to live with less. And by living with less you can finally win the battle with home organization making you happier for sure! If you live in an older home you may have more than once marveled at ...
Views: 1213 - Developing Organizational Skills for Managing Email - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2010 from TJ PhilpottOrganizational skills are an absolute necessity for anybody working online! The internet is the perfect breeding ground for information overload and unwittingly we allow our email to work against us in this way. The problem stems mostly from our own failure to better manage information that we ...
Views: 954 - Differences between AI and its cousin machine learning - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2021 from Amit AgrawalMachine learning and Artificial Intelligence are the two peas in the pod named computer science. They both have their own value and companies are implementing both - artificial intelligence development and artificial intelligence solutions into their topmost solutions for technology. ...
Views: 986 - Digging Out from an Avalanche of Mail - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Sue BeckerAlthough not as intimidating as the ten days’ worth of email l valiantly plowed through, the size of the pile of ten days’ worth of snail mail I recently faced upon return from a trip was rather impressive. Even though I’ve done my best to get off mailing lists (I’ve subscribed to ...
Views: 1191 - Digitized Files: How Much Hard Drive Do They Take? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2012 from joshua zerkelPDFs, Docs, and image files all take space, but how much? So you’ve gone paperless and are now storing all your documents on your hard drive. Great! By doing so, you’ve likely freed up tons of space in your office by eliminating the need for paper storage. Just because the papers don’t take ...
Views: 933 - Digitized Files: How Much Hard Drive Do They Take? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2012 from joshua zerkelPDFs, Docs, and image files all take space, but how much? So you’ve gone paperless and are now storing all your documents on your hard drive. Great! By doing so, you’ve likely freed up tons of space in your office by eliminating the need for paper storage. Just because the papers don’t take ...
Views: 945 - Discover 4 Reliable Ways To Get Rid Of Clutter Instantly - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2010 from Marilyn BohnIt was a cool evening just before dusk. We were in a foreign city enjoying a walk around the streets of an unfamiliar city. My daughter loves ice cream so we were on a quest to find an Italian geliato store which had been recommended in our guide book by Rick Steves. We came across a ...
Views: 1245 - Discover How You Can Improve Your Photography Skills With An Online Photographer's Community - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2012 from Jim MartinezRegardless whether you just have an interest in photography, or are an advanced photographer, there is an exciting new photographer's community available for you. With an innovative outlet for everything photography, this is a spectacular opportunity to learn tips, tricks, chat with ...
Views: 1137 - Discover Organizational Enlightenment Through Feng Shui - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2007 from Christine RiceIn various cultures, the importance of creating a peaceful, simplistic place to live and grow has been well known for many years. The Quakers, Amish, Buddhists, and other various groups all support a minimalist approach in relation to their spaces. These are all teachings and philosophies that ...
Views: 1239 - Do you hate the mail? Try this. - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2012 from Julie GrayOne very big key focus in my work with clients is understanding what triggers overwhelm and developing a system to get them – and keep them – out of it. Dealing with the mail is very often one of these triggers. And it makes sense doesn’t it? There are all decisions to make when dealing ...
Views: 980 - Do You Have the Most Important Element of Business Organizing? - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from Sherry BorsheimA functional workspace is perhaps the most important element of business organizing. Everyone from the presidents of multi-million dollar companies to the assistants who keep everything running smoothly needs an efficient workspace. Creating an efficient workspace might seem like an overwhelming ...
Views: 1117 - Do You Know Where All Your Keys Are? - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2010 from Bob RobinsonWe all use keys. Some of us have and use more keys than others, but we all use keys. We have keys for homes, apartments, automobiles, rooms, garages, sheds, vaults, luggage, lockers, safe deposit boxes, mail boxes, offices, desks, furniture, cabinets, lawn mowers, recreational vehicles, gates ...
Views: 1269 - Do You Know Your Numbers? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Bob RobinsonUse any search engine and type in the phrase ‘Know your numbers‘. The search engine will identify dozens upon dozens of web-sites focused on the importance of knowing your numbers when it comes to health related matters. You will find that virtually all of the web sites are very legitimate ...
Views: 1396 - Do You Like To Keep SOME Papers? - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2023 from Productive Environment Institute with Barbara Hemphill & Andrea AndersonRecently I wrote about 7 ways you could eliminate paper from your workspace, but many people like to keep some papers. When the concept of “paperless” began to surface, I decided that as an organizing and productivity consultant, I certainly should embrace it. Well, I tried! But like many other ...
Views: 414 - Do you love your home office? - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from Elaine QuinnWhen you work from home, there are plenty of excuses to avoid getting down to business. One of the most frequent reasons clients give me for procrastinating about their work is that they just don’t like their home office. Your home office should be a pleasant and comfortable environment that ...
Views: 1203 - Do You Need "Family Office Hours?" - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2023 from Productive Environment Institute with Barbara Hemphill & Andrea AndersonIn a blog entitled "Everything Broken is Clutter" https://youtu.be/qorpCQTKC6c, I mentioned that in a speech when I asked the question "What comes to mind when I say the word 'clutter?'” one participant replied "Relationships!" She was referring to relationships in her life that weren't ...
Views: 418 - Do You Need a Filing Cabinet? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Maya WillisIf you ask most people about their most difficult challenge when organizing their home, you're likely to hear paper mentioned as one of their primary problems. In today's busy world, most people simply have more paper in their homes than they know what to do with. Although many of us dream of ...
Views: 1271 - Do You Need a Professional Organizer? - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2011 from Maya WillisIf you feel as though you never seem to be able to get organized, you might sometimes wonder if you need somebody to give you a bit of help. Professional organizers specialize in helping people take control of their time, belongings and even their lives. If you've ever wondered if a professional ...
Views: 1047 - Do You Need An Automated Timer To Better Organize? Here’s The Easy Time Clock Driver 2.2.28.5 - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2012 from Sammy Ray MondeAlmost all private business use some form of an employee time clock software to manage employee’s log in and log out hours for payroll reasons. However, time clock softwares are not at all limited to private enterprise. It is a software designed to make people’s lives easier by providing them ...
Views: 989 - Do You Need Some "Retail Therapy?" - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Maya WillisIf you're like many people today, you probably possess far more personal possessions than your parents and grandparents did when they were your age. Quick and convenient access to almost anything one needs to buy makes it easy to accumulate a lot of household and personal possessions. To make ...
Views: 1436 - Do You Simply Have Too Much Laundry? - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Maya WillisSometimes when attempting to organize your household you might discover that the problem lies in your family's overall processes, habits and lifestyle. For example, even the most perfectly organized laundry room may not be a match for the fact that your family simply creates too much laundry. ...
Views: 3767 - Do You Suffer From Temporary Organizing Paralysis? - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2010 from Lisa MontanaroAs you start the organizing journey, you may suffer from what I like to call, Temporary Organizing Paralysis. This is when you start organizing, freeze up, stare at all of the stuff and think, "Where do I begin?" "What am I going to do with all of this stuff?" Realize that it will get worse ...
Views: 1563 - Do You Suffer From the “Push Me-Pull You” Syndrome? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Sheryl StantonDo You Remember What a Push Me-Pull You Is? In the movie, Dr. Doolittle, a man who could talk to the animals, was sent a very unique animal, called a Push Me – Pull You. It had two heads and two sets of front legs. When one half wanted to move forward, the other half would have to ...
Views: 10477 - Do Your To Do List - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Elaine QuinnHave you ever said, “I just can’t seem to get my to-do list done!” Do you think if you just got organized enough you could get everything done? Don’t count on it. The average person has so many things on their list that if they did nothing else but work on those things – didn't go to work, ...
Views: 1066 - Does Your Home Office Need a Make-Over? - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2023 from Productive Environment Institute with Barbara Hemphill & Andrea AndersonStart by asking yourself these questions: Are you sick of continuous paper clutter in your home? Do you waste time looking for information you or other family members need? Are you hiding papers at the last minute when you are expecting guests? Is lack of organization putting a ...
Views: 416 - Doing More With Less in 2009 - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from Cynthia Marsh-CrollWith the economic challenges facing business owners it is imperative to do more with less. Doing more with less is achieved through good workflow and time management. One of the biggest challenges facing working woman is achieving the balance between work and home. Unlike the women of earlier ...
Views: 769 - Domestic Packers and Movers - by Submitted on May 28, 2011 from shiv shaktiWe are here to discuss about various kinds of domestic packers and movers, there role in developing the country, limitations, market opportunities. People make not be aware but every thing that comes to us from daily utility to automobiles, involves a proper distribution. There are commercial ...
Views: 1136 - Don't Be Afraid to Ask for Help! - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2022 from Productive Environment Institute with Barbara Hemphill & Andrea AndersonA colleague and I had just left our morning network group and were walking to our cars. As she walked, Ann was digging in her handbag struggling to find the key to her car. “This always happens,” she said, frustration mounting as she continued to dig – ultimately placing the bag on the hood in ...
Views: 460 - Don't Let Tasks Become Projects - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Renee UrsemDo you ever feel that somehow clutter has taken over your home, office, or life? Many of my clients do. At some point they have thrown up their hands and given in: “Why bother? It’s too much work. I don’t have time to be organized.” If you have ever felt this way, begin thinking about how ...
Views: 832 - Don't Overpay For Your Education: Split Your College Years And Save - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2007 from Jeff MictaborFiguring out how to pay for college can put a lot of stress on a family budget. And for those students who can’t rely on financial support from mom and dad, the pressure can be even greater. But by rethinking your college experience and breaking it down into two different ...
Views: 806 - Don't Sweat The Small Stuff - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2008 from Marilyn BohnI was reading in the book "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff…and it's all small stuff" by Richard Carlson, PH.D. I have read the book before but not everything always sticks so I like to go back and reread as a refresher. I set as my goal to read two to three chapters a night. They are so small each ...
Views: 1946 - Don’t Forget to Plan for Travel Time - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2011 from Sue BeckerDo you feel like you’re always running late to appointments and events no matter how hard you try to be on time? Do you frequently lose patience when caught in traffic because you’re rushing to get somewhere? Many of my clients, especially those with ADHD, experience the same frustration. One ...
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