Do you have a shoebox overflowing with receipts? Are random receipts falling out of every drawer you open? Today’s Website Wednesday may offer you some receipt relief. Lemon.com offers you a personal @lemon.com email account to send any online receipts to. If you also have a smartphone, there’s a mobile app that allows you to…
January is the best time of year to revamp your filing system. It’s a new year, so you can start fresh and feel organized by paying some attention to those all-too-forgotten files. Any files that you create yearly will need to be re-created. For example, I create monthly files each year. Rather than having individual…
There’s a very interesting production making it’s Chicagoland debut tomorrow called “Clutter: The True Story of The Collyer Brothers Who Never Threw Anything Out”. It’s a play based on the true story of the brothers who were wealthy, eccentric hoarders in the 1920’s–long before the hoarding phenomenon. Because of their hoarding, the two brothers became…
January is a great time to clear through your filing system. With the start of a new year, there’s often files that need to be re-created and files from past years that can be put into storage. We suggest that you go through and clean out your files 1-2 times per year, so the time…
If you made any New Year’s resolutions for 2012, you better have a plan in place for how you are going to achieve them. You can’t just say, “I’m going to get organized this year” and leave it at that. You have to take steps to move in that direction on a regular basis throughout…
Cease the moment! Today is National Clean Off Your Desk Day. It’s the perfect opportunity to carve out some time to clear the clutter off of your desk. Here are some steps to get you started: Start with the papers right at your fingertips. It’s always best to start organizing with your most current papers….
Do your kids (or even grownups) throw their coats and/or backpacks on the floor or a chair when in a rush as opposed to taking the time to put them on a hanger? Here’s a solution—get some S hooks. Make sure they are the right size to fit on the closet rod and hang…
Here’s a great idea to keep all of your power cords organized. Gather your old bread tabs and repurpose them down on your power strip!
The beginning of a new year is a great time to make a fresh start. What can you do to make 2012 your most organized yet? Here are a few tips to start the year off right… Set goals and write them down. You are 10 times more likely to make a change by physically…
As the year ends, it’s time to be thinking about wrapping up the years’ financial documents. A website that can help you get the best deduction for your donated household items is its deductible.com. You simply plug in the items that you’ve donated, add the condition, new, good, etc…and the maximum deduction for that particular…