With all the extreme weather all over the news, it’s important to consider your own possible emergency situation. Heavy snow and cold weather can make getting stuck or stranded a reality. Consider keeping an emergency preparedness kit in your car. Here are some suggestions for items to consider including: Phone Charger: Always keep a phone…
Do you reach for a pair of pants and end up pulling down several because they slip off the hanger? Here’s a quick and easy solution: stick felt glides on the pant rod. Felt glides are the things you put under vases and other object to keep them from scratching a surface. Another easy solution…
Do you constantly save documents and files onto your computer without ever taking the time to clear out and organize what you don’t need? Our computers come with tons of digital storage, so why do we need to take the time to organize them? The answer is simple, if you keep too much, you can’t…
Here’s an innovative new way to have an exceptionally organized and high tech closet! The 360 Organizer by Lazy Lee is available from Closet Works. It works similarly to the Lazy Susan corner in a kitchen. This innovative design uses a mechanism to allow for 360 degrees of manual rotation so you can maximize that corner space and have…
Do you bury your head in the sand when it comes to tasks you just don’t like doing? The stress and worry of a looming project can be more miserable than the project itself. Here are a few suggestions for dealing with the drudgery: Just Get Started: Agreeing to spend 15-30 minutes on it will immediately…
If you spend too much time typing things into your computer, here’s something that will boost your productivity. Text expanding applications allow you to type a few keys and a longer string of characters, words or sentences will appear. They are huge time savers for repetitive tasks. Spending a little time up front to create…
Think outside the box when it comes to making use of contact lens containers. They are always thought of just for contact lenses, but they are great little personal size containers for other things. They can be used for a two night pill dispenser, and they’re terrific for that small amount of cream that you…
There’s nothing like a cozy fire on a cold winter night, but getting to that cozy fire can require the effort of making sure firewood is dry, available and accessible. The amount of wood you store depends on the frequency of fires you make, in addition to the amount of storage space you have. I…
So we are sitting here in the Chaos To Order office looking at our own files…we are the organizers and they are supposed to be organized right? I look over at the file that our terrific office manager Karen is fixing. She happens to be the organizer of our team of organizers. To my chagrin,…
Today is National Clean Off Your Desk Day. It’s a perfect opportunity for you to take a little slice of your day and move your focus to the top of your desk. You may think that the piles on your desk are no big deal and you “know where everything is”, but the truth is,…