Working from home certainly has its benefits, but it is not without its fair share of pitfalls. The average person only focuses on work for 11 minutes before being distracted. So how do we combat the never-ending call of household projects, screaming children, visiting neighbors, etc.? There is no way to avoid all of the…
I stumbled upon todays Friday Favorite while creating my daughter’s birthday present. Every year I give each of my children a digital photo album of the previous year as a birthday gift. I’ve been using Shutterfly.com for years, mostly because they were one of the first companies that had the elements I was looking for…
There’s no better gift for mom than giving her the gift of organization. Does she complain about the stuffed closets that desperately need to be purged, or the guest bedroom that doesn’t have room for a guest because the bed is hiding under piles of stuff? What a pleasure it would be to finally have…
Spring is here and it’s time to let the sun shine in after a long winter. Open blinds, windows and doors to freshen up your home with spring air–it will energize you to start spring cleaning. Here are five quick tips to movtivate you: Clean one room at a time. Doing odds and ends in…
Guest Post by Paul Kaufmann of Shred Spot: Tax time is over, but now you’re wondering what to do with all of those old files, receipts and other sensitive documents. They take up needed space but throwing them out is not a good option. We’ve all heard the stories of theives rummaging through garbage…
The process of organizing requires you to always be putting like things together. But what happens when you have an array of miscellaneous items that need to be organized and somehow contained? Well here are before and after photos of a kitchen cabinet that was a catch-all for everything that didn’t have a place….
Have you started any spring cleaning projects? Do you have a pile of donate-able goods waiting to go out? If you live in or around the Park Ridge, area, you can bring quality donation items to the address below to help a family in need. Here are the details: Each room in the house will…
Today is earth day, so in lieu of a Friday Favorite, let’s honor mother earth and remember a few ways we can do our part to help the environment. Here are some ideas for what you can do: Weed out: the first step in getting organized is to weed out and lighten the load. Not…
Today is the official tax deadline day. It’s also “National Organize your Files Week”, isn’t that a coincidence? What a great time to finally put all of your 2010 documents in their almost final resting place, or at least their resting place for the next 4-7 years. Clear out your file drawer of any 2010…
Here’s another product I found last week at the conference for the National Association of Professional Organizers that I think is great. “Viewables” Color Labeling System. This “Viewable” file labeling system by Smead really stands up to its name because you can read them from the front, top or back! They are great in a…