We recently marked “National Pay Your Bills Week”. In that vein, we thought it was a good time to take a moment and evaluate how you pay bills and if it’s the most efficient and effective system. With technology, banking, and money management apps all around, how do you choose what the best method is…
Giving your desk a good once-over during spring cleaning season is a must. Many opt to overlook it because there are papers and piles, so it can seem to be too daunting of a task. Here’s a quick-fix to get your desk tidied up for spring. Focus: You can get easily sidetracked into other…
Once you’ve signed off on your tax returns, there are some tweaks you should make to your filing system to keep things current: It’s important to keep your most current tax return in your file system for easy access in case you need it for anything. You should still have your 2015 return handy, so…
Along with all the planning ahead that the new year brings, it also requires the buttoning up of last year’s finances and taxes. If you were organized, getting all documentation together for tax purposes shouldn’t be a problem. If, however, you had a little chaos happening, gathering your tax documents might be a big chore….
Keeping up with all the papers children bring home from school can be a full time job. Having a good system to manage homework, artwork and school correspondence is crucial to keeping your child (and yourself) organized during the busy school year. I keep a file for each of my children with a label for…
Today, in honor of Tax day, Staples is offering free document shredding up to 5 lbs. Its a great way to get old documents safely out of the way to make room for more current papers. Remember, when archiving, labeling and dating those boxes is very important, but it’s also important to make sure they…
Today is National Clean Off Your Desk Day, the perfect day to carve out time to bring the chaos to order at your desk. I hope you cannot relate to the messy desk image, but this can happen if you don’t periodically take the time to do a sweeping clean-out. You may think that the…
Have you been putting off that spring cleaning project? Summer will soon be here, the kids will be out of school and chaos will ensue. Get your space organized so you can enjoy the summer without that nagging project weighing on you. Now, for a limited time, you can get a one-on-one appointment with a professional…
This week is National Organize Your Files Week. So how do your files stack up? Are they getting crushed in the file drawer when you try to close it? Are they so stuffed that you can’t add another piece of paper? If so, this is the week to carve out some time to look through…
I’m so excited to be appearing again on the Steve Harvey Show! Tune in today, to watch us organize a cluttered husband who’s wife is at her wits end. Here’s a preview video of the episode: [youtube id=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd8twqKJWIs] I also shared a few tips for keeping papers organized with the show. Here is the…