Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia What’s on your summer to do list? Organizing for next year’s summer events by Deb Lee on Aug 20, 2012 Summertime is perfect for catching up on outdoor chores, but having fun is probably what everyone (mostly) thinks about. For those of us in the United States, Labor Day (this year it falls on Sept. 3) gives us an opportunity for one final summer celebration before cooler temperatures are ushered in with the start of fall. Many people try their hand at being a grill master for the day and test out new recipes and grilling techniques . Some take road trips or one last visit to the beach. No matter the activity, by putting things in order at the end of this season, you’ll find everything you need when warmer temperatures arrive next year. Keep similar items together You’ve heard this one before and there’s a reason you hear it so often. Replace needed items immediately Those broken items or the ones that just don’t work the way you would like them to? Remember to replenish your first-aid kits as well. Use checklists to help you remember
GAIA channel on Amazon Seven Strategies for Going Paperless photo by Laure Wayaffe Technology has reduced a remarkable amount of paper clutter in my home. On my computer I keep: my calendar – I love being able to schedule birthdays and anniversaries to repeat every year.my address book – It’s the Address Book program on the MacBook.Photos — I rarely print them.Lists — I save the ones I’ll use again such as long term plans or trip packing lists.Documents – I signed up to receive statements and bills online, and I scanned the papers I wanted to keep long-term.Recipes — I have my personal recipes saved, and then I use resources like AllRecipes.com.Financial records And thanks to the internet, I no longer keep: the phone bookmapscookbooksnewspapers and magazinesnonfiction books with how-to informationreference books such as dictionaries and encyclopedias Update: My, how technology has changed since this article was first published! I still keep cards and notes, drawings, and important documents in their original paper form. What about you?
MoonSign.Today - Your Ultimate Moon Guide! About Welcome to I’m an Organizing Junkie!! My name is Laura or you may prefer to call me the organizing freak. Either way I’ll answer to both and I’m so glad you stopped by. I really am addicted to organizing and some kind of rehab may be in order. I’m a Christian work at home wife and mom living in Alberta, Canada (I moved from BC in 2010). This blog is dedicated to my love of all things to do with organizing! Keep in mind that this isn’t a blog about having a perfect home where everything is perfectly organized all the time. Although if you ever get to the point where you are frolicking and playing with your baskets, we may have gone too far and basket rehab might be a tad bit necessary :) If the freak part making sense now? To assist others in their efforts to become junkies too, I’ve developed a few tools that will assist you on your organizational journey. The Organizing PROCESS: Clutter Rehab: The Organizing Junkie App: This is a great tool to help you with all your lists. My 100th post
How to Unclutter Your Life in One Week – Video Series Part 1 | tasra mar Can you really unclutter your life in one week? Is it possible to get a clutter free life in seven days? I decided to put Erin Rooney Doland’s highly anticipated new book, Unclutter Your Life in One Week , to the test. When I emailed Erin with my idea, she loved it and immediately connected me with her publisher, Simon & Schuster, who generously donated of the book, one for each day in the series. With kudos from Clean Sweep’s Peter Walsh and GTD and organizing guru, David Allen, her book was off to a good start. Episode 1: Uncluttering Your Closet and Drawers Episode 2: Unclutter Your Desk & Office Episode 3: Unclutter Your Mail, Paper & More Episode 4: Unclutter Your Bathroom & Linen Closet Episode 5: Unclutter Your Jewelry & Accessories Episode 6: Unclutter Your Kitchen, Pantry, & Storage Closet Episode 7: Unclutter Your CD/DVD Media Storage This week, I’m releasing one new episode every day and will DAILY give away one free copy of Unclutter Your Life in One Week.
What clutter affects an unclutterer? When I talk about struggles with clutter, I tend to speak in generalities — messy closets, disorganized desks, etc. My assumption is that the specific ways I fight with clutter in my life are different than other folks, and using generalities can make the advice applicable to more people. However, I know there is value in concrete examples, and I believe our Friday Ask Unclutterer column is a great way to explore specific problems readers face. I received an e-mail from a reader recently, though, asking if I would talk about actual problems I face in my daily life. I thought about it for a week and decided I would reveal one area where I completely fail at uncluttering. Erin’s Failure: If something I rely upon breaks, stops working, or fails to do its job any longer, I have a tendency to ignore it instead of dealing with it. Nine years ago, my car died. Now you know where my uncluttering fails.