Organizing Blog

Enjoy the engagement period. Often people are rushing to plan the wedding that they forget to stop and enjoy this special time. The first thing you need to do is decide on how much money you can spend on the entire wedding, reception and the honeymoon. Second, look at all the money you could spend and elope. You can still have the reception and honeymoon without all the stress of the wedding.

You are overwhelmed. Of course you are – you are a new mom. You have completely new roles and responsibilities. You’ve taken on arguably the most challenging and important task in your entire life – ensuring that your child grows strong physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. As if that weren’t stress enough, now add to it the less important, but still highly significant, task of keeping all of your baby’s stuff organized.

Weight loss and getting organized are two of the most popular New Year's resolutions. This year I am going to combine them into Kitchen Organization so that you can be working on both goals! Your kitchen is like any other room in your house. It has a purpose – to...

Here we are at the first of December and the holidays are almost here. Hanukkah begins on the 11th and Christmas on the 25th. Tips To Help You Make It Through The Season First set your budget before you get started. How much can you afford to spend? If you're looking...

"The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials." - Lin Yutang Most of us know that the "Green" movement is all about reducing, reusing, recycling and repurposing. In short, it's simplifying what you have. Its about finding your stuff so you are not...

Some of us use our cars as an "office on wheels" and some of us use them to simply haul our kids from one place to the next. Thinking of getting an upgrade for your car? Or just want a change but don't want to change your unique number plate? Do not worry as you can...

Most of us love to travel but the process of preparing for a trip often raises unnecessary stress. When you get organized to travel, packing the right items is a no-brainer and the effort you put into planning will pay off when you are on the vacation or business...

What if the one spouse who takes care of all the family's vital records was suddenly gone? What if a tornado, flood, earthquake, or some other natural disaster destroyed your home? Where are your financial documents? Where's the will? With whom do you have life...

Expired medicine or food.Anything from a fast food restaurant - kid's meal toys, condiment packets, plastic utensils and napkins.Clothes that don't fit now and by the time they do they will be so out of style you would never wear them again. (Donate to charity if they...

Consider re-painting the inside of your closet. Light colors reflect the interior light better than dark colors. Or if you really like a dark colored wall consider light colored shelving.If you don't have good overhead lighting in your closet now - think about adding...

Some of my clients think that getting organized is going to decrease their ability to be creative. They think that the disorganization allows them to express themselves. Being creative has nothing to do with disorganization. In fact, the more organized you are, the...