SPECIAL !!! Lovely organizing opportunity…
Posted by Joanna on Jun 24, 2008
This is an unexpected opportunity … Just arrived!
Want some really fine help with your home office???
Go to this link http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/spaday/
to discover the very sweet offer from Jennifer Hofman.
She’s a gem in my opinion and I highly recommend her tele class!
It even comes with a guarantee.
If you can– try it out!
DON’T BUY Containers - Yet!
Posted by Joanna on Mar 13, 2008
Working with a new client the other day I was reminded of how
tempting it is to think that buying organizing STUFF will solve the
problem. Catalogs show beautiful,serene spaces trying to convince
you that all you need is to buy a new SOMETHING.
My strong recommendation is DON’T!!! Don’t buy new shelving , new
containers nor another file cabinet. Not yet.
First - find out what you really need and want in your space. There
may be a lot of things you almost never use. Say it’s a bunch of
bowls that you want to keep for the future when you have more
time for company… Rather than purchasing a new cupboard and
filling up your daily living space … put the extra items put in
a clearly marked space in the attic or basement or even in the
back of a closet.
If you want less clutter, the first thing to do is consider
what you want to see(admire) or use everyday …
Once you KNOW for sure what you really need and want in your
active( most lived in spaces), then it MAY be time to buy a
container.
So FIRST - declutter!
What’s in here? Use LABELS!
Posted by Joanna on Oct 13, 2007
You are looking for that gift you’ve been planning as a Sweet 16 present.
Maybe it’s up in the closet. You look at that box on the closet shelf. You
can feel your forehead tighten.
The wheels start turning … what’s in THAT box? Let’s see, well it was
probably two summers ago when you put it up there… hmmm. Tick tick tick
whrrrrrr buzzzzzzzz. Hmm- well maybe the present is in the other closet! This
box isn’t the right size - but what’s in it? No time to take it down now…
supper has to be on the table in minutes and then there’s the Committee Meeting.
As you drive to the meeting you find yourself thinking about that box. As you
head to bed you feel your stomach clench as you think about that present - maybe
it IS in the box on the shelf. Grrrrr. Tomorrow you will take the time to
pull out the step ladder and get down the box AND see!
How could you save yourself all this? LABELS!!! A plain old black marker
can save you so much unconcious and concious time. When you stash anything in a box-
LABEL it! Write BIG and where you will see it — perhaps several places top/side.
If it is a present and you don’t want the world to know what’s in the box - mark
it in some way that YOU will understand instantly.
That’s the whole thing. Life is too busy and there’s too much of value to do to
take a bunch of energy (and time) trying to figure out what’s in a box!
LABEL IT!
You know that one box is not a major issue but the fact is that they multiply-especially if they DON’T
have labels! And the time you spend trying to figure out what’s in a box could easily be used
to do something that really matters to you!
REMEMBER - This October- try labels!!!
