Planet Tip – Create Less Trash It has been measured that each year Americans produce 4.6 pounds of garbage per person every day. Let’s take a simple step to help sustain the planet by creating less Trash! Here’s a few easy ways to cut back on your weekly waste, sourced from Real Simple Magazine: Banish… Continue Reading
For harmony and free flowing positive energy in your space, start with eliminating the clutter! “Qi” is a central concept of Feng Shui (also written Chi or Ch’i, pronounced “key). It is best defined as “life energy,” “life breath,” or “active energy that flows through all things”. Everything is constantly in motion, everything has its own… Continue Reading
Follow 3 simple steps to lead well-organized meetings that are effective and successful. There can be clutter and disorganization in your closets, on your desk and in your file cabinets. There can also be clutter in your head, with to do lists and action items, and even in conversations. “Conversation clutter” is especially a time-waster when it… Continue Reading
Each piece of incoming paper fits into one of a short list of categories, identified by the acronym RAFTeD. Setup a system based on this and get control over the incoming! It’s madness, what comes into your space every day; mail, paper, receipts, business cards, flyers, schoolwork, magazines and more. Yet, it’s really very simple. Look… Continue Reading
From the dictionary: clutter – 1556, var. of clotern “to form clots, to heap on”. From the Middle English word “clotter” which means to coagulate. Whether it’s the toxic stuff cluttering your space or the toxic stuff you put in your body, clutter, inside and out, may be “coagulating” both you and your space. Time for… Continue Reading
Most of us are familiar with the concept of donating our possessions to a donation center. Often, however, I still see bags of clothing and such that end up sitting stagnant in a corner as clutter. Make it easy to get these items out of your space and into a new space by findng a… Continue Reading
These basic truths about kitchens will help you put yours in an order that serves you. Where every item you want is in the right place, appropriately accessible and waiting to serve you. The way to start is to understand the core activities performed in the kitchen and then “zone” your space accordingly. The typical… Continue Reading
You often hear the story about the young guy who gets famous with some techno business idea and you may think, darn I wish it were me. This story is so super fine and cool, you won’t be green with envy, but it is green! Terracycle was founded in 2001 by a 19 year old… Continue Reading
It’s nice to have a printed list of the upcoming holidays but even better to have them all posted in your calendar with reminders. So you won’t forget to pick up those roses for Valentine’s Day or to phone home for Mother’s Day. Not to mention knowing when it’s a full moon so you have an excuse… Continue Reading
In the world of getting organized, “containers” are anything from a hook on the back of a door to a bin or box or even an entire shelf system or custom closet installation. As ever, The Container Store is having their annual elfa sale. elfa is a modular shelving and drawer system that can be… Continue Reading