On Joshua Becker, who defines minimalism as “the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of everything that distracts us from it” I have so much admiration for Joshua Becker, a self-described minimalist. In 2008, he, his wife and their 2 children decided to become minimalists and intentionally live with fewer… Continue Reading
Build this room easily in the entrance way of your home to collect coming in and going out clutter. My client sent a photo of our finished work in motion. Here’s an easy to build Mud Room idea for the grand entrance of your busy family home! There’s a cubby and multiple hooks for each… Continue Reading
If you are keeping the stuff of your clutter because you “might need it someday” or some other “what if”, it’s time to shift your attitude towards abundance. When talking to my clients about the clutter they keep, I very often hear reasoning like this: I haven’t used that old bike for years, but I… Continue Reading
When you prune your home or office of clutter, like pruning a tree, light gets in where it didn’t before, air circulates better and new growth appears. For just about all my clients where their clutter has been present for some time, once we begin to clear the clutter, things open up in other areas… Continue Reading
In the following entry contains excerpts from “Harmonious Organizing”, Organize Magazine, K. Cox. March/April 2008 There a lots of ways to say it. but my favorite thesaurus word for Organize is Harmonize. The thing is, if it were easy to make choices about clutter, it wouldn’t be, um… clutter. The word harmony, for me, goes… Continue Reading
Getting Organized. How do you say it? A friend just told me he thought of me when he recently “…spent a couple of weeks catching up on my accounting, decluttering my [space] and in general getting my poop in a group.” I love that! So many ways to say it and its all good in… Continue Reading
Nancy is an Angie’s List Expert, and one of her back to basics articles on getting organized was recently published on AngiesList.com. This is a must read if you are looking to get organized in your household, or anywhere. 3 Steps to Organize Your Home Before a Move. It’s worth a read regardless of whether… Continue Reading
10 Ways to Get a Handle on Your Workload When your workload has you overwhelmed, it will likely take a toll on your personal life, leaving you tired, anxious and left with no time for family and play. Inspired by Michael Hyatt’s article in GettingOrganized Magazine (10 Reasons Why You Aren’t Done Yet, Winter 2012),… Continue Reading
A wonderful poem to inspire you to have everything in its place, ready to serve you. The Patience of Ordinary Things It is a kind of love, is it not? How the cup holds the tea, How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare, How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes Or toes. How soles… Continue Reading
Welcoming my adopted puppy …and how to manage bringing a new life into your home. Whoa! It’s been a while since my last blog entry back in December when I was in Mexico enjoying a short sabbatical. I have a terrific reason. While there, I met a new friend, Sara, who runs SayulitAnimals. If you… Continue Reading