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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How long do i need to keep this? - a guide to receipts, statements and financial clutter at home
- In most homes, paper causes clutter. And it seems to mysteriously multiply by itself. But just how long do you need to keep all those receipts, bank and credit card statements and other financial papers? Below is a handy reference that you can use for dealing with your home paper trail.Toss after One MonthATM and bank deposit/withdrawal slips·keep in ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The 4-keys to clutter free living - design a space that nurtures your soul
- Decluttering is a simple-to-learn process, once you break it down into manageable steps. Tackling too much at once, or underestimating the time and effort it will take to "get organized", can lead to frustration and a "throw in the towel" stance that will further add to your clutter and your anxiety.By following the 4 simple steps of the SHOO Away Clutter method, you wil...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Daily systems keep you organized
- Ever wonder how they do it? How a short-order cook prepares tasty meals in a hectic, rush-rush environment, and does it all with a smile? The answer is simple: A system. The next time you are in a little diner for lunch purposefully sit in a place where you can see the short-order cook preparing the food. It is like poetry in motion.What you will see is a system where food orders are delive...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Balance- what does it really mean?
- Balance- what a popular topic these days! Finding a work-life balance, being balanced in body, mind and soul, eating a balanced meal, balancing work, play and learning. But what does it really mean? When I ask my clients what balance means to them, most have no idea initially, and find it a good exercise to reflect on. For some it means spending more time with family and/or fun and less time on wo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Organizing - time is of the essence!
- What does "time" have to do with getting organized? Everything! Our society today keeps us running and constantly inhaling, seemingly never allowing us to stop and "exhale"!De-cluttering our workspaces, whether it is our office, our kitchen, or our garage, enables us to be more productive in our daily lives. Once we organize our physical environment, our minds naturally ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Three effortless ways to win the paperwork battle
- Buried under mountains of paperwork from your company? Do the projects seem to never end? Imagine how good you would feel if every day you could start with a clean and organized desk? Well dream no further! By following the three powerful tips listed below, your dreams will become reality!Setting up your system: Start by ordering two 8 ½ x 11 "flat desk files". ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The natural law of attrition
- I'm cheap and proud of it.I use and re-use things carefully. It pains me in particular to waste food. The Buddhist/Catholic in me wants to find a way to airlift leftover rice and veggies to the Sudan.I'm one of those obnoxious houseguests who will walk up behind you while you're washing your dishes in your own damn sink and turn off the faucet.Unfortunately cheap is a great wo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spring clean your life
- Spring is here and its time to sweep away the wintertime blues.Have you been hibernating this winter? Well you’re not the only one. After the mad rush of Christmas and New Year are over, many people (myself included) feel winter forcing us in our house only to leave when necessary. You begin to feel down, gloomy, and lose energy, to name but a few. It's too cold to do anything and if ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Calendars and personality type
- I recently conducted a survey to look at the relationship between an individual's personality type and his or her organizing and time management style, and noticed that the majority of participants said they have a calendar system that works for them. As there are so many time management systems available, both paper-based and electronic, I thought it would be interesting to find out which calenda...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spruce your environment, spruce your spirit
- After a long winter, this is the time of year to spruce up your environment with a good Spring Cleaning. It's amazing what doing this can do for one's state of mind.Not only does a good spring cleaning seem to lift our spirits, it has actually been proven to preserve our home and office environment. Additionally, people tend to be more productive after a good cleaning.Although the in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Declutter for sucess
- Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely..." --Ralph Waldo EmersonOne of the fastest ways to increase the success of your homebased business is to do a thorough house cleaning. Sounds silly? It works. By clearing out the physi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Feeling overwhelmed and unorganized? - how to use index cards to organize your life
- Feeling Overwhelmed and Unorganized? - How to Use Index Cards to Organize Your LifeAre you still looking for the perfect organizing tool? Is your Filofax too bulky and heavy to fit in your purse and carry with you? Tried a Palm or other Handheld and found it awkward to use when you're on the run?Ta Da!! - Try simple 3x5 index cards, you know the litle ones you use for kitchen recipes...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Success at work : techniques : a cluttered desk
- I followed my boss to a co-worker's cubicle where my boss requested a certain document from the co-worker. The actual surface of the co-workers desk was not visible because it was covered with a cluttered pile of papers, catalogs, booklets, and other paraphernalia. I was prepared to see my co-worker embarass himself by not being able to locate the requested document in that messy pile.Some ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spring makeovers: organizing tips for the home and a virtual makeover for you
- Winter is starting to retreat, and hints of Spring are everywhere. Time to clear away the clutter and get you and your house in order. The benefits of a clean and organized home will translate into a calm, collected state psychologically. Although I'm not a Feng Shui expert, I do believe in the flow of energy within a home. When energy is blocked in a room, you don't want to spend time there. At t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Addiction to clutter
- Clutter is a big problem for many people. At a lecture that I gave, I asked for a show of hands regarding how many people had problems with clutter and disorganization. I was surprised to find that at least half the people raised their hands.One of my clients told me that she was trying to help her sister get back on her feet after her sister had been laid up with an illness and lost her jo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Everything fits together perfectly!
- Here's a little lesson I experienced while packing boxes for my move to Victoria, BC.I decided to pack my own belongings so that I would have more money to set up my apartment once I'd moved. I wanted to use good, sturdy boxes and attracted the information that there was a box manufacturing company right in Saskatoon. What a delight to sort through, then pack my belongings in brand-new, hea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Digging out of paper clutter - part 2
- We previously noted that papers must be sorted before they can be properly filed. Continuing from our last article, your sort has left you with two piles - 'to file' and 'to throw away/recycle.' You've tossed the garbage/recycling, so now you have a stack of papers to file. Let's finish the sort, and create a basic filing system. Keep in mind three things:A filing system has one main purpos...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Digging out of paper clutter - part 1
- Digging out from under stacks of paper might seem like a daunting and insurmountable task. Let's face it, paper can be intimidating and overwhelming. It comes relentlessly and without warning, and it never stops coming - bills, insurance policies, faxes, to-do lists, invoices, tax information, user manuals, receipts, itineraries...Add in the magazines, brochures, drafts, booklets, letters, drafts,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Thinking outside the box
- Much of my time as a Professional Organizer is spent helping people to put things into containers and boxes. But, success in this business requires as much thinking "outside the box" as it does about putting things into containers. I was reminded of this recently, while consulting with clients who own a large, well-appointed suburban home. Two of the issues that the clients presented wer...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making space - letting go of clutter
- To make room for new things to come into you life, you have to create space for such things. If your environment or life is packed with things you no longer need or that no longer serve you, then you are holding yourself back. There's no room for new opportunities, new relationships or new ideas to enter. Yesterday I had a conversation with a client about this very topic. I congratulated the clien...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - After the clutter: 5 steps to a new daily routine
- I've noticed that in the two years since the major de-cluttering of my apartment, clutter has been creeping back in.So what DO you do after you've cleared the clutter? If your day-to-day routines are continuing to create clutter, then you'll always be one step behind it.5 Steps to a New Daily Routine1. Identify the problem. Think of things that tend to "sneak up" on ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Declutter your home in 11 easy steps
- Feeling overwhelmed at the thought of organizing your home? Start on a smaller scale instead and it will be a whole lot easier.For example, instead of starting with the entire house, commit to starting with one room.Follow these 11 steps, and you're well on your way to an organized home:1. PICK A ROOM -- ANY ROOM. Decide on what room to start on. Write it at the top of an 8 1/...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Control your childrens clutter!!
- Ever feel overwhelmed by all the papers, notices, artwork, and other items your kids bring home from school? Don't be a pack rat!! We'll show you how to "Trap the R-A-T" (RETAIN, ACT, THROW)1. School flyers: Nearly every day, your child brings home flyers announcing some school activity, bake sale, field trip, or other such notices. Unfortunately, these notices tend to pile up unl...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Clutters side effects: how the state of your home affects your life
- Each area of your home has a symbolic meaning with which you resonate on a subconscious level. Clutter and untidiness within each of these areas causes constriction and inertia in the corresponding aspects of your life.CLUTTER IN THE KITCHENThe kitchen has been called the "heart of the home," and with good reason. Here we are nourished and provided for, even if we are dining on a fro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Clutter is natural
- Nature loves clutter. Just think of all the stuff that drops from trees, washes in on the tide, or is blown by the wind into your backyard. Birds molt, animals shed, snakes slither out of their skin, and they all just leave it lying there to rot into the earth. Follow any two-year-old around for a day and you'll see that we're not much better.Living in clutter does not mean that you are a s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Clutter & creativity
- Take a look around you right now. Look away from the computer screen and scan around you ? the surface of your desk or table, now scan farther to look at the rest of the room. Close your eyes and imagine the rooms you can't see from here; particularly the space where you most often work on your creative projects. Take a deep breath and really take in the image. What's the impact?If you're l...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time for a clean out
- Time has flown. It's been six months since you came back from your relaxing holiday over Xmas and New Year.Remember when you charged into the office that first day, all primed to make the new year the best ever. You made a New Year's Resolution that you would definitely get organised to start the coming year with a bang! So what did you do? You cleaned out all the clutter that had accumulat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 1-2-3 sort
- Article excerpted from the new book, "How to Do Space Age Work with a Stone Age Brain" by Eve Abbott1 - 2 - 3-SORT!Every time you start to clean up your office so you can work better instead of harder-that big backlog of information is just too overwhelming. Sorting can actually put you into a better working space in very short time!The good news is you don't have to do it all...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to organize your paperwork
- Many people have a huge challenge coping with the incoming paperwork. (Whatever happened to the paperless office?).Paperwork lands on your desk and somehow finds its way into your in-tray. Eventually the in-tray becomes so high it explodes and ends up all over your desktop. That's because you avoided taking action on those messy pieces of paper the moment they arrived. Now you have no optio...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Organization tips - how to set up your database
- What's in a Name?Everything.What do you do with all the contacts you make in your organisation? Do you:Collect business cards and throw them in the bottom of your desk drawer hoping one day one of these people will ring and do business with you? Have any system for keeping information on your clients and prospects? Do you enter all their details into your database so that you ...
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