We all want to be perfect. We are told from a young age that “practice makes perfect”. So we grow up believing that if we try hard enough and practice enough times we should be successful in what we set out to do. Well, reality sets in that we are not perfect. No matter how [...]
Have you ever cleaned up your home for company and then promised yourself you will keep it that way…always? Then daily life gets in the way and before you know it the house is a mess with clutter again. You beat yourself up for not keeping your promise. You tell yourself you are a failure. [...]
Last night I was reading the book “The One Minute Sales Person” by Spencer Johnson. It talks about the best way to sell anything (products, ideas, services) is to help the person/customer get what they want from the product, idea, or service. So what does this have to do with decluttering and organizing? Actually plenty [...]
I have found over the years that if I plan out a project on paper I have a much higher success rate in completing it. To make it easy for myself I would design a worksheet and make copies of it for each new project. Over the years I have designed more specific worksheets for [...]
Yesterday was the official Earth Day. Because it was during the week many celebrations are taking place this weekend. I’m fortunate that my city (a suburb of St. Louis) has a large event that includes recycling of electronics, athletic shoes, and even shredding of paper documents. There also is a large event taking place for [...]
In the work environment most bosses have some kind of assistant or secretary. Today is the official day that they are suppose to recognize how much that person helps the boss. If you are the boss and have someone assisting you then let them know how much you appreciate their help. But if you are [...]
How do you look at your “things”? Are they valuable to you? Are they clutter to you? Do you wonder where all those “things” came from? Most of the time clutter accumulates without us paying much attention to it. Then one day we look around and feel overwhelmed. Our “things” have taken over our homes! [...]
Day after day you have good intentions on getting organized and clearing out the clutter. But by the end of the week do you wonder why nothing was done? Do you even remember what you did each day? If not it could be because you are on autopilot. Autopilot may work great for airplanes but [...]
Sometimes all it takes is a simple tool to help keep an area organized. Unfortunately it is hard to know if the sales/marketers claims are true or a bunch of baloney. I’m sure you have bought items that claimed to help you become organized and decluttered. I know I have! But many of those items [...]
I find it interesting that when I am cleaning the house to have company over I notice things that are in my “blind spots” the rest of the time. For example, I have white baseboards which of course have the tendency to show dirt. Most of the time I don’t even notice the slight darker [...]