Summer is a good time to slow down and really think about how you can simplify your life. I took out a book by Elaine St. James, “Inner Simplicity” to read about ways to regain peace in my life. Her books are easy to read and get me thinking about how complicated our world has [...]
Last week was one of those weeks where my plans were thrown out the window and I had to deal with some minor and not so minor emergencies. First my dishwasher went out on Tuesday morning. The water inlet valve broke so there was water in the bottom of the dishwasher. I shut off the [...]
I was thinking about mindfulness and how it can apply to home organization. So I decided to look up the meaning to see if was a good word choice. There are several definitions depending on if it is used in reference to Buddhism or psychology. The more general meaning of mindfulness is paying attention to [...]
About a month ago I suggested making a Gardening Master List of all the things you would like to do to improve you yard. I took a paper and pen and walked around my whole house. I separated the areas into seven different zones. I can then look at each zone to see what can [...]
Sometimes there are so many things going on at one time you feel like you’re in the middle of a three ring circus. You go from focusing on one thing to another and then back again so you don’t miss out on anything. After awhile it all becomes a blur. That is how I have [...]
I want to let you know that I am changing the “Organize By The Month Newsletter”. Instead of sending it on the first and fifteenth of each month I will be sending it only once a month starting with the July issue. The newsletter will be sent to your inbox towards the last week of [...]
Father’s Day is this coming Sunday and what to give is the big question. If you don’t know what to give on Mother’s Day you can always give flowers. They last about a week and leave very little clutter to deal with. Father’s Day gifts are a whole different matter. The standard tie or shirt [...]
Although June is not a month we typically think of as a time to declutter paper but if you have school age children you may think otherwise. As children clean out their desks and lockers a barrage of papers, notebooks, and other school supplies invade our homes. So what do we do with all these [...]
I’m back from my trip to Los Angeles. The trip went well and the planning ahead helped a lot. We had MapQuest all our events and only made a couple of wrong turns that we quickly corrected. I had a folder with all the information and took that in the car each time. I didn’t [...]