Archive for 2010
Files In A Bind
In: Paper Management
8 Mar 2010If your shelves are overrun with binders and they’re busting at the seams it may be time to rethink your use of binders. Binders have their place, but like so many things, they will serve you better if used within limits. Here’s how:
1. Reserve For Reference.
Binders make sense for items you may actually [...]
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- Tags: binders, paper, reference
Want to make your home more inviting? The dining table is usually a great place to start. If it’s piled with mail, schoolwork, and crafts then it’s not very welcoming. To keep your table clear and inviting, it helps to think of it as a runway at the FedEx “Super Hub” at Memphis International Airport.
The [...]
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- Tags: circulation, dining table, FedEx, mail, processing
Make Organizing Toys As Simple As Child’s Play
In: Clutter Control
22 Feb 2010Toys can be one of the hardest things to organize and I think this comes down to three things:
1. We are hung up by convention
2. We expect the same from kids as we do from ourselves and
3. We keep toys too long.
What follows are three toy organizing systems I don’t like, followed by three systems I do like.
Don’t [...]
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- Tags: baskets, dedicated zones, purging, toys
Decluttering Books
In: Clutter Control
17 Feb 2010Jerry Seinfeld once did a routine about keeping a personal library so you can show off and say “look at all I know!” (Sorry, couldn’t find it on YouTube.) My lovely wife is not amused by this and warns me to keep my decluttering paws away from her bookcases. So I do. If you, however, [...]
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- Tags: books, donation, half.com, library
Five Organizing Lessons From Making A Snowball
In: Clutter Control
10 Feb 2010Well the snow’s finally here in a big way and with it a blank canvas of possibilities and limitations. I could wax poetic about the many ways this blank canvas relates to organizing, but for this post I’m just going to focus on how the lessons of making a successful snowball relate to the practice [...]
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- Tags: decisions, organizing, snowball
About Matt Baier Organizing
Professional Organizer Matt Baier and his team declutter and organize homes and offices in Stamford, New Canaan, Greenwich, Westport, Darien, Norwalk, Fairfield, Westchester County, and New York City.
Topics
- Clutter Control (26)
- Floor Planning (4)
- Paper Management (11)
- Systems (33)
- Closet (10)
- Time Management (11)
- Files In A Bind
- What Your Dining Table Has In Common With a Runway In Memphis
- Make Organizing Toys As Simple As Child’s Play
- Decluttering Books
- Five Organizing Lessons From Making A Snowball
- How To Break The Logjam With One Magic Question
- Bedroom Organizing
- Receipt Deceipt
- Car-ganizing
- Don’t Apha-bet On It!
- Dorothy Shindler: I love reading what you write, Matt! [...]
- Matt: Awesome! Thanks for the tip Trevor. [...]
- Trevor: The Greenwich Book Swap is open Friday, Saturday & Monday mornings at the Greenwich Transfer Sta [...]
- Maria Parker: Is New Rochelle, NY within your cachment area? If so, I'd like an appointment for organizing persona [...]
- Rodney: Hi there! Thank you for the insight. This sure is a great help. You had made an outrageous impact t [...]