Archive for the ‘Clutter Control’ Category
What A Waste?
In: Clutter Control
12 Dec 2011That’s an image of a Starbucks coupon entitling me to a free drink. You will see that it expired yesterday. Here I am at Starbucks today, writing this blog and paying full price for my coffee. What a waste. Or is it? One of the reasons I became a professional organizer is that I hate [...]
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- Tags: blogs, coupon, Starbucks, waste
The Right Sort
In: Clutter Control
31 Oct 2011When speaking of people, “the right sort” tends to have a very nasty usage, but when speaking of excess stuff, “the right sort” is the best way to get some really good organizing started. Typically, when one resolves to organize a cluttered basement or home office, there is a tendency to throw out not enough [...]
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- Tags: clothes, home office, paper, purging, sorting
Distraction Gear
In: Clutter Control
29 Oct 2011I don’t know when the modern tradition of bringing out championship caps and shirts during the celebration of sports victories began, but as an organizer I really hate it. Before I start my rant—er, blog, I want to congratulate the St. Louis Cardinals on winning a very exciting World Series. I read online this morning [...]
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- Tags: baseball, distraction, excess, junk
Categories For A Power Sorting
In: Clutter Control
4 Jul 2011My wonderful clients know I have one simple rule at the Decision Table: “Nothing stays on the table.” When sorting a large quantity of stuff, it is important to recognize that EVERYTHING has a category and, therefore, a plan forward. Some categories, like “toss” and “donate” are obvious, but to keep the momentum going, you [...]
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- Tags: categories, keepsakes, to-do
Sort Out, Store In
In: Clutter Control
20 Jun 2011To get organized and stay organized, here is a simple rule of thumb: sort out, store in. Here are some examples. Instead of trying to free up some space INSIDE your file cabinet, get the files OUT and sort them on a clear open surface. This way is much easier to see whether you have [...]
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.
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- What’s Making Your Tasks So Difficult
- What A Waste?
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- Making Multi-purpose Work
- “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat!”
- The Right Sort
- Lisa Corrado: Matt, you are so right when you say many of what we consider tasks are actually projects. And I real [...]
- Steven: Tasks are simple. If you try to finish the tasks then think that you have completed the project. You [...]
- Elaine Hoffmann: I want to thank you and your amazing team for the great work you have done organizing my basement,at [...]
- Linda Kuppersmith: What a brilliant concept. As a business owner that wears several hats (Sales, marketing, accounting [...]
- Matt: Karen, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to your inquiry. I have used several different smart [...]