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	<description>Your key to unlocking clutter.</description>
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		<title>Files In A Bind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/03/files-in-a-bind/</link>
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		<title>What Your Dining Table Has In Common With a Runway In Memphis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/03/what-your-dining-table-has-in-common-with-a-runway-in-memphis/</link>
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		<title>Make Organizing Toys As Simple As Child&#8217;s Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toys 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/02/make-organizing-toys-as-simple-as-childs-play/</link>
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		<title>Decluttering Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jerry 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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/02/decluttering-books/</link>
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		<title>Five Organizing Lessons From Making A Snowball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well the snow&#8217;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&#8217;m just going to focus on how the lessons of making a successful snowball relate to the practice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/02/five-organizing-lessons-from-making-a-snowball/</link>
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		<title>How To Break The Logjam With One Magic Question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve got a lot of clutter to organize, it can be overwhelming and it can be hard to know where to begin.  Perhaps you have found yourself here in the past and have found the challenges complicated, but the answer lies in very simple question.
Getting organized always begins with a basic sorting of like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/02/how-to-break-the-logjam-with-one-magic-question/</link>
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		<title>Bedroom Organizing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You work hard so you deserve to have a peaceful sanctuary to retreat to every night.  The right paint, drapes, and other décor can put you in a relaxing frame of mind, but first be sure you have a plan for quieting the clutter.
Relaxation Dedication.
We spend a third of our lives asleep, so it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/02/bedroom-organizing/</link>
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		<title>Receipt Deceipt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most insidious pieces of paper that regularly litters my clients’ homes is the receipt. Alone it may look small and harmless, but it can be powerful in its importance or unimportance.  Let me explain the latter.
One piece of tax advice I hear is “keep everything!”  Really? This 2004 receipt for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/01/receipt-deceipt/</link>
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		<title>Car-ganizing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A car serves many functions, but as with anything, overuse tends to lead to misuse and the important uses become compromised.   Organize your car better and it will serve your needs better.
I always know it when I see it.  It’s a shopping bag filled with abandoned schoolwork, empty Snapple bottles, an overdue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/01/car-ganizing/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Apha-bet On It!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An associate of mine joked the other day about how I was so organized that I had my sock drawer alphabetized.  Naturally I took the joke in the spirit of good-natured ribbing it was intended, but for many organizing systems I believe alphabetizing can do more harm than good.
Now don’t get me wrong, if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mattbaier.com/2010/01/dont-apha-bet-on-it/</link>
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