Posts Tagged ‘accordion file’
My Least Favorite Organizing Products
In: Systems
30 Mar 2011There is no rulebook for organizing products. These are just my opinions based on my personal experiences and based on my observations of frustrated clients. I apologize in advance if I am badmouthing your favorite organizing products(s), but maybe I can introduce you to some even better solutions. Most of the following products fall short [...]
Knot Thinking
In: Systems
22 Jan 2011A while back I wrote a post called Bungle In The Bundle, about how some familiar bundles hamper, rather than help, good organizing. Actually, it’s more than just the bundles themselves that interfere, it’s the line of thinking that is not working. I call this knot thinking. When you employ knot thinking, you think about [...]
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Top 10 Closet Storage Do’s and Don’ts: #3
In: Closet
11 Jun 2009This is the third in a series of Top 10 Closet Storage Do’s and Don’ts. 3. DON’T store items in opaque containers. Attractive boxes and baskets are intended for display-worthy spaces, not closets and other storage spaces. Colored plastic bins are good for hiding items, but not for organizing them. Under no circumstances should you store [...]
My Least Favorite Organizing Products
In: Systems
1 Jul 2007Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, July 2007 My Least Favorite Organizing Products This special edition of Organizing Works may get me in a lot of trouble, but it’s all meant in good fun. There is no rulebook for organizing products. These are just my opinions based on my personal experiences and based on [...]
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- Lisa Corrado: Matt, you are so right when you say many of what we consider tasks are actually projects. And I real [...]
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