Posts Tagged ‘home office’
How Dedicated Zones Work
In: Systems
1 Dec 2011“Dedicated Zone” is an expression professional organizers (like me) throw around a lot, but what exactly does it mean and how does it work? A dedicated zone is an area, as small as a drawer or as large as a room, that one reserves exclusively for one category. The dedicated zone should be determined at [...]
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
Organizing, A Month At A Time
In: Clutter Control
6 Jan 2011Getting organized is a very popular New Year’s resolution, but it’s much easier said than done. A great way to approach it is to focus on organizing one room at a time. This is particularly helpful if you have a plan for matching the right month with the right room. Here is just such a [...]
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- Tags: attic garage, basement, home office, kitchen, resolution
Reaching Goals
In: Time Management
1 Jan 2009Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, January 2009 REACHING GOALS January is the month we like to make a fresh start. Getting organized is a very popular New Year’s resolution and this month I would like talk specifically about how to stick to the goals we set. These goals can be as small as [...]
Backsliding
In: Systems
1 Oct 2007Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, October 2007 BACKSLIDING Since we don’t become instantly DISorganized, we can’t expect to become instantly organized. Oh sure, we can shove all our clutter into a closet and give the illusion of control, but to get truly organized and STAY organized a process is required. As many of [...]
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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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