Koova Garage Organizer: Product Review
In our celebration of Garage Month I had to repost this product review. The Koova Garage Organizer is a terrific product for hanging tools and [...]
What Does Good Organizing Look Like?
What does good organizing look like? I have identified 4 elements to look for.
Declutter Log Jams in Your Home For Good
My book includes a chapter on storage, because even static items needs a plan for movement. A great way to understand this concept is to look at a log jam.
The Surprising Health Consequences of Clutter
Clutter, for many, is a bugbear and something to be avoided. For others it is almost a way of life.
Productivity: The “Almost Done” Lie
Someone who works up to the last second in the search for maximum productivity exhibits the "almost done" lie.
Why Good Folding is Good Organizing
Here are four ways how good folding is good organizing.
Organizing With Post-It Notes: Good or Bad?
So maybe you're thinking that Post-It Notes are to be avoided? Not so fast! It all depends on how you use them.
Organizing Your New Year’s Resolutions
Do you ever make new year’s resolutions, but find them hard to follow though on? If you do then you’re in very good company. Here [...]
Book Excerpt: Circulation in the Exit
What follows is an excerpt from my best-selling book “The Circulation Solution: The Ultimate Organizing Approach For Lasting Clutter Relief.” This excerpt is from the [...]
Circulation in the Kitchen
The official launch date of my book, "The Circulation Solution," is this coming Monday the 18th. In the meantime, here is an excerpt from Chapter [...]
Book Excerpt: Circulation in the Mail
What follows is an excerpt from my upcoming book "The Circulation Solution: The Ultimate Organizing Approach For Lasting Clutter Relief." The focus of this chapter [...]
Digital Minimalism Book Review
Our company provides solutions for clutter, including paper and schedule clutter, but we don’t offer solutions for digital clutter. Cal Newton’s book does. In Digital [...]
My New Organizing Book Excerpt: “The Circulation Solution”
What follows is an excerpt from my new book, coming out later this month, “The Circulation Solution: The Ultimate Organizing Approach For Lasting Clutter Relief.” [...]
How to Store Old Photos and Preserve Precious Memories
Today's blog is a guest post from Wendy Dessler Photography is a job or hobby or millions of people all over the world. There are [...]
What I’ve Learned in 15 Years of Professional Organizing
Sunday, September 1, 2019 marks 15 years since I officially opened for business as a professional organizer. In September 2004, I was doing business as [...]
An Eco-Friendly Guide to Getting Rid of Your Unwanted Clutter
Today's blog is guest post from Haley Kieser. One of the best feelings is walking into a clean, organized home–and knowing you live there. But [...]
6 Tips to Get Organized Fast
September 1, 2019 will mark 15 years since I started my professional organizing business. In those 15 years, I have learned a lot about how [...]
Organizing Your Next Steps
The most important things to understand about organizing your next steps is to recognize that organizing has steps. Effective, sustainable organizing has to involve more [...]
Organizing Tasks of Lesser Value
Organization may be eluding you because you are wasting time on organizing tasks of lesser value. Here are some examples of such low value tasks [...]
Get Your Closet Organizing All S.E.T
The best way to get your closet organizing all set is by striking the right balance. I’m talking about a balance of three organizing factors, [...]
What Are the Best Organizing Tips for Closets?
The best organizing tips for closets come from first looking at what organizing is NOT. Here are some examples. Organizing is not Hiding When discussing [...]
The Most Fundamental Organizing Rule
Want a really simple rule to apply to all organizing? It’s this: REVEAL, DON’T CONCEAL. Sound obvious? If it is, odds are good that you [...]
How To Love Your Kitchen Space
Does your kitchen always seem to be a mess? Does it cause you anxiety? I want to share some thoughts on how to love your [...]
My Best Minimalist Habits
Minimalism is a way of life that starts with a reexamination of priorities. This reexamination is a formidable project. You must get your possessions down [...]
Get Organized For Downsizing
There are many things to consider when you get organized for downsizing, including finding the right resources. Of all the other things to consider, there [...]
A Downsizing Menu for Fairfield County
Downsizing options in Fairfield can be like ordering from a menu: A la carte or prix fixe. Where you may spend more on individual services, [...]
Organizing Paper: When Should You Scan and Shred?
When should you scan? and when should you shred?, aren’t the first questions you should ask when organizing paper. However, clients often ask these questions [...]
When to Organize Your Storage For Action!
Here are some tips for storage for action.
Storing Keepsakes
A while back, I wrote a post on organizing keepsakes. It was really more focused on getting your keepsakes organized. This post focuses more on [...]
Why Your Garage’s Floor May Be Its Greatest Asset
There are a lot of of great garage storage products out there. The MVP, however, might be something that you may think of as nothing. [...]
5 Attic Organizing Tips
Attic organizing projects can be overwhelming, but you can overcome, by understanding the challenges and breaking them down.
Organizing the Playroom
While I’m not a parent, after almost 15 years of organizing the playroom, I understand the challenges. Mostly, I understand the limitations of just how [...]
How To Get Organized Fast
Recognizing that basic division is the first step in how to get organized fast. Here are six more.
Organizing Priority Management
I often say that organizing is ultimately not about sorting out your stuff, your paper, or your time. Rather, it’s about sorting out your priorities. [...]
The Garage Makeover Organizing Behind the Organizing
I had the responsibility of organizing garage makeover and I did so, following the same steps I recommend to our clients on their organizing projects.
Organize the Garage First
If you need to get your whole house organized, organize the garage first.
Organizing Clothes for Seasonal Storage
It's a great time of year to rotate your seasonal clothes for seasonal storage. Free up some space in your bedroom closet and drawers for [...]
My Case Against To-Do Lists
When your life’s spinning out of control, a to-do list feels like a way to bring control back. However without a plan to fit these items into your schedule, that list can be just a brain-dump.
Product Review: MADD Tools Pegboard 1/4″ Hooks & Baskets
I like pegboards and find the MADD Tools 1/4" Hooks & Baskets to be a great addition to this storage system. Pegboards provide find-ability and [...]
How To Safely Bookmark Your Downsizing Project
Let’s face it. Downsizing is not a project that you can finish in a day. Yes, a dumpster will solve your easier decisions, but then [...]
Organizing Your Home Office During the Coronavirus
Organizing your home office during the Coronavirus is even harder. Here are some strategies to bring those missing elements home.
Why Getting Organized Should Go Fast (And How To Do It)
Anyone who has worked with my team knows that we like to work fast. Of course one reason we do it is to give our [...]
Best Tools to GET Organized
It’s easy to find advice on organizing supplies, but what are the best tools to get organized?
Organizing Your Way Home
One strategy for staying organized involves taking your starting point as seriously as umpires take cleaning home plate. I call this organizing your way home.
Clothes Folding Made Easy
Good clothes folding is good organizing because it makes your life easier.
A Secret to Staying Organized
I have a simple rule that helps me with staying organized: “Be kind to your future self.”
Your Number One Organizing Tool (video)
Today I have a video to demonstrate why a clear work surface is your number one organizing tool.
Organizing Your Junk Drawer (and beyond)
You can learn our highly effective organizing process with a project as small as organizing your junk drawer. Yes, you can go ahead and organize [...]
A New Take on How to Fold a Fitted Sheet
I realize that nobody is demanding another video on how to fold a fitted sheet these days. However people have been telling me I should [...]
