In our Clutter Diet tutorials, we talk about how there are 3 kinds of organizing, and "Planning" is the top level of those… Planning is incredibly important and makes everything else work better. It does require that you step back, take some time out, and think. Have you thought about 2008 and what you would… Read more »
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Get Creative to Get Through Security
I just traveled recently and really did not want to check bags, so wanting to comply with the "3-1-1" airline regulation of putting your liquids and gels in a quart-size plastic zip-top bag, I looked around for creative solutions. I had this 7-section stacking pill container that I got from Container Store, and I decided… Read more »
Real Cost of the Twelve Days of Christmas
Last year at this time I wrote a post about how the PNC Christmas Price Index (check out their ticker!) tracks the cost of the items in the Twelve Days of Christmas song, and I wanted to revisit that in celebration of the season. The July minimum wage increase with its resulting rise in the… Read more »
Organize Your Book Collection-Virtually
Book lovers take heed! Since at Christmas time we often talk about a few of our "favorite things," I wanted to share this website with you where I have spent way too much time playing. (logo screenshot from their site) You can organize your book collection at www.goodreads.com, where you can also give reviews to… Read more »
Organizing Lessons from Broadway
I am writing this week from New York where I have been on a whirlwind media tour for 2 days with a bunch of really nice magazine editors and filming a segment for www.better.tv. It’s been a blast! I went to a broadway show, Spamalot, which was wonderful. I had a great seat on the… Read more »
Boston Globe: To Keep Organized, Mix the Old and New
December 16, 2007 Boston Globe correspondent Cindy Atoji featured Lorie’s take on choosing a calendar to get organized for the new year. Click the link below to read the entire article. Need help getting organized? Here are 3 ways we can help: Get our FREE report, “30 Ways to Find Time to Get Organized“ Get… Read more »
Organizing Your Stocking Stuffers
I have been doing this for years, and it occurred to me that you might like to use my method for organizing stocking stuffer items prior to the big day. Christmas stockings are a big deal in my family. There are usually some gag gifts given by the male family members. They love to shop… Read more »
Take Donations in Now to Get Your Tax Deductions!
For those of you with piles of donation items to take to Goodwill, the Salvation Army, or other worthy charities, remember that you should donate your stuff before December 31st to get a tax deduction for it for 2007. We are fans of using It’s Deductible software, which is bundled with some editions of TurboTax… Read more »
If It Were Easy, Everyone Would Do It
People who know me are going to get sick of me talking about the book The Dip, by Seth Godin. I was honored to speak last week to a stellar group of student leaders at my alma mater, Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX. When thinking about what to tell them about what I have learned… Read more »
Cooler than Cool- Google SMS
Did you know that you can get tons of information sent to you instantly on your cell phone by text messaging Google? I am absolutely blown away by this free service! And you do NOT have to have a web browser on your phone. You just send a text message to 466453 (spells Google on… Read more »
