The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Potential

December 31, 2011

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential. ~Ellen Goodman As we say good-bye to [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: All Wrapped Up for the Season

December 24, 2011

Season’s Greetings! During this holiday time may you be surrounded by the best gifts of all… the presence, health and happiness of your family and friends. The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: December Basement Update

December 17, 2011

I mentioned in my post last month that the basement really is a journey. It is also a resolution. I am resolving to keep an organized and useful basement. And that continues as I move through the 9th month of this project. I have been able to deal with incompletes in my life as I [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Celebrate National Regifting Day on December 15

December 10, 2011

I know that many people feel apalled at the idea of regifting. But I find it a useful tool in managing clutter. As I was going through my basement clutter busting journey this year I used it as an opportunity to evaluate items for potential regifts (yes, family and friends you may have been regifted). [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Using Professional Services to De-clutter

December 3, 2011

Sometimes when you are de-cluttering you may need to call in the professionals. Once you have sorted and purge your papers, instead of spending hours at the shredder there are services that will come to your home or business to shred your documents. Or you can take them to a local company that provides that [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: November Basement Update

November 26, 2011

I estimated that the basement would probably take about six months when I developed my project plan. Here we are on month eight with so much more to do. With the holiday fast approaching, I began this weekend with some basement time. I started by planning how I wanted to approach pulling my decorations out [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Giving Thanks

November 19, 2011

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.  ~E.P. Powell An attitude of gratitude is important not only on Thanksgiving Day, but all year round. As Thanksgiving Day approaches this year give thanks for whom [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Make Ahead Meals

November 12, 2011

Developing holiday menus, selecting baking and cooking recipes and making food ahead of time is all part of the stress-free holiday plan. This means not only planning for the actually holiday meals but also thinking ahead to days leading up to the holidays when activities start to happen and life goes into overdrive. So pull [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Preparing for Travel

November 5, 2011

It is my pleasure to serve as a resource for the Health Alliance Plan Wise Woman magazine. I share tips for organizing articles. Some of my tips were used in the Fall 2011 edition of the magazine along with other experts. The article entitled “Trains, Planes and Automobiles” can be found on page 7. I [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Your Holiday Plan

October 29, 2011

Planning is important in reducing stress. Holiday time is no exception. There seems like there is so much to do in preparation for the holidays. You can enjoy the holiday this year by implementing a great eight-week holiday plan: 8 weeks: Review last year’s plan, develop one for this year, mark your calendar, prepare your [...]

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