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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Labor of Love

September 3, 2011

Labor Day weekend is the last great weekend of the summer. For me Labor Day weekend is project weekend and I couldn’t think of a better project to work on this weekend than my “labor” of love…the basement. I have made head way over the last two weeks working away at all the stuff that [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: The Best Laid Plans…

August 20, 2011

…don’t always happen. This weekend I was supposed to have a garage sale. I did not. My husband and  I have chosen to postpone the sale until next spring. One of the things that we had planned to sell were my father-in-law’s tools. But my husband didn’t have the time to go through them and, [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: References

August 13, 2011

References are papers that you save for future use because you think that it contains some vital information. How much storage or drawer space have you allowed for your references? References are nice to have papers but not necessary papers. In fact, I would bet that once filed you probably don’t use a lot of [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Independence from Your Clutter

July 2, 2011

As we celebrate Independence Day 2011, I am reprinting a previous post in hopes that it will inspire you to get unstuck from beneath your clutter. Happy 4th of July!!!

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: The Basement Status Check

June 25, 2011

I can’t believe it has been four months since I started my clutter busting journey in the basement and, yet, when I realized it had been I thought it was a great time to reflect upon the journey and my progress. Many would question why the basement isn’t done yet…me I see the consistent change [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: The Basement – Disaster Box

June 11, 2011

The recent news about all the weather disasters has been disturbing. But I have chosen to be prepared instead of disturbed. To take action instead of accepting fear. One thing that you can do to be prepared for weather or any type of disaster is to have a disaster kit ready. I call it my [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: The Basement- Party Supplies

June 4, 2011

Years ago I created a party supply box in order to remove items that only get used once or twice a year out of the kitchen…to free up cabinet space. This box resides in my basement. And it has served me well. I have loaned items out to friends and family that are throwing showers [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Important Papers

May 28, 2011

Since I have been dealing with the papers in my life most of this journey so far I wanted to share some information about important papers. There are critical papers that you need to help your loved ones should something happen to you. They are: A trust or will. A document recovery file. A file [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Back to the Basement

May 21, 2011

This past week took me back to the basement to continue sorting through our references and papers. I really can’t believe how old some of the papers are. It really reinforced the message that while daily practices are important so are project time and maintenance. I also realized that the basement is going to be a [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Clutter-free = Financial Freedom

May 14, 2011

As I am moving through my journey I came across an article in an issue of O Magazine (March 2010) by Suzy Orman that I thought was so appropriate for what I was dealing with right now… financial files. Clutter holds you back, causes you to procrastinate and creates disorganization. This occurs with any part [...]

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