10 Tips on Color Coding Your Paper: From Chaos to Coherence

When I hold files up in my hand at my workshops, even at 50 feet the audience can see there are three different manila files. It's the magic of color - that 1/8-inch wide 3-inch long strip of color on the labels applied to the tabs is enough to do it. It's a clear demonstration of how much difference color-coding can make. This is undoubtedly why color-coding works even for Auditory and Kinesthetic Learners, and is a requirement for Visual learners!

Create A Working Mail Center

Are you tired of the mail piling up on your dining room table? Well, what should you do with it? Read on to learn how to create a working mail center.

Feng Shui Guidlines for Storage Spaces

Professional organizers and helpful-hint sources often recommend storage solutions such as shelves above doors and in corners, hooks on the backs of doors, and peg-board or tools and small appliances...

Do You Have A To-Do list?

Here's a great work from home tip. Create a to-do list! Do you plan you days? How about the week ahead. For the past 6 years I've learned that by creating a simple action plan, helps me get a good grip on what I need to get accomplished.

Organizing for Today, Tomorrow and the Next Day

Getting organized is hard. If it weren't, we wouldn't put it off until it got even harder. There are hundreds of books out there on how to get organized; they have ideas on how to work in your gara...

Four Tips For Clearing The Clutter

Spring…. Fresh breezes through open windows, sleeping trees come awake with bright new leaves, flowers begin to bloom and the grass becomes green once more. Now along with the obvious, there is another sign that the season has arrived, our yearly pledge to clear the clutter and organize our homes.

3 Simple Filing Guidelines

One of the most basic ways to find papers when you need them is to retrieve them from an effective filing system. A good filing system will allow you to find what you're looking for in 10 seconds or ...

Organized For Life

Questions come my way all the time regarding my God-given nature to be organized. It has been said that I stayed under the proverbial “organized spout” too long when I was being created. In fact, at ...

Digging out of Paper Clutter - part 1

Transforming piles of paper into organized files may seem daunting. In this article, the author, a Professional Organizer, helps you to dig out of paper clutter.

Clutter's Side Effects: How the State of Your Home Affects Your Life

Each area of your home has a symbolic meaning with which you resonate on a subconscious level. Clutter and untidiness within each of these areas causes constriction and inertia in the corresponding a...

Clutter Is Natural

Nature loves clutter. Just think of all the stuff that drops from trees, washes in on the tide, or is blown by the wind into your backyard. Birds molt, animals shed, snakes slither out of their skin,...

How To Organize Your Paperwork

Many people have a huge challenge coping with the incoming paperwork. (Whatever happened to the paperless office?). Paperwork lands on your desk and somehow finds its way into your in-tray. Eventual...

Essential Tips for the Kitchen

Want to organize your kitchen? Here are some helpful tips to get you started.

Keep, Get Rid Of, Or Not Sure?

Cleaning out can seem overwhelming -- but there is a very simple process you can follow that will A) help you sort and separate your belongings into manageable piles, and B) keep you from completely tearing up your house while you are cleaning out!