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Sue McMillin

Organizing Consultant & Speaker

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Taken by Surprise — Chapter 3 — Smiley

  Chapter 3 — Smiley Chapter 3, “Smiley”,  continues the story of Sue’s childhood with the focus on Smiley, Sue’s mother. Smiley was a devoted mother and mentor. Sue says it best when she states, “Of course, she was the disciplinarian when I needed it, and for that I’m eternally grateful. But she was also …
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Back to school ~ ~ Part 3

Now that the dust has settled. In the last two installments we dealt with the student desk and the student’s backpack.   In this installment we will deal with the student locker. Third stop: The Student Locker Ask your student to survey their locker: Do they describe a cavernous space crammed with loose papers, a week-old …
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Back to school ~~Part 2

Now that the dust has settled… ~In our first installment, we organized and tweaked the student’s desk to make it a more functional space.  In this second installment, we will deal with the student backpack. Second stop: The backpack A quick inspection might reveal that the typical student backpack is too heavy and full of …
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Taken By Surprise ~ Chapter 2

Chapter two, “Leesburg” continues the story of Sue’s childhood and takes us to the idyllic rolling hills of Leesburg, Kentucky, where Sue’s father became part-owner and manager of the village grocery store. Read how Sue spent her growing-up days around this marvelous collage of sights and smells, sacking groceries, pumping gas, slicing bologna, and sitting …
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Back to school

Now that the dust has settled… Back-to-school time is certainly hectic, what with all the shopping for supplies and clothes as well as preparing students’ minds and hearts for fresh adventures with new teachers and classrooms. But, school has been in session now for almost a month. Hopefully the dust has settled, by now,  for …
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Back to school ~ ~ Part 4

Now that the dust has settled… In the last three installments we organized and tweaked the student desk, the backpack and the locker. Today we will deal with the final place where disorder often reigns:  The Student Notebook Stop Four: The Student Notebook Has your student’s notebook already devolved into an overstuffed, disorderly mess in …
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Danger ahead, behind and on every side

An old proverb says, “Bad company corrupts good morals.” Check out this post from 2012 and refresh yourself on the 9 MOST DASTARDLY OPPONENTS to getting and staying organized. Normally I’d say, “Enjoy!”,  but “Watch out!” seems far more appropo.

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