In just a couple of months, Americans will set their clocks back one hour as we end Daylight Saving Time; many look at this as getting that one extra hour of sleep that they crave. It’s interesting to note that the idea of daylight saving was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. The main …
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The Clutter Epidemic in Middle-class America
“Contemporary U.S. households have more possessions per home than any society in all of global history. Put simply, Americans sure do love their stuff. But at what point do all of the toys, gadgets and big box consumables that fill their homes become too much?” Armed with questions like this, University of California TV has …
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Are You Controlled by Your Emotions or Devotions?
When circumstances turn sour in your life do you respond with your emotions or devotions? As I see it, we have one or two ways to act when we experience painful circumstances. We can respond from our negative emotions (anger, resentment, jealousy, bitterness, despair, discouragement or depression) OR we can respond from our noble …
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Are You Being Hung by your Tongue?
Sometimes scripture is so clear and profound, but we miss its power when we do the opposite of what it clearly tells us to do. Here are a few Bible verses that are plain as day about how we are to speak! This is not just about others but also about our own lives. “Keep …
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Fridays are “Clear the Clutter” Day
Let me take you back 35+ years to the early days of professional organizing. There were just a handful of us that ventured out into that undiscovered country called “professional organizing”! I was one of the originals, and my friend Barbara was also one of those intrepid pioneers that journeyed into the great unknown. Now, …
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Adrenaline — The “Pull” of Choice!
Drugs are everywhere, easily bought and quickly consumed. We have drugs for almost every ailment and pain: depression, anxiety, fear, ADD, headaches, stomach turmoil, and arthritis, just to name a few. But what about busyness? Ah, that can easily be cured by more busyness, fueled by adrenaline! Adrenaline keeps us up, going, doing and performing …
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Making Promises Become Practices
Our attitudes Attitudes are probably the most important element in our journey, as they define and mold us into who we really are. An old proverb states, “As a man thinks, so he is.” I would go on to say, as a man orders his heart attitudes, so will he be. The famed Renaissance man …
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The Root Cause of Disorder: Organizing is Detective Work
I am always looking for root causes of distressing problems. As a professional organizer it is in my DNA to look for causes and effects, and not only that, but to look deeper for those root causes that need to be uprooted. Causes and effects all answer the basic question “why?” Why does time get …
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Organize with Style!
I often get questions from my clients about the role that style and artistic license play in organization of the office or home! They might say, “But, Sue, I understand that I need to de-clutter and containerize. But, where is the beauty in all of this? I must have beauty and style, or it’s not …
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Science Now Shows What We Have Known All Along
Yes, indeed! You read that right! Science has now shown that clutter can actually give you anxiety. The author of this article, Anne-Marie Gambelin, says in her article that “clutter can also be defined as having a disorganized and overwhelming amount of possessions in our living space, cars or storage areas. Clutter creates stress that …
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