What an absolute delight this man was to work with. This Wells Fargo Manager from Chicago hired me to fly to Chicago to organize his professional and home office. He didn’t have that much clutter, but he didn’t have a system. And that’s why he was frustrated working from home.
Spring organizing
Kudos to The Inspired Room for some great ideas and pictures for spring organizing. It’s really true that one picture can be worth a thousand words, so let’s get on to those pictures! cure for diabetes Closet organization (picture #1 below). Notice the clever way this person used the plastic see-through shoe pockets. What a great …
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The Virtual Organizing experience
Here is a fabulous letter that I just received from a very happy client: “After 30 years of collecting file after file, with stacks of papers everywhere in my home office and elsewhere, and books everywhere, I desperately needed help getting organized and focused. That’s where Sue was a miracle worker! With the help of …
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A Pop Quiz, A Huge Fire and a Great Opportunity
Pop Quiz : To what catastrophic event in America’s past was President Calvin Coolidge referring when he said this in 1925? “…This waste results from the conditions which justify a sense of shame and horror; for the greater part of it could and ought to be prevented… It is highly desirable that every effort be …
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Penny Wise Organizes the Linen Closet
What could make an organized homemaker, like me, scream with frustration? I’ll give you a hint. It is a common dysfunctional space in your home, and it lurks behind a door near your bathroom. Of course, I am talking about the linen closet. The common American linen closet looks like something out of an episode …
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Organizing on a dollar or less
I don’t know about you, but when the economy took a nosedive in 2008, I began searching high and low for cheaper alternatives to everything, from food to gas to clothing. With taxes increasing along with the cost of gas and seemingly everything else, there just doesn’t seem to be enough in the wallet these …
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Professional Organizers: Miracle Workers, Mythbusters, Mentors!
So what exactly does Sue McMillin, professional organizer, do? Does she clean up messes? Tidy up rooms and closets? Rearrange furniture? Clear clutter from desks and work surfaces? Put books away on shelves? Genuine professional organizers do far more than clean up messes; like Sue, they go to extraordinary lengths to simplify a client’s life …
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Space for new things
by Jennyce Garber If you are a fan of With Time to Spare , perhaps you’ve become acquainted with Mel who was recently featured in two articles, “Thrive where you live” and “From Virginia to Hong Kong”. These articles describe her downsizing efforts and her new smaller apartment in a 69-story high rise in Hong …
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The morning rush
By Sue McMillin and Jennyce Garber “Find peace in the morning rush, and you will have a good day.” Mike Dolan One thing I often hear from working moms is that they would love a strategy to deal with the morning routine – the proverbial “Up and At ‘em” ordeal that they deal with each and …
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Thrive where you live
A funny new word has made its way into conversations of late. That word is McMansions, alluding to McDonalds’ habit of adding “Mc” in front of its latest food offering. McMansion is a derogatory term for a type of large, mass-produced luxury house which is oversized for its neighborhood. Americans are often obsessed with the …
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