The Organized Move: Packing Made Simple

No one would ever argue that packing all you belongings for a move is fun, but it doesn't have to be a negative experience. Let Professional Organizer Bridget Messino show you how to approach packing in an organized and efficient way.

Mental Clutter- Is It Taking Over Your Life?

Endless errands, projects, and lists to complete? Do you feel scattered and pressured to remember it all? Free yourself from mental clutter with tried and true methods.

Does Your Storage Make Sense?

Designing a meaningful storage space requires a lot more than just putting stuff in a closet, drawer, or cabinet. You need STRUCTURE -- some proven guidelines to follow while setting up your storage spaces. Let’s begin with these basic organizing principles:

Letting Go Of Your Excuses

At this point, you have probably run across some belongings that don’t exactly serve a practical purpose in your life. Some items simply cannot be judged according to their function alone. However, there is another set of criteria that you may find easier to apply in these situations.

Can You Really Improve Your Organisation Skills

I'm sure most of you have heard of Zig Ziglar International Sales Guru. Well in one of Zig's weekly newsletters, there were a number of comments about the habits of well-organised people which I coul...

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...

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,...

Calendars and Personality Type

I recently conducted a survey to look at the relationship between an individual’s personality type and his or her organizing and time management style, and noticed that the majority of participants s...

Daily Systems Keep You Organized

Ever wonder how they do it? How a short-order cook prepares tasty meals in a hectic, rush-rush environment, and does it all with a smile? The answer is simple: A system. The next time you are in a li...

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 ...

How Long Do I Need to Keep This? - A Guide to Receipts, Statements and Financial Clutter at Home

Have you ever wondered just how long you actually have to keep all those receipts, slips of paper and statements? This handy guide will help you clear the clutter and stay organized.

Clutter Crisis?

Clutter costs you time, money, space, and peace of mind. Most of us complain about our cluttered desks, closets, bedrooms, kitchens, attics, basements, and even our cars, purses, and briefcases. Clutter is overwhelming, yet we continue to add to it. Why? And what can we do about it?

10 Simple Ways to Clear Clutter from Your Home and Office

There is nothing worse then spending ten minutes looking for something to accomplish a three minute task. Clear the clutter and clear your mind. 1. Hold the intention that the only three things aloud...

A Simple Effective Tool To Get And Stay Organized

Often we are in overwhelm because we are holding too many things in our brain. We are trying to make everything a priority and get it done now. When really we can eliminate 60 % of those things get m...

Letting Go of Clutter In Your Office

Some people would say I’m the last person in the world to be writing about clearing out clutter; I seem to accumulate so much of it. But I also get rid of it, when it reaches the point of bothering m...