Simplifize Your Life: Organizing Basics Part 4/Step 3 - Purge

Wow! We made it to step 3…Purge! This is probably the most challenging step for many people. I personally find it to be the most rewarding. It’s tough giving up all that stuff you either bought, earned or were given, but it’s also a wake up call. It makes you realize you really don’t need […]

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Quick Tip: Easy Crock Pot Tacos

Time to change it up a bit…I’ve got an easy crock pot recipe for you in this week’s quick tip. Only 3 ingredients and just 5 minutes to prepare. You know me…I’m all about the easy recipes to Simplifize my life. Here’s one of my favorites. Enjoy!

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Simplifize Your Life: Organizing Basics Part 3/Step 2 - Assess

Ok…here we go. We’re moving on to Part 3 in the Simplifize Your Life: Organizing Basics series. In the last post we discussed the first step in the organizing process: Needs. Now we’re going to talk about step 2: ASSESS. Armed with the knowledge of your priorities and how you want your particular space to […]

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Simplifize Your Life: Organizing Basics Part 2/Step 1 - Needs

In Part 1 of this series I explained that I’m going to take you through the basic steps of the organizing process. I break the process down into what I call the NAPO process: Needs, Assess, Purge and Organize. In this post, I’m going to talk about the first step in that process: NEEDS A […]

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Cord Management Quick Tip

Here’s the quick tip of the week. I’m not a fan of wires but they’re everywhere…iPod, iPhones, MP3s, cell phones, appliances, video games, chargers and on and on….they can literally turn into a bowl of spaghetti if you don’t contain them. My secret to controlling those cords and wires is using Velcro fasteners. They are […]

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Simplifize Your Life: Organizing Basics Part 1

I know I’ve said this before….but I really do wish that when I was growing up there was a requirement to take an organizing class as part of the prerequisites to graduate from high school. I mean really, out of my nine years of military training as an officer in the Air Force and […]

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Create a Daily Morning Routine for a Less Stressful Day

Are you feeling a little rushed in the mornings? Are you stressed out ? Do you find yourself getting distracted from completing your important tasks? Do you feel like you’ve wasted your day? Well, maybe it’s time to create a morning routine to help get your day off to a great start. I’m not talking […]

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