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How to Create an Action File Quick Tip

Having trouble managing your daily influx of papers?  Don’t worry, we all do.  I mean, it’s practically impossible to have a day go by that we don’t bring some sort of paper into our homes…things from work, school, the store, extracurricular activities, the mail, kids, etc.  So many papers…patiently waiting for someone to take action [...]

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How To “Save” Time By Multi-Tasking…Yeah Right!

Remember that commercial: “This is drugs. This is your brain on drugs. Questions?” It was a pretty straight forward anti-drug advertisement demonstrating the awful effects drugs can have on you. Well…dare I compare multi-tasking to drugs? The more you try to do the more “jacked” up you get and the less productive you are. It [...]

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And Yet Another Key Principle In Organizing: Contain Your Items

I’ve done a couple of videos for you featuring my favorite organizing principles to help you organize your space. They were: Sort Like With Like and Assign A Home. Here is the last of the featured principles of organizing…Contain Your Items.  You’ll be amazed at how containing your like items in one space can significantly [...]

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Another Key Principle In Organizing: Assign A Home

I did a quick tip video a couple of weeks ago discussing one of the key principles in organizing: sorting like items with like items. Another key principle in organizing is to assign a home…and that’s what today’s quick tip video is going to demonstrate for you. Assigning a home is key because it makes [...]

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Collapsible Storage Crates…Another One Of My Favorite Gadgets

I first saw one these collapsible crates online and they were a bit expensive.  A few months later my husband and I saw them at IKEA for about $5 a piece, so we snagged up four of them!  I’ve since seen them in other home and office supply stores.  I’m totally digging these crates.  They [...]

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Going Commando With Command Hooks

I’ve known about 3M Command hooks for quite some time but never really felt I needed them.  I guess I could never get past the commercials thinking they were only good for hanging stockings.  Well, I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to appreciate their many uses, but I’ve just recently gone “commando” [...]

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Organize Your Desk

Recently on Lifehacker, one of its writer’s put out a blog titled: Workspace Organization Challenge:  How Would You Organize This Office? I was all over that challenge like sprinkles on a donut!!!  Ok, that was totally lame…I know…but it’s all I got. Anyhoos, below is  the picture of the office space and my reply.   Check [...]

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