Tip of the Month – Are Junk Drawers a Bad Thing?
If your junk drawer is overflowing, and you have no idea what is in there, then it is time to give it a make-over. Follow these 5 steps to a useful junk drawer.
How to Organize Your Cords
Whether it is coming from your office, entertainment center, or all those gadgets, you probably have a mess of cords somewhere that needs taming. This mess can be unsightly, frustrating and unsafe. Here are several different solutions to the cord clutter issue: – Before unplugging anything, label all cords. You can create your own or [...]
New Product Round-Up: Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012
We add a lot of new products to Organizeit.com that sometimes get lost in the shuffle until someone stumbles on them in their search for organization. After all, we have a pretty big inventory to start with! So in order to highlight exciting new products and keep everyone up to date on what we have available, here [...]
Make Your New Year’s Resolution a Success
Well, we are now over a week into the New Year. How is your resolution to “get more organized” going? Are you making progress, or is it just another good intention fallen by the wayside? Did you know that an average of 78% of all New Year’s resolutions fail? What can you do to ensure [...]
Organizing Tax Archives
This time of year, many of us are busy gathering required documents to prepare our tax returns. Once completed, the return and its supporting documentation need to be kept for seven years. Seven years’ worth of tax returns and documentation can take up a lot of space in your home office. Here are some tips [...]
Organizing Home Office Closets
Recently, I have given you advice about what to consider when organizing clothes closets and kids closets. What about a home office closet? Many people convert a spare bedroom into a home office. Often the closets are overlooked. Most bedroom closets need to be retrofitted to work effectively in a home office. Here are some [...]
How Many Calendars is Too Many?
Happy New Year! January is National Get Organized Month. One of the oldest and best organizing tools is a good calendar. Notice that I said ‘a good calendar’; not multiple calendars. One of the most common time management mistakes I encounter with my clients is that they have too many calendars. I’m not sure which [...]
