Year-End Review
I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. It seems like yesterday we were ringing in 2016! Looking over my calendar to take stock of all that happened during the past 12 months is something that I love to do. It was a full year. In the spirit of year-end...
More On Gratitude
Polite thank-yous communicated to the person who bagged your groceries or delivered your take-out are expected. Science is showing that being grateful in a deeper way is tied to happiness, success and health. In a study of patients at risk for heart disease, those who...
Use What You Have
When creating an organized space, a common misconception is that more square footage or beautiful containers from The Container Store are ultimate solutions. From my personal experience and working with clients, I’ve learned that an overabundance of bins, baskets and...
The Secret to Time Management
“525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments in time,” these are lyrics from one of my favorite musicals, Rent. This year marks the 20th year that Rent has been inspiring audiences. 525,600 minutes are the number of minutes in a year. You cannot talk about organization and...
Find What You Need with Evernote
Earlier this summer, I became one of the few hundred worldwide Evernote Certified Consultants - a certified GEEK 🙂 ! In 2008, I discovered this much-more-than note taking app, which has allowed me to capture and retrieve information quickly and easily from...
Nobody Wants to Deal with Your Sh*t
In his latest book, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, Steven Pressfield takes the reader through a creation process. There’s always a main character - a hero of the story. The reader doesn’t need to know every single detail of the main character's life. The reader...
Reasons to Bring Your Work Home
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Three Tough Truths of Organizing
The phrase "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear" is a warning required on side mirrors of vehicles for safety reasons. The design of the mirror enables a wide view but makes objects appear smaller, and thus can give the illusion they are further away than...
Closet Organization: Two Habits, One Secret
In March of 2016 (and as a follow-up to this post) I had a chance to witness sports history. The never-before-been-done became possible! It began with a declaration. Then, a carefully orchestrated series of physical and mental actions transformed that vision into...
Declare An Organized Closet
In 2016 the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team won four consecutive NCAA titles. One of the many things that set UConn’s star player Breanna Stewart apart as the first athlete to accomplish that feat is that she declared this goal out loud and publicly....