Organizing Advice

Benefits and Getting Started

• The Benefits of Decluttering and Getting (More) Organized
• Getting Organized is Good For Your Health
• Getting Organized Saves You Money
• Tips for Making Change
• Motivating Yourself to Get Organized
• Just Do One Thing

The Getting Organized Process

• The Essence of Getting Organized
• Tips for Getting Organized
• Clutter-Prevention Habits
• The Business of Life
• Backsliding

Dealing with Paper and Technology

• Paper Management for the New Year
• Records Retention (Papers to Save/Toss)
• Shredding Advice
• Getting Off Marketing Lists
• Too Many Catalogs?
• Preparing for Your Digital Afterlife
• Space to Breathe in Your Digital Life

Home and Family

• Emergency Preparedness
• Back to School Organizing Tips
• Lessons from Small Spaces
• The Challenge of Sentimental Items
• Too Many Books?
• Transform Your Kitchen
• What's In Your Closet?

Seasons and Holidays

• Space to Breathe for the Holidays
• Gifts of Organization
• Spring Cleaning and Renewal
• Summer Organizing Tips
• Welcoming Fall

Inspiration

• Helpful Feng Shui Principles
• Minimalism
• Helpful Quotes about Getting Organized
• Have Fun Getting Organized
• Do Your Possessions Spark Joy? (Marie Kondo)
• Throw Out Fifty Things

Resources

• Popular Organizing Products
• Gifts of Organization
• Resources for Charitable Donations
• Recommended Reading

Energy and Water

• New Ways to Save Energy
• Saving Energy in the Warmer Weather
• Saving Water, Saving Our Oceans

House and Yard

• Environmentally-Friendly Holidays
• Green Purchasing
• Reducing the Use of Hazardous Household Products
• Alternatives to Lawn Pesticides
• Composting

Paper and Offices

• Green Options for Using and Recycling Computers
• Saving Paper, Saving Trees
• Getting Off Marketing Lists
• Too Many Catalogs?

Recycling, Reusing, Disposing

• Did You Know You Could Recycle This?
• Disposal of Expired and Unwanted Medications
• The Importance of "Re-Use"

"Later is the best friend of clutter."

Peter Walsh

"The best things in life . . . aren't things."

Art Buchwald

"There was a man

And some did think him mad.

The more he cast away

The more he had."

Pilgrim's Progress

"Have nothing in your  house

that you do not know to be useful, 

or believe to be beautiful."

William Morris

"When in doubt:  breathe, drink water, clear clutter."

Karen Kramer

"You can't have everything.

Where would you put it?"

Steven Wright

"If you have to dust it,

You'd better love it."

Anonymous

"When you clean up, you find things!"

Karen Kramer