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Where Do I Start?
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Reclaim the Garage
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In Case of Emergency
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Organizing for Dementia
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Paper Overwhelm
December 2010
Top Ten Causes of Disorganization Revisited
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Just in Case…Organizing for Death
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Kitchen Organizing
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Photo Organizing
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It’s the Small Things
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Procrastination
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The Path To Clutter
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How To Let Go Of Stuff
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Road Trip Organizing
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Collections Instead of Clutter
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Getting Ready for Tax Time
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Where to Begin
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When You Want to Help
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Top Ten Causes of Disorganization
December 2007
Organize for Air Travel
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Organize for Small Spaces
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When Life Happens, Reorganize
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August 2007
Paper Organizing
July 2007
Uncluttered Kids' Rooms
June 2007
Top Ten Organizing Tools
May 2007
Grapple The Garage
April 2007
Managing Your Time
March 2007
Spring Organizing
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Help for Caregivers of Aging Parents
January 2007
National Get Organized Month
December 2006
Year End Organizing
November 2006
Give Thanks for Being Organized
October 2006
Holiday Kitchen Organization
September 2006
In Case of a Weather Emergency - Organize!
August 2006
Back to School Organizing
July 2006
Declare your Independence from Summer Clutter
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ORGANIZING TIPS OF THE MONTH: DECEMBER 2010
Top Ten Causes of Disorganization Revisited
This tip sheet really resonated with many of my readers back in 2008. Perhaps it is time to revisit our organizing pitfalls. The end of the year is the perfect time to evaluate ourselves and regroup. I am happy to answer your questions to help you conquer your roadblocks to organizing.
- Letting Mail Pile Up: Paper is a major source of clutter and the mailbox makes a steady deposit six days a week. Adding to the problem, mail does not come to you conveniently presorted into junk and urgent piles.
- Stash and Dash: You do not have time to clean up before company comes or you are just plain tired of looking at the mess, so you stuff the stuff into drawers, bins, closets, anywhere out of the way. And there it all sits—a hidden mess which may contain things you really do need, but now cannot find.
- Others: You are organized, but those who share your home are the opposite. Worse yet, they are content to live in and create chaos.
- Another Purchase and No Place to Go: You see something on the internet, on sale, or in a catalog and just cannot resist. Not a problem unless there is no place to put your great find when you get it home. Unopened boxes and bags of new merchandise sitting around? Hmmm.
- Not Letting Go: You haven’t worn it in 5 years; you haven’t used it in 10 years. Yet your closets and cabinets are overflowing with stuff. What is wrong with this picture?
- Life Changes: Changing careers, aging, downsizing or upsizing, marriage or divorce, new baby or empty nest—life changes, big and small, cause upheavals in your organizing systems. When life happens, a period of disorganization follows.
- Can’t Say No: Friends and relatives give you castoffs and you do not want to hurt their feelings by refusing. Plus, who knows, you might need it...someday. The result is they get rid of their clutter and you are stuck with it.
- Too Much Stuff: You have plenty of storage space; things are put away in cabinets, bookshelves, in closets. Then why do you feel overwhelmed when you walk into your house? There is simply too much stuff. You long to simplify and would like to have some empty spaces in your home.
- Delayed Decisions: You cannot decide whether or not to keep something, so you procrastinate. A string of delayed decisions leads to piles of clutter.
- Don’t Know Where to Begin, So You Don’t: You have had it up to here with clutter and are more than ready to reclaim your home. The problem--there is clutter everywhere and you are overwhelmed by the size of the job. The clutter piles continue to grow.
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