Tip Tuesday
How to Cull & Curate Your Book Collection
Are you a bit overwhelmed by an excess of books in your home? Are you downsizing or moving, and dreading the expense of taking them all with you? Don’t know where to start in the decision-making process? Today is your lucky day. I propose two main questions, and a few sub-questions, to help you edit…
Read MorePitch Prescription Drugs Properly!
Do unneeded or expired prescription medications clutter up your bathroom cabinets and bedside drawers? I see this in almost EVERY home that I organize. You are not alone! Many people just don’t know how to safely dispose of prescription medications. Hint: Flushing is never recommended! THIS Saturday, October 29th, 2022, is National Prescription Drug Take Back…
Read MoreMake Money out of Obsolete Electronics!
I am shocked at how many obsolete electronics I find hidden away in clients’ homes! Often they are in a huge bin, tangled with their cords and cables, and have not been used or looked at for years. Does this describe your old phones, tablets, laptops, and assorted other items? If so, please gather them…
Read MoreWant to save your sanity (& some trees!)
If you’re in my FB Group, you’ll have seen me with the chunk of junk mail we got when we were away for just a few days! I was shocked when I did a little more research into statistics about junk mail, and I think you will be too! In 2019 Heal the Planet reported that every year in the USA, 100 billion pieces of…
Read MoreDON’T waste your time with FILING!
I recently helped a student find her Vital Documents. She knew her important papers were “hiding” in different piles. Wanting to be efficient, she suggested, “While we look for those, let’s file all the rest away.” She was surprised when I said “NO!” Finding her important papers was essential. But WHY should she file away her…
Read MoreA FREE Guide so that you can ALWAYS find your Vital Documents!
Can you find your Vital Documents FAST? Does gathering them all up seem overwhelming? You may be thinking “Oh my, C.Lee, I don’t even know WHAT I need, or WHERE to start!” It used to feel that way for me and for my students, too! So, I created the Vital Documents Checklist. After that, I…
Read MoreHow do you decide what really makes you HAPPY?
Currently, I’m clearing out accumulated mementos, and I hear from my students that they are doing the same! But of ALL of those keepsakes, how do you decide WHAT is worthy of saving, and what you can choose to let go of? It can be hard to make these emotional decisions. I encourage you to manage…
Read MoreHow REFRAMING can lead to big RESULTS!
Is there something you truly want to achieve, but you are stuck? I am going to encourage you to reframe the way that you think of it and the words you use to describe it, and I’ll bet this WILL help you make progress! For example, a member of my FB group wrote a beautiful essay about how she…
Read MoreHow to save $1000 a year!
Do you keep things in an off-site storage location? The average cost of those is $90 per month, or $1080 a year! Recently, in my FB group, a kind member encouraged us all to clear them out NOW. She realized that she had spent nearly $24,000 over 18 years of storage, the cost of a new car…
Read MoreOrganize Using the 80/20 Rule!
I am fascinated by the Pareto Principle, which is also known as the 80/20 rule! This article explains it well, but, in its organizing essence, it means that for 80% of our time, we use the same 20% of our things. In other words: · 80% of the time, people wear the…
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