What’s your strategy for maintaining your home? The If It’s Not Broke, Don’t Fix It approach is a strategy, but it’s a poor one that doesn’t help you proactively prevent emergencies and protect your investment. Planning for and scheduling your home maintenance tasks is a much better and more organized way to guarantee maintenance activities… Read more
Worry and anxiety have far-reaching consequences when it comes to your ability to get things done. You’re likely familiar with what happens to your body and mood when you simply worry about remembering to do something. You may feel twitchy or tingly or like your mind is racing. You may become irritable. Less familiar to… Read more
Leverage the power of automation to get more things done and extend your productive capabilities. There are many apps when used alone are strong productivity enhancing tools. If you already use some of these tools, you may not be able to imagine functioning without them. Imagine though how much more helpful these apps could be if… Read more
This is a common question. Unfortunately, there isn’t a common answer. The right answer depends on a number of factors including: the status of your current situation, your goals, your readiness to make a change, and the time and energy you have available to dedicate to improving your organization. To help you get a better sense for how… Read more
Time for the Tuesday Ten Minute Toss Challenge! RIGHT NOW spend 10 minutes tossing your leftover weekend Valentine’s Day clutter! Valentine’s Day is over and you need your space back. Take photos of precious cards and select just a few of the themed art projects your kids came home from school with to keep. Did you… Read more
The ability to automate processes marked a signifiant shift in the ability to increase manufacturing productivity and quality. Finding ways to automate tasks can also help you increase your productivity and effectiveness at work and in life. Benefits of automation include: Freeing up time and attention Predictably and reliably executing common activities Reducing the risk of… Read more
Stress… it’s killing us. Here are some facts on how stress is breaking your heart: Stress increases the risk of heart disease by 44% Stress increases the risk of heart attack by 25% Stress increases the risk of stroke by 50% Stress is often the result of being… Read more
We recently discovered a client using this brilliant low-tech solution to organize her collection of business cards. She puts her cards in these handy plastic containers with lids. They can sit open in a drawer or on a desktop for easy access and you can have a few containers to sort your cards by type… Read more
What is Chronic Disorganization? The National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization defines chronic disorganization as a lifelong struggle against disorganization in which self-help efforts have not worked, leaving you with negative feelings or consequences every day. Is everyone that is disorganized suffering from chronic disorganization? No. Everyone, including professional organizers, get disorganized sometimes. When you go… Read more
Without organized systems for managing things (paper, clothing, toys, memorabilia, etc.) and routines for processing things, clutter will build up. Clutter accumulates little by little until it becomes overwhelming. Clutter affects your energy levels and general well being. Clutter can weigh you down physically and emotionally. What is clutter? Clutter represents a collection of unmade… Read more
Wondering if you would benefit from working with a Simply Placed Professional Organizer and Productivity Consultant? Take our quiz to find out! Answer Yes or No to each of the following questions. Count how many times you answer Yes. Do you use your spare bedroom or garage as a junk-room? Are you overwhelmed when you think… Read more
Time for the Tuesday Ten Minute Toss Challenge! RIGHT NOW spend 10 minutes tossing your CDs, DVDs and video games. How long as it been since you’re actually listened to any of your CDs? Do you have a shelf full of movies you’ve only watched once? Take a good look and decide what is just taking up… Read more
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