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How to Get Your House in Order without Buying Anything New

4/14/2020

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This month's blog is courtesy of Redfin. You can jump to my tip by clicking here.
​With all the time you’re spending in your home these days, you’ve likely noticed that there’s plenty of items lying around that you hardly use, or food that’s gone bad but is still sitting in the back of your fridge. However, with this extra downtime and lack of visitors, now is the perfect opportunity to finally get your house in order. So, it’s time to toss out any junk that’s managed to sit on your nightstand for far too long, and throw out those old, expired salad dressings to go, along with the broken can opener that still hasn’t made its way to the garbage. 
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While the thought of decluttering and reorganizing your home can be overwhelming, it’s much more doable than you think. Better yet, it can all be done without needing to purchase anything new. To help you get started, we pulled together tips from decluttering and organizing experts living in Nashville all the way to professionals living in Vancouver, BC (and many more in between). Here’s how to get your house in order without buying anything new.

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Organizing Electronics Accessories: Eliminate Cable Confusion

5/21/2019

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​With the ever-changing, constantly-updating world of personal electronics, one situation my clients frequently face is cable confusion: drawers and bins full of cables and only a vague idea which devices they match and which cables are still needed. To further complicate matters, often the devices are stored elsewhere and cables are stashed in various places around the house (and cars).
 
Do you have a nest of unknown charging cables hiding somewhere in your house? Let’s round them up and create a better system!

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My Favorite Office Organizing Products

6/7/2018

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MyOrganized.life by Smead makes some of the best products for organizing your office, home office, and—really—your life!

Some of my favorites are:
  • The Life Documents Organizer Kit to organize all of your most important documents.
  • The All-in-One line of expandable folders will help you organize any documents, such as medical records, taxes, financial planning, and emergency plans.
  • Fastab hanging file folders with built-in tabs
  • The awesome Cascading Wall Organizers easily fold up to be portable then extend to hang on a wall hook. Great for people who like to see all of their projects/folders at a glance and also for those who need to take files on the go.
  • Daily and monthly file sorters, also called "tickler" files, so you never forget time-sensitive tasks and bills. This is a great system for those who prefer paper and don't want to go digital.
  • The innovative line of Justick Display Boards don't require pushpins, magnets, or tape. Paper just magically sticks to them!

Head to Smead's site, www.myorganized.life and see all the great products they have for making paper organizing fun!
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Visual Timer

1/23/2018

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​Do you, your children, or your coworkers have trouble staying on time with tasks?

Try using a Time Timer, an innovative timer design that shows a visual representation of time elapsing that's easy to see at a glance.


Use a Time Timer for:
  • Tackling your email inbox in a set amount of time
  • Sticking with set homework and break times
  • Giving children a concrete understanding of time
  • Seeing how quickly you can finish a dreaded chore
  • Staying focused during a task
  • Sharing speaking time during meetings
  • Being punctual
  • Any other time-related task you can imagine

Best of all, there's a Time Timer for everyone because they come in lots of sizes, several colors, an app, and a desktop version.

In fact, I'm using a Time Timer on my computer desktop right now so I don't dawdle the night away fine-tuning the details of this blog post!]

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New Year, New Files

1/2/2018

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The calendar just rolled over to a new year, so it's time to start fresh with some new files. This goes for you whether you're mostly digital, mostly paper, or somewhere in the middle.

If you keep digital files, I recommend downloading pdf copies of the statements as a backup and keeping them in folders on your computer and backed up on a cloud server (I use dropbox, but there are many good options out there.). Now is the time to create new folders labeled with the new year so you'll be ready when this year's downloads are available.

If you keep paper files, now is the time to label some fresh new folders. If you have a file drawer, one good option is to keep two-year's worth of files available at a time so you can just rotate the files for the new year. One set of files will be labeled "odd" for odd years, and the other "even." When the new year rolls around, bring the new year's set of files to the front of the drawer, emptying them out by discarding anything no longer need to store and placing items for long-term storage (Check the IRS website for a reference list.) in an archive file location such as a less-accessible file drawer or a box in a closet, attic, or basement (Use plastic bins if moisture is a problem.).

Another option for paper files is my expanding file system. Each year, I start fresh with a new 19-pocket expanding file. For the first part of the year, while I'm preparing for taxes, I keep last year's file handy. After April 15th, it goes down to my basement on a shelf with 7 others. I store 7 years' worth of files (that's how long to save tax-related info) plus one expanding file for permanent information (tax returns, home repairs, major medical info, etc.). I like this system because it's easy, compact, and never has to be purged. After 7 years, the files get shredded and I can reuse the expanding file.

How will you make a fresh start with files this year?
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