Kate Bosch Professional Organizing
  • Home
  • About
  • Work with Me
  • Happy Clients
  • Press
  • Resources
  • Tips
  • Let's Talk

​Get organized
​
Tips to motivate and ​​inspire you!

Sign Up for Organizing Tips!

Paperless = Less Filing

8/7/2017

0 Comments

 
Looking for an easy way to reduce the dreaded task of filing? Go paperless!

Whenever possible, whether it's utility bills or bank statements, sign up for the paperless option. Don't worry, your statements and account information will all be available to you online, but you'll no longer have to handle and store the paper files.

You'll still be able to reconcile your bank statements and keep track of payments because the statements will come to your email address. If you really feel the need, you can file these digitally in a special email folder. At least that kind of filing takes just a click and doesn't take up any physical space.

Want to streamline things even further? Sign up for automatic payments of recurring bills. You'll be given at least several days' notice about exactly how much will be deducted from your bank account or charged to your credit card, so you have time to transfer the funds as needed. You'll never be late on a payment again!
0 Comments

An Organizing Podcast

6/27/2017

0 Comments

 
​Do you listen to podcasts? They make excellent commuting companions and workout buddies because the time seems to fly when listening to something entertaining and educational.
 
If you want some extra inspiration and information for your organizing journey, try the Keeping You Organized podcast by Smead (maker of innovative home and office organizing products). The podcasts are 15-20 minutes long and cover a wide range of organizing topics such as paperwork, time management, and decluttering.
 
Find the Keeping You Organized podcast in iTunes or on the Smead website.
 
P.S. If you like podcasts, two non-organizing related ones that I enjoy are How I Built This, which profiles entrepreneurs and innovators, and The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe, which tells surprising stories about people and events you thought you knew.
0 Comments

Unsubscribe

6/19/2017

0 Comments

 
Are you distressed by the huge volume of emails you get?
Are you tempted to shop whenever you get those deal of the day emails?
Are you distracted by from tackling important emails by solicitation emails?

It is so worth it to find that hidden "UNSUBSCRIBE" link at the bottom of the email and click on it!

Even though that takes a bit of effort up front, it really saves time in the future by reducing the amount of unwanted and distracting emails you get.

It'll also save your wallet because you won't be tempted to shop just because some "deal" you're being offered. You know you can just go on RetailMeNot and find a deal when you really need to buy something.

So click UNSUBSCRIBE and get yourself off of all of those annoying email lists!
​But not mine, of course.
0 Comments

Organize Your Passwords

6/5/2017

0 Comments

 
Do you get confused trying to remember all of your passwords for various websites?
Do you keep the same, simple (easily-breached!) password for every site so it's easy for you to remember?
Do you write down passwords in a book or keep hard copies of passwords in files?
Do you never update your passwords because it's too hard to remember new ones?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should check out a password manager such as LastPass.

After a couple of years of using my own complicated password system and having to manually update all of my passwords on a quarterly basis, I finally decided to give LastPass a try. After a brief learning curve, I now find it very simple to create, store, and update complicated passwords to any site I log onto and to use LastPass across all of my devices. You can even use LastPass to share password access to designated sites with family members or coworkers.

Organize your passwords with a password manager!

(Click here to read why The Wirecutter picked LastPass as the best password manager and here to read their opinion as to why everyone should use a password manager.)
0 Comments

Holiday Hazard: Accidental Email Subscriptions

11/28/2016

0 Comments

 
If you’re like me, you are probably doing a fair amount of online shopping this time of year.
 
Although I always make sure to spend an afternoon at my local boutiques to find unique gifts, online shopping helps streamline some of the holiday purchases.
 
Just make sure that when you check out online you’re not adding to your post-holiday email clutter by accidentally subscribing to promotional emails. Online stores really try to hide those check boxes now (and are they getting smaller or are my eyes getting worse?). If you forget to un-check them, you’ll automatically be signed up to receive a slew of email solicitations.
 
Yes, some of the offers can be good, but do you really need to shop as frequently as the stores think you do? You can always find those same offers through www.retailmenot.com or a Google search.
 
So don’t forget to un-check the promotional emails box when you check out online.
0 Comments

    Categories

    All
    Apps
    Basement
    Bathroom
    Books
    Calendar
    Closets
    Clothes
    Clothing
    Clutter
    Collecting
    Digital Organizing
    Donating
    Food
    Garage
    Gifts
    Holidays
    Housekeeping
    Jewelry
    Kids
    Kitchen
    Makeup
    Meals
    Mementos
    Minimalism
    Office
    Pantry
    Paperwork
    Productivity
    Recycling
    School
    Seasonal Organizing
    Sentimental
    Shopping
    Swedish Death Cleaning
    Time
    Toys
    Travel

    Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016

    RSS Feed

HOME


ABOUT

SERVICES

TESTIMONIALS

PRESS

TIPS

LET"S TALK
Copyright © 2020
  • Home
  • About
  • Work with Me
  • Happy Clients
  • Press
  • Resources
  • Tips
  • Let's Talk