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Matter of Heart Organizing will collect your gently worn shoes
As part of the NAPO/Soles 4 Souls Challenge, Matter of Heart Organizing has pledged to collect 3,000 pairs of gently-worn shoes to distribute to those in need in Haiti by January 31, 2012. We need your help! If you’ve got … Continue reading
Posted in Clutter, donation, Green living Resources, Green organizing tips, Inspiration, Uncategorized
Tagged clutter, declutter, decluttering, green ideas, green organizing, haiti, matter of heart organizing, park slope green living, professional organizer, reuse, shoe charity, shoe donation, soles4souls, values
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The Art of the Stoop Sale
When my husband and I decided to have our first stoop sale, it was with some embarrassment at exposing our paltry wares and an “Oh, what the heck” attitude. After all, Park Slope is the mecca of stoop sales, so … Continue reading
Posted in Clutter, Green living Resources, Hoarding
Tagged declutter, organizing, park slope, selling your stuff, stoop sale, yard sale
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Help for Hoarders and Their Families
As a professional organizer, I’ve noticed two types of impact television shows like A&E’s Hoarders and TLC’s Buried Alive have made on audiences. Before the shows became popular, I’d meet people, and they’d often say, with a half chuckle, half … Continue reading
Covey’s First Three Habits of Highly Effective People
I knew there was a reason I liked Franklin Covey. I took a day long webinar which outlines the seven habits of highly effective people last week and it brought back some of the principles of time management I put … Continue reading
Posted in Time Management
Tagged changing habits, covey, goals, highly effective people, time management, values
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For the Love of Paper
Love of paper is not a problem.
What is a problem is when the piles get too big, when we lose information, when we can’t find what we need when we need it, when the visual clutter starts compromising our ability to focus on the task at hand, and drains our energy – negating the joy the paper gave us in the first place. Continue reading
Posted in Building skill in organizing, Clutter, Paper
Tagged clutter, decluttering, organization, paper management, paper organizing
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Clutter & Vision: Cutting a Path to Leading an Extraordinary Life
Is clutter holding you back from living the full life you want to lead? The act of decluttering can create powerful internal shifts, revealing a vision we may not have been aware of – a true beginning to envisioning and living extraordinary lives. Continue reading
Posted in Building skill in organizing, Clutter, Inspiration
Tagged clarity, clutter, organizing, productivity, vision
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First steps to ingraining new organizing habits you’ll kep for life
Here are three great organizing tips you can implement now: 1. Write every important thing down. I’m surprised by how many people who tell me they try to hold appointments, tasks, and ideas in their head. This burdens our working … Continue reading
Posted in Building skill in organizing
Tagged habit, organizing, productivity, routine, time-management
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New Beginnings – Daring to Dream
Our lives are accustomed to be in reaction all day long — to our phones, appointments, and relationships. It’s easy to forget that we’re the co-authors of our lives, and the quality of our lives depends on taking time to attend to ourselves. Continue reading
New Beginnings – Creating A Dream Nook
It’s sometimes hard to appreciate our great outdoor environment, when tour home environment feels overwhelmed by clutter. Clutter clouds our vision of who we most want to be, and what contributions we most want to make in the world. Continue reading
Posted in Clutter, Inspiration
Tagged clutter, declutter, dream nook, home, household tips, matter of heart organizing, organize
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Green Living Resources
Ready to forge your path towards a greener lifestyle? Here are a few resources to get you started: Websites: All Green Allie’s Answers (product reviews) Be Turtle Carbon Fund The Climate Project (Al Gore) Co-Op America CSA Community- Supported Agriculture … Continue reading
