Archive for the Clutter Category

Applying One Box filing to Warranties

Posted on September 2, 2010 by LJ

  My Filing Heresy of putting things in one box rather than in nice neat folders has expanded.   I was in my office closet, looking at a pile of warranties to be filed, and looking at the mess that they had become. My eyes fell on my filing box, [...]

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Simplify Yourself Using Your Kids

Posted on September 1, 2010 by LJ

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. One of the things I have been helping my daughter do is to get rid of the junk that has crept into her spaces. A packrat by nature, her room and play area are dizzyingly crowded with discarded papers, mixed up toys, and [...]

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Creative Ways To Deal With Craft Supplies

Posted on August 4, 2010 by LJ

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I don’t know if it was inspired by my reading of Unclutter Your Life in One Week , or by the impending deadline of visiting relatives, but last weekend I took it into my head to clean out the craft room, also known [...]

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How To Simplify (And Organize) A Pantry

Posted on July 21, 2010 by LJ

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I took some time this past week to tackle my pantry. Over the past months it has grown to be a mass of cluttered foodstuffs, making it almost impossible for me to find anything or even know what is in there. While I [...]

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De-cluttering the kitchen

Posted on June 3, 2010 by GuestPost

This is a guest post by Trish Smith, Owner of Simple Meal Plan. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. We all enjoy having a well-organized kitchen – it makes cooking a pleasure, rather than a chore. But if your kitchen is overcrowded [...]

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Picking up is not cleaning

Posted on May 26, 2010 by LJ

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Something I read in a blog came back and hit me square between the eyes…picking up is not cleaning! I know, it probably seems obvious, but that is one thing that trips me up. I spend time picking things up and congratulate myself [...]

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