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Photo by By Olly M PusI was poking around on my PDA a few weeks ago, and was horrified to see that almost all my memory was gone. I took a look at the application list, and sure enough, there were many programs on there that I don’t use regularly or at all. It was [...]

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ~Confucius

Search for hidden clutter in my life
I’ve been on a mission over the past few months. I’ve been looking at things I normally don’t look at very closely, and seeing if I can spot hidden clutter. One thing that struck me as I did [...]

What Is Hidden Clutter?
Hidden clutter hides from your vision because it is “put away” or organized. It may represent future intentions (like the pile of books you will read “someday”) or the past. Past clutter includes things that may have been useful, things you may need in the future, or may represent memories.
Where To Look [...]

Why Are The Contents of My Briefcase Important?
We shuffle loads of papers home at night with the expectation they will be worked on, only to feel guilty when you didn’t get to them all. Or perhaps you bring things to work so you can be productive on your lunch hour, packing every last minute with [...]

This weekend I had a revelation. My daughter received a “Littlest Pet Shop” item for her birthday. She has many toys, but it had been a long time since I had seen her so fascinated with a simple toy and playing for hours. As we freed the toy from its packaging, involving wire cutters for [...]

I walked around my office the other day, and was amazed that some of my colleagues could get anything done. Their desks are piles of papers, food wrappers and empty soda cans. The level of disorganization is getting so bad that management is making the lowest level managers attend organizational seminars.
While I believe that these [...]

This one is tough to do. It is so easy to file things in email and completely forget about them until your mailbox gets so large that you can’t do anything!
I use Eudora at home and Outlook at work, but the same concepts apply to both.
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What is on your computer desktop? Do you use everything on a daily basis? If not, you might want to consider moving some of the items.
Some people have so many shortcuts on their desktops that they cannot see the wallpaper. When you have that much visual clutter, it’s just like having piles of things around [...]