Archive for the Clutter Category
Posted on January 22, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. I switched to Firefox almost as soon as it came out. While I work with Microsoft products for a living, I hated working with IE6. Firefox gave me so much more… tabbed browsing, and the ability to expand functionality with extensions! Oh my, [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. An acquaintance of mine was eager to talk. It could have been out of a sitcom: a woman walks into a house, laden with bags. She announces: “I’m going to get organized. Look at all the containers I bought!” Stop. All that pretty [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Sometimes when things get really overwhelming because there is just too much stuff, I do a mini-blitz decluttering session. This takes no more than 10 minutes, and yields quick results. Here is my recipe for quick decluttering: Mini-blitz Decluttering Select an area. [...]
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Posted on August 10, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. It is funny that this topic was one I picked for today, because the moment I picked it, an online group I belong to tackled the same subject. If we apply my standard definition of clutter to be “something that you don’t love [...]
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Posted on July 15, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. For many people, myself included, having stuff in my visual field is a distraction. The worst part is that after a while, the clutter isn’t even seen. I realized last night that my home desk was out of control. I no longer even [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Most people I know won’t embark on a big decluttering because they think it will take too long. I decided to put together a list of quick decluttering projects to get you started getting rid of the junk in little chunks of time. [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. In the past few weeks several people have asked me for organizational advice. My super-organized mother instilled it in my upbringing, making it almost second nature to me. But one of my friends complained that she hadn’t been trained as I had, and [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Disclaimer: I received a sample of this product with a request that I review it for my blog. I have no connection with the company outside of this. A few weeks ago I was asked to review a product called the FileIt box. [...]
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