Archive for the Clutter Category
Posted on April 9, 2009 by LJ Earnest
All of us have things that need to be corralled. And while I am not a fan of storage boxes for the sake of boxing up clutter, I do like storage boxes of various types to handle supplies. Even better is when I can re-use something from around the house. [...]
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Posted on March 13, 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 March 6, 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 February 27, 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 February 18, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. It seems to me that we are missing a piece of the big picture in the living of our lives. I had reason to drive past our regional landfill this past weekend, and saw the garbage trucks snaking their way up the big [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Many of the items I keep in my filing cabinet are time sensitive. Tax receipts, pay stubs and bank statements are all examples of this type of item. Here is how to keep these things in order and on a rotating purge schedule, so that you never end up having [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. In my quest for a saner and simpler life, I have come across ten blogs that I believe are must-reads for anyone interested in simplifying their lives. Here they are, in alphabetical order: Clutter Control Blog Stacks and Stacks Clutter Control is a [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by LJ Earnest
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I agree with Flylady when she says that clutter cannot be organized. For that reason, I generally dislike storage bins. They seem to put a nice face on a messy problem. However, sometimes containers can help me set limits on what I do [...]
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