Tips, tools and inspiration to support your organizing journey.
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3 To-do’s for the Day is Enough!
Keep it short. Keep it simple. Keep it sacred. From a practical standpoint, we've written about choosing the 3 most important things for the day and letting the rest go. But when we read Melissa Camara Wilkins' blog post, What is an Enough List? we fell in love with...
Summer is here. Have a lazy weekend!
Give yourself permission to let it ALL go! We just love and appreciate our systems that walk us through simply and joyfully getting things done. However, sometimes it is most supportive to just walk away from the lists, the projects, the events, the people, the...
Is Organizing Overwhelming? See SORT in action!
SEE THE SORT in action - Thanks Ruth Hadlock (a Clear & SIMPLE Certified Organizer™) You've picked the organizing project to do, you have set aside the time and now the overwhelm hits. You look around at all the stuff and feel paralyzed about where to start...We...
Slow Down for Summer
Summer can be a time to slow down rather than speed up! Summer is a sweet time. We often feel the tug to be a kid again on summer vacation, free from life's responsibilities. And yet the summer can get crazy and even busier than the rest of the year. So how do we slow...
Our Best Organizing Tip – Get a Trusted FRIEND!
Everything is more fun with a trusted friend – especially organizing! Let’s face it – most things are more fun when done with a friend – shopping, movies, dining, hiking, travel, and hobbies. What is it about organizing that makes us think we have to suffer, have to...
Revitalize and Organize for Spring
Harness the last of the spring energy before summer hits! You know how contagious spring energy can be. It hits your body and you feel compelled to start clearing your space, go buy cool containers and somehow bring your space to life. You want to mirror what is...
Simple Spring Organizing Rituals
Bring the sweet energy of spring into your space! Ritual is a great way to anchor your intentions. It helps you to massage and soften and release tough holding patterns and bring to conscious reality the longs of your heart. Stephanie Bennett Vogt To help you really...
Pretty & Practical Spring Organizing Tips
The Energy of Spring is contagious! New life and fresh ideas abound. The urge to create has been building all winter long. Sadly, it can also be overwhelming because of all the fun choices. Just imagine taking a trip down to the local gardens and gazing at the...
Client Story – Taming the Paper Piles
Those piles of paper and overflowing files can be tamed! "I'm coming clean here. Literally. I had piles of paper taking over my spare room that was supposed to be my sweet home office. It desperately needed attention. There were files from the last decade, including...
Apps & Agencies to help you let go!
If you aren't using it, let someone else love it! Isn't it amazing how stuff, from paper to toys, keeps coming in and piling up? So much of it isn't even used but we don't have the time or energy to deal with all of it. It's not like you can take a whole month off to...
TOP TEN TIPS for Letting Go Easily…
If letting go was easy the clutter wouldn't be there. The TOSS can be tough - we so get that! We shared in SORT First. TOSS Later. that sorting everything first, without trying to decide whether or not to keep the items, makes the toss step easier. When you can see...
First comes SORT. Next comes TOSS.
The key is ONE question at a time and one decision at a time! The TOSS (the letting go) is the most loaded step of clutter clearing and organizing. If we could do it easily then the piles of stuff wouldn't be filling up our space. It is often the emotional attachment...
The More of Less…The Book is Coming!
Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own "The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don't." - Joshua Becker We could not agree with this sentiment more. As many of you know, the last few years Marla and Kate have been on...
Bankers Boxes – Sanity When Sorting the Stuff!
Yes, Bankers Boxes can save your sanity, and even your marriage! The Clear & SIMPLE Way is all about keeping organizing simple and joyful. That might seem laughable when it comes to actually handling the stuff, but that's exactly why we LOVE banker's boxes...
SORT First. TOSS Later.
Breathe. You don't have to decide *yet* what to do with the stuff. You have gone through the SEE IT. © and MAP IT. © steps and are ready to begin the DO IT. ©. This means touching the stuff. This is loaded. When you are looking at the piles of paper everywhere or that...
Mind Mapping for SIMPLE Planning!
Your Right & Left Brain can now work together! "When sitting down to create a mind map all you need are two things; an idea and a brain. You put your idea in the centre and let your brain do the rest." Andrea Leyden Mind Mapping is our favorite tool for the MAP...
The Magic MAP IT Question!
How do I want my space to look, feel and function? The second step in The Clear & SIMPLE Way is MAP IT.©, which stands for Make a Plan for what you want. When we are confronted with all the stuff in our space, it can feel impossible to know what we really want....
Mr. Organized Meets Ms. Chaos
How to get along when we attract our opposite! Organization can help or hinder. Why is it that "Mr. Organized" partners with "Ms. Chaos"? The universe is funny that way, always trying to balance things out. Think about how often you are at odds with someone in your...
His stuff, Her stuff, Our stuff
Creating and caring for a home together is often challenging. We each have a relationship with our stuff and patterns that show up in our space. When it comes to mixing our stuff with someone else all kinds of issues can arise... I need stuff out where I can see it...
Your space tells your STORY!
Your space, your home, your office, your car, your desktop... are simply reflecting who you are and what is going on inside you. So what story would they tell if you were looking in from the outside? Pause right now and go to your favorite room, or the room you spend...
Six Questions from Six Experts – helping you get unstuck!
Sometimes a simple question brings the answer you need most. Just ask & listen! Daily life is often overwhelming. There is so much information coming at us all the time. There are decisions to be made and actions to take. Sometimes taking a 10 minute break to...