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Your Calendar – a Silent Guide with Powerful Purpose!

Your Calendar – a Silent Guide with Powerful Purpose!

You know you should be using a calendar on a regular basis – but do you? And for those who do, are you overdoing it with too many calendars to consult in your busy life? If you answered NO and YES respectively to those questions then you may be just like the multitude of people who miss appointments or are late or simply don’t get as much done in a day as they wish.

You see, calendars and the proper use of them allow us to stay on track – to keep up with

Achieve Garage Sanity Before the Storms!

Achieve Garage Sanity Before the Storms!

This is that small window of time, before Spring, to finally get that garage of yours cleaned up and cleared out. The summer heat is behind us and the cold, wet weather is just around the corner. Except perhaps, for those of you who live in the colder states who may already have wet weather by the time you read this. In any case – this can be done – and the sooner you start – the better.

Get Ready to Move In

Get Ready to Move In

The past two articles in my column explained how to get started in the moving process once you sell your home, and also what to do with those things you need to get rid of. This week is the next part on the subject and I will address moving into

Moving In Day

Moving In Day

By this time, if you have been reading for the past three weeks, you should be well prepared for your upcoming move and hopefully ready to settle into your new home. You may have already moved recently and are in the midst of figuring out how to get settled in

Teaching Our Children Organization

Teaching Our Children Organization

Yes, that’s what I just said, “Do the laundry” to aid your child in learning and success. There are many excellent skills learned in doing the laundry. Let me explain… The laundry is a task that everyone should learn to do for themselves regardless of their circumstances in life.

The Year’s Resolutions

The Year’s Resolutions

This being my last column of the year 2013, I thought it useful to focus on preparing for the New Year by checking in with intentions made last year. Many of you, probably, had high hopes for maybe a particular change or goal and had set up the steps to

2014 Alert! Did You Get It Done Yet?

2014 Alert! Did You Get It Done Yet?

I had the opportunity to interview Spencer Shulem, a young man who has developed two very successful productivity apps for Apple and might just be living proof that the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree (he’s my son). One is called “Pill Reminder” and was the #1 medical app

When to Replace It

When to Replace It

I don’t know about you, but sometimes my clients (and myself actually) get stuck between keeping something a little longer or knowing that it’s past its prime, shall we say. I did a little research and found some cool things that I, for one, was happy to know. Not sure

Put Those Things Away!

Put Those Things Away!

After my last column on Teaching Our Children, which was based around learning to do laundry, the next logical subject seemed to be organizing skills of a more general nature. With all the toys, clothing, and school items that young ones are surrounded with daily, these young years are a

Keeping Schoolwork in Order

Keeping Schoolwork in Order

My last column discussed teaching order by having young children learn to organize their toys and rooms. This time we go to the next step of keeping track of schoolwork and the accompanying papers. This can turn into a lifelong concern, as “papers” seem to plague the world and challenge

6 Organizing Ideas To Put SPRING Into Your Step

6 Organizing Ideas To Put SPRING Into Your Step

Are you starting to get “spring fever” and the desire to tidy up your space is nagging at you? I know it has for me! When spring begins I find myself re-organizing my drawers and cabinets and purging through papers. I even find this to be fun! Okay – you may not perceive this as a “fun” activity, but it can be.