Time and again, clients call me to organize their overstuffed closets and dresser drawers. Most of the time, they swear to me before we start that they really do wear all of those clothes. Once we get started, however, I hear the usual comments: “That hasn’t fit me in years.” “I never felt comfortable in that.” “That has a huge stain on it.” And my favorite: “Oh, I’d forgotten I had that!”
Read more →Without even looking in your closets or drawers, I will hazard the guess that you have too many clothes. By that I mean that you have clothes you hardly ever wear, as well as clothes you never wear, ever. How do I know? Because everyone has too many clothes. Remember the 80-20 Rule, a.k.a. the Pareto Principle? It applies to clothes as well. We wear 20% of our clothes 80% of the time. That means that we are dedicating 80%…
Read more →Once they have gotten rid of piles of paper and rediscovered the tops of their desks, clients often ask me what is the best way to set up their desk areas. Sit down at your desk and spread out your arms in all directions. Any part of your desk that is at your fingertips is what I refer to as “prime real estate”. Prime real estate should be reserved for those items that you use constantly. Make a list of…
Read more →You’ve all heard of Parkinson’s law, which states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. Here is the Organizing Goddess’s corollary: Stuff expands to fill the space available for its storage. So how can you limit the amount of stuff and thus reduce clutter? By limiting the space you make available to it, of course!
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