When I suggest to my clients that we review their bookshelves and see if they can let any books go, they usually look at me in a panic and say, “But I LOVE my books!” Books are just like any collection: a bunch of individual items that are viewed as an entity but are actually quite diverse in terms of their usefulness or emotional value.
Read more →Today I saw something I hadn’t seen in a long time. The top of my desk.
Read more →Technology changes so quickly these days that we’ve just barely mastered an acquisition before an updated version with amazing new features is out on the market. No wonder we have a tendency to replace things that still work. I myself have just done so with my landline phone, and I’m thrilled with my decision. However, one of the consequences of rapid technology advances is . . . clutter. (You knew I was going to get around to that, didn’t you?)
Read more →Two of my basic organizing principles are: (1) Every item must have a home, and (2) Keep like with like. By selecting a home for every item, you know where to look for it when you need it, and you know where to put it away when you are done. By keeping like with like, you avoid creating multiple homes for similar things. I’ve discovered a great way to reinforce these two principles: labeling.
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