No More Shoulds
I have been urging my clients to banish a certain word from their vocabularies. It’s not a four-letter word, but it has the same deleterious effect on their psyches. That word is “should”.
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Mary Poppins’s Closet
Yesterday I engaged my entire family in cleaning out our entryway closet. We are lucky enough to have walk-in closets — designed by California Closets before we bought the apartment — so it is actually possible to see everything that’s in there. Therefore, I knew we had a few items that we could get rid of. Frankly, I am amazed at how much stuff we are giving away!
Read more →Charities That Will Pick Up Your Stuff
When I work with clients who want to shed their unwanted possessions, they are delighted at the idea of donating their stuff to charity. They are less enthusiastic, however, at the idea of having to shlep their stuff to make that happen. That’s why I’m always delighted to learn of charities that will come to your home to pick up your donatable items. Here are two that I’ve recently learned about.
Read more →Pet Products for Small Spaces
I was recently invited to a pet product expo sponsored by Pet Socialite Events. I was invited because I was an Organizer, but it was my new status as a Dog Owner that spurred me to go. While there, I ran into my organizing colleague Fern Silvernagel. Fern is a Cat Owner and her perspective was invaluable as we toured the vendor displays in search of products that our clients could use.
Read more →A Cautionary Tale about Q-Tips
My mother called me the other day to tell me that she had 750 Q-tips and was hoping I would agree to take some of them off her hands. Here’s how it happened. My mother noticed that the package of 300 Q-tips that she purchased at Walgreen’s quite a number of years ago was almost empty. However, she was determined to buy a smaller package, since she and my dad use them up so slowly, and, like most of us…
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