Over the weekend, I embarked on a small project that is giving me great happiness. I got my brooms off the floor of the closet. As you probably already know, I am a huge fan of Command™ products. I’ve written numerous blog posts about them (see, for example, Commanding the Bathroom and Hooks at Your Command.) I’ve used Command hooks in my own home to hang keys, handbags, clothes, masks, necklaces, potholders, pans, and utensils. I’ve also implemented Command products…
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Those of you who, like me, came of age just when personal computers came on the market will remember when file names were limited to eight characters. For example, you might give a list of charitable expenses for last year’s tax return a name like “CHARXP22”. It could be challenging to make sense of these names when you looked at them months or years later. Happily, those limitations are long gone. We can have much longer names and we can…
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In New York City, we eat a lot of takeout food. Before the pandemic, not all restaurants delivered directly to our homes. In recent years, however, you can have food delivered from nearly everywhere. It used to be important to keep takeout menus on hand so that you could call and place your order. Now, most orders are placed on-line, through third-party apps like Seamless or through the restaurant’s own website. That’s why I’m surprised when I’m helping a client…
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My little dog Alfie passed away late last week. Those of you who have lost pets know how traumatic this is. As I always do when life feels out of control, I immediately went into organizing mode. I knew that I would end up writing about this experience, so after I couple of days, I searched my blog to see what I had written when my first dog Taffy died 9 years ago. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised to…
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I think we are all used to the idea of money as a finite resource. But space is a finite resource as well — not just for those of us who live in small homes, but for everyone. Even if you have an attic, basement, or garage to stash the stuff you aren’t using, eventually it will be so full that you will have to deal with it. One way to avoid coming up against space limitations is to use…
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