Entries by Janine Cavanaugh, CPO®

Organizing in a Large Family

Helpful Organizer Newsletter – July 2014 Quick Links My website My Email address My Blog NAPO-NE Side Notes:***    My website has a brand new look.  Please check it out and provide me with some feedback.  I’d love to hear what you think.   ***    I’m sorry to report that the Leaning Connection, where I’ve […]

Organizing/Sharing Information

Jot down any notes, dates, ideas, or information that you want to discuss with your spouse and children in a small notebook and keep it next to the dinning room table or kitchen table.  I keep my notes next to the kitchen table on the counter.  This helps jog my memory and reminds me to […]

Organizing E-mail

Read your E-mail with your calendar, date book or planner (whether it’s paper or electronic) right next to you so you can immediately jot down dates, notes and reminders.  This will make it easier to delete those E-mails, since the information will already be noted in your calendar.

Repurposing Containers

Would you consider purchasing containers as the “fun” part to organizing?  You wouldn’t be alone.  Containers are multifunctional and practical.  They serve important functions in organizing.  They provide boundaries for stuff.  They hold and keep like items together.  They prevent pieces and parts from getting lost or misplaced. I recommend being creative and resourceful when […]

Repurpose & Organize

I’m often asked by a potential clients if they can purchase any organizing products in preparation of our work appointment. My answer is usually no. (The exception is when we’re working in a brand new space.) The reason for my “no” answer, is that in the process of organizing we uncover, discover, locate, unearth, and […]