Organizing Paper
Tip: Store papers, files and information vertically. This prevents piles from forming, growing and taking over. It also allows easier access, with less frustration when returning and retrieving papers, files and information.
Entries by Janine Cavanaugh, CPO®
Organizing Incentives
Tip: Incentives work! Give yourself an incentive for each scheduled organizing session you put on your calendar and keep. Give yourself an incentive for each target area you tackle and make progress on. Give yourself an incentive for each flat surface you organize.
Organizing Takes Practice
Tip: Practice organizing. The trick to getting better and mastering the skill of organizing is to practice. Think for a minute of what advice you’d give yourself (or your son or daughter) if you wanted to improve your golf swing. You’d tell yourself to practice. The same applies to organizing. I’d recommend practicing organizing for […]
Combating Clutter
Tip: According the American Heritage Dictionary, the word clutter as a noun is defined as “a confused or disordered state or collection; a jumble”. As a verb the word clutter is defined as “to litter or pile in a disordered manner”. I often hear my clients refer to it as their random things, mounds of […]
Organizing Maintenance
We were fortunate to have had such a mild winter, but aren’t you happy spring is here? I am. I especially like all the vibrant colors of spring, but we couldn’t have those colors without a few rain drops. As we enter the month of April with all its rain showers, I want to talk […]
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