Legos & Labels and To Do Lists
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I wanted to share some eco-friendly habits that I’ve personally initiated in the past few years. I added them gradually to my life, so they didn’t seem drastic or overwhelming. Maybe you’ve done the same or something similar. Please share. If you’d like more details, please just ask.
Eco-Friendly Habits:
1. Recycle more – it’s so easy to do, especially since my town offers all-in-one curbside weekly
pick up.
2. Stopped buying water bottles. Instead I use Tupperware refillable bottles.
3. Stopped buying paper napkins. Instead I use cloth napkins. My nieces and nephews love it, and it’s usually their first exposure to cloth napkins.
4. Use reusable shopping bags more often. I used to just use them at the grocery store. Now I use them everywhere, when I remember, but the more I do it the more I remember.
5. Use reusable produce bags.
6. Stopped buying saran wrap. Hate the stuff. Instead I use my reusable produce bags.
7. Started a compost bin. I purchased it from my town hall.
8. Use rain barrels. I also purchased them from my town hall.
9. Use the water that collects in my de-humidifier to water my plants.
10. Use on-line bill pay and went paperless with as many bills and statements that I could. Some times it’s the little things that have the most impact.
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Happy New Year! I’m looking forward to 2013 and all that it may bring, and I hope you are too. I usually make a few New Year’s Resolutions. Do you? If getting organized and loosing weight are on your resolution list, you’re not alone. They’re two of the most popular resolutions people make. So, I’m not surprised to see all the weight loss and gym membership ads on television. In fact, I think what I do as a Certified Professional Organizer® is very similar to what a Personal Trainer does. Please let me explain!
Like a Personal Trainer
How am I, a Certified Professional Organizer® like a Personal Trainer? I can list five similarities for you. 1. I’m hired to assist you to reach a specific goal. So, if you’re ready to take the Personal Trainer approach to organizing, I’m ready to assist you. Call today, 508-699-6652.
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September brings colder nights, and soon we’ll be turning on the heat. We received the depressing news from our plumber that our furnace should be replaced this year or next. Oh, the joys of home ownership. What about the joys and cost of owning any item?
Costs of Ownership
Are the things, stuff and junk you have in your space worth the cost of ownership? Answering this question can help you determine what is worth keeping and what isn’t.
Try it and share with me what you discovered. If you’d like assistance with the process, I’m at your disposal.
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 to you about faulty windshield wipers. Specifically, how I see those wipers as being just like the lack of maintenance in the process of organizing.
We all know what it’s like when our car windshield wipers don’t work; they leave smudges and streaks; they create vision problems; we have to keep spraying and cleaning; they’re frustrating. Those smudges and streaks are like pockets of clutter and piles of stuff. Those vision problems are like stress and its side effects. The constant spraying is like our procrastinated efforts to organize. And the frustration is just that, frustration.
Maintaining order takes time and some self discipline, but the key is to not give up or let the situation get out of control. My top 5 maintenance tips are…
Please share with me what works for you.
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