Organizing Mail
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Organizing by Use
/0 Comments/in Tip of the Month/by Janine Cavanaugh, CPO®Tip: Store items where you use them. For example, no mater where you read, whether it’s in bed, on the couch, at the kitchen table or in your favorite chair in the den, make space for what you read close to where you read it.
To Keep or Not Keep
/0 Comments/in Tip of the Month/by Janine Cavanaugh, CPO®Tip: If making the decision to keep or not keep is too difficult, do the following. Pack up the items and label the container with a list of contents and the date the items were packed. Store the container in an out of the way location for one year. If you look for items in the container within the year, consider keeping those items only. If you don’t, get rid of all the items in the container.
Containers for Organizing
/0 Comments/in Tip of the Month/by Janine Cavanaugh, CPO®Tip: When searching for an appropriate container to store items, take these 5 aspects into consideration, proper fit, durability, manageability, dimensions, and labeling options. Remember that function should take prescience over ascetics. I recommend getting a container you like, because you’ll be much more apt to use it.
Cost of Ownership
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Janine Cavanaugh, CPO®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
Do you agree that it’s easy to accumulate belongings, especially if you have children? Things, stuff, and junk seem to multiply at a very rapid rate. Have you ever asked yourself what is the cost of owning all these things, all this stuff, all the junk? Just like home ownership, I bet it’s not always pleasant to own things. In fact, just like home ownership, it can be costly.
What is the cost of ownership? To figure out the cost of ownership of an item consider these 5 factors:
1. Purchasing it
A. Time – going to store or ordering
B. Effort – researching and comparing products
C. Money – cost of item and cost of gas or shipping
2. Time and effort exchanging it if it’s not the right item
3. Real estate required to store it
4. Effort to organize, clean, repair, and update it
5. Stress of loosing or ruining it
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.
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