5 Easy Tips on Light that You Can Use to Improve Your Day

Light, Work, and YouWinter is here-and with it, short days, long nights, and Seasonal Affective Disorder. It is scientifically proven that the quantity and quality of light plays a significant role in mood and work performance.Many people spend much more time in front of their computers and/or under indoor lighting... Read More

New Business? Changing Careers? Youve Got a Whole New Ball Game

When you embark on a life transition, the skills that brought you success in a former life will no longer work. It's like trying to play football on a basketball team.Example: To succeed in corporate life, you've developed strong political skills. You can maneuver by memo. You know the unwritten... Read More

Thinking Outside the Box

Much of my time as a Professional Organizer is spent helping people to put things into containers and boxes. But, success in this business requires as much thinking "outside the box" as it does about putting things into containers. I was reminded of this recently, while consulting with clients who... Read More

3-Step Clean Sweep Program to Organize

3-Step Clean Sweep Program 1 - Purge2 - Simplify3 - Organize Getting Started Springtime is when many folks give their homes and offices a good cleaning. For every thing there is a season, and this is the season to get rid of the winter cobwebs. The... Read More

How Long Do I Need to Keep This? - A Guide to Receipts, Statements and Financial Clutter at Home

In most homes, paper causes clutter. And it seems to mysteriously multiply by itself. But just how long do you need to keep all those receipts, bank and credit card statements and other financial papers? Below is a handy reference that you can use for dealing with your home paper... Read More

Organized Living-Secrets About Your Lifes Hidden Power Revealed

An organized living lifestyle can cause you to weed out those prolonged situations of failure...poor health...frustration... hopelessness...and cure undesirables like anger, loneliness, depression and fear, which are blocking the effective communication between you and your hidden power within.Your way of thinking is the core secret behind your happiness,sadness...success or failure.... Read More

Clutter-Clearing and Your Authentic Self

Have you ever felt so discouraged, your life so out-of-control, the universe so unresponsive to your needs and desires, that you couldn't help it: you just had to clean up? By paying attention to these impulses we recognize the deep connection between our personal environment and our innermost selves. It's... Read More

Finish in Style - Organizing Works!

One of my mother-in-law's many oft-quoted and wise declarations was "Finish in style." It has been on my mind lately, as I contemplate the end of another year, and the end of the first fifty years of my life. Based on my heritage, I fully expect to live another fifty... Read More

Effective Closet Cleaning Tips - Let Go of More Than Skeletons

I know I have a problem when I have to battle with the overflow every time I try to shut my closet door. Well, okay, it's not really a closet, more like an overgrown cupboard, but as it's all I have something's got to give. When it comes to clothes... Read More

Ending The Morning Madness

Back-to-school time ? what does that mean to you? For some people, it's shopping for school supplies, gearing up for PTA meetings, and artwork taped to the refrigerator. For others, it's the beginning of a constant struggle to get everyone up, ready, and out of the house on time. Morning... Read More

What Clutter Clearing Can Do For You

You can get a pretty good idea of the benefits of clutter clearing simply by imagining your life free of all the negative effects of clutter: lack of focus and clarity; feelings of being professionally, creatively, spiritually, and/or romantically stuck; insufficient time and attention for self and family; increased stress,... Read More

After the Clutter: 5 Steps to a New Daily Routine

I've noticed that in the two years since the major de-cluttering of my apartment, clutter has been creeping back in.So what DO you do after you've cleared the clutter? If your day-to-day routines are continuing to create clutter, then you'll always be one step behind it.5 Steps to a New... Read More

10 Tips on Color Coding Your Paper: From Chaos to Coherence

Color-There Is No SubstituteIn anatomical illustrations you see the brain's visual system, where the optic nerve is actually 25 times faster than our audio nerves (hearing). No matter which processing style you depend on, 90 percent of the sensory perceptions received by your brain are visual. This is undoubtedly why... Read More

Escaping The Clutter Trap? - 5 Steps For Increasing Productivity And Decreasing Stress

? Do you feel overwhelmed by all the "stuff" in your life? Magazines and journals you've never finished reading, clothes you never wear, e-mail you haven't responded to, or photographs you intended to share with friends or colleagues? ? Are you embarrassed to invite people to your home or office... Read More

Organization Tips - How to Set Up Your Database

What's in a Name?Everything.What do you do with all the contacts you make in your organisation? Do you:Collect business cards and throw them in the bottom of your desk drawer hoping one day one of these people will ring and do business with you? Have any system for keeping information... Read More

Is Your To Do List The Problem?

You start each week with great intentions. You are determined to get a grip of your workload. You are determined to write a to do list, you even promise yourself that you will stick to it and use it and reprioritise each day so that you finish what you want... Read More

Lightening The Load

When I tell people what a FREEING experience moving is, they usually look at me like I'm crazy. "What do you mean freeing? It's the most stressful thing I've ever been through!" While there are stresses associated with relocating, each move offers you the opportunity to lighten the load. When... Read More

Calendars and Personality Type

I recently conducted a survey to look at the relationship between an individual's personality type and his or her organizing and time management style, and noticed that the majority of participants said they have a calendar system that works for them. As there are so many time management systems available,... Read More

The Organized Move: Packing Made Simple

(This is the second in a series of three articles on "The Organized Move")Does the thought of packing all your belongings make you want to run for the hills? Homeowners who are moving on their own (as opposed to a corporate relocation where an employer is paying all the bills)... Read More

Its Time To Clear Out! Clutter Busting For Every Aspect Of Your Life

'A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.' --William Lyon Phelps (1895 - 1985) English novelist, poet, writerWe've seen some sunshine and light is beginning to stream through the... Read More

Creating The Perfect Closet

Your closet is often the first thing you see in the morning, and its condition can determine your mood for the day. There is something about an orderly closet that makes a person feel stylish and in-control. But digging through a cluttered closet, trying to find a matching outfit can... Read More

Quick Organizing Tips From Assistance For You

Keeping on task and getting organized starts with a basic plan that can be implemented into everyone's daily life. Just by following these simple steps you can be on your way to a more productive and friendly work environment. Below are some quick tips to get you started on the... Read More

Organize Yourself Otherwise Your Work Could Kill You

We are in a society where people are applauded for starting work early and finishing late.It's about time employers recognised that their people have a life and that working from dawn to dusk does not make them a happy and productive employee.Have you ever heard of the Pereto principle or... Read More

Clear Your Clutter and Free Your Life

Whatever your clutter problem the answer is the same: make a decision to clear your clutter and then take action to clear your clutter.Without action, the decision is meaningless. Without the right decision any action is undirected.Physical clutter is the debris that is strewn around your home and work environment:... Read More

Control Your Childrens Clutter!!

Ever feel overwhelmed by all the papers, notices, artwork, and other items your kids bring home from school? Don't be a pack rat!! We'll show you how to "Trap the R-A-T" (RETAIN, ACT, THROW)1. School flyers: Nearly every day, your child brings home flyers announcing some school activity, bake sale,... Read More

Jawa Report (blog)
Organizing for America Targets Sarah Palin
ABC News
Apparently hoping to re-create some of this fundraising magic, the committee now known as Organizing for America sent out a fundraising appeal this morning ...
Dems Seek Fundraising Boost in War With PalinFOXNews
Obama now pleading for money to fight Sarah PalinLos Angeles Times
Organizing for America Skeert of GirlsJawa Report (blog)
Raw Story -Boston Globe -Huffington Post (blog)
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Reality of Down Economy Hitting Students Organizing Foo...
WHAG
CHAMBERSBURG, PA - A group of students at the Franklin County Career and Technology Center have spent several weeks preparing Thanksgiving dinners for ...

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MiamiHerald.com
Organizing Against Proposed University Merger
WJTV
The state college is taking no position on whether it supports Governor Barbour's proposed merger of the state's three historically ...
Students Vent Outrage at Anti-Merger RalliesJackson Free Press

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They Call It Propaganda for a Reason
FOXNews
So Organizing for America, which used to be called Obama for America and before that Self-Righteous Chuckleheads, held a contest to create ...

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Organizing Victories: Athletic Equipment, Blue Jeans, and Pirates
Firedoglake (blog)
I want to take a minute to shout out some victories for union members in the last week. First up: United Students Against Sweatshops scored a major victory ...
Students win major sweatshop victorySan Francisco Bay Guardian

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White Barn Farm organizing one-day local harvest Thanksgiving sale
Wicked Local Norfolk
A one-day local harvest Thanksgiving sale is planned on Saturday, Nov. 21, 10 am-4 ap.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, Rte. 140, Wrentham. ...

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Vote yes, and keep organizing
Socialist Worker Online
Because of our organizing zeal and strike power, the UIUC bargaining team had to pull each of these demands off of the table. In the last few months, ...

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Local director wins national contest for health care spot
Charlottesville Daily Progress
By Brian mcneill A Charlottesville filmmaker's video on health-care reform has won a national contest sponsored by President Barack Obama's “Organizing for ...
Obama Health Care Contest KidsRushLimbaugh.com (subscription)

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(Labor) Organizing 2.0 in the Age of Obama
Firedoglake (blog)
Organizing is enjoying a renaissance these days, as evidenced by a steady stream of articles and books about last year's presidential election campaign and ...

The Canadian Press
Tour of Obama's NYC visits Columbia, Harlem, where he studied, lived and worked
The Canadian Press
After college, he worked in Harlem for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a job that led to community organizing in Chicago. ...

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