A New Labeler to Love
If you’ve been around the Creative Organizing blog for a while, you probably know that I’m a fan of labels. (Shhh…don’t tell anyone, but I even have labels in my fridge. I know it’s a bit [...]
The Three Phases of Organizing
Key to getting organized (and staying that way!) is to understand that organizing is made up of three distinct phases: the project phase, the habits-creation phase, and use and maintenance. Why is this important to understand? [...]
The Organized Purse – Post 2
This is one of those posts that gives me perspective about my life. I remember seventeen-ish years ago, I was fresh out of college and had my first job in the real world. I worked at [...]
Reason to Get Organized: Home Confidence
Since teaching my Goals workshop, I’ve been on a health kick. It started by refocusing on exercising and drinking eight glasses of water a day. That felt really good…so inspired by a student in my class, [...]
How to Organize your Purse
If there's one small organizing project that gives you big bang for your buck, its organizing your purse. After all, you use your purse every single day. Plus, it's the home to all sorts of little, bitty things [...]
Organizing Gift Wrap
I'm getting really excited about the holidays. Last week was Collin's birthday...so now I can officially turn my attention to the holidays. Hooray! Last night I went through my gift-wrapping supplies, took inventory (not literally) and [...]
Thoughts on Clutter – The Follow Up
Wow…that was fun. So, I guess it’s more of a law than a theory—other people’s clutter in our home really is way more annoying than our own. So now that we know this, what do we [...]
Thoughts on Clutter
I have a few theories about clutter. (Maybe you've noticed?) So today, I thought I'd share one of them. You know, just for fun. Ready? OK...here's one of my favorite clutter theories: When it comes to [...]
Get Organized. Save Money.
From paying late fees to spending money on duplicate items (because we can't find the one we already own) disorganization can be a costly proposition. So it stands to reason that by getting more organized, we [...]
Empowered by Organizing
Recently I’ve been thinking about organizing and the economy. The first, I’m sure comes as no surprise. Organizing is what I think about. It’s what I talk about. It’s what a write about. It’s what I [...]