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Organize a Fall Tag Sale
by Sarah on Monday, September 21st, 2009 | 2 comments
Shifting wardrobes from spring and summer to fall and winter clothes is the perfect opportunity to streamline. As a general rule of thumb, we wear a very small percentage of the clothes we have in our closets, some people put the figure as low as 10-20%. So as you swap out filmy fabrics for ... [read more] -
What You Write Down Gets Done
by Sarah on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 | No Comments
It's funny how scribbling a few things down on a sticky note will make you feel more organized. It's as if just making a simple list is that first little step to getting things in order. But then look at that, you're so disorganized, you lose your list. Or you have four separate lists going ... [read more] -
Taming the Closets
by Sarah on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 | 1 comment
In some of our past columns we have posted that, despite the hype, pristine closets are not necessarily a fundamental requirement for getting buttoned up. Our point is not that straightening out your closets is a waste of time, but rather, given the typical juggling act of daily life, there are often other, more basic tasks ... [read more] -
Everything (Almost) In Its Place
by Sarah on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 | No Comments
It was 8:00am on a clear February morning in 2004 when the seed of an idea that would transform our lives took root. We were meeting in the big corporate cafeteria of the building where Alicia worked, lamenting the fact that it had taken us a ridiculous amount of time - three long months of schedule ... [read more] -
Establishing Organizational Habits
by Sarah on Thursday, September 20th, 2007 | No Comments
Resting easy once you've done a 'deep clean' and gotten really organized only leads to the return of the mess that had you feeling so frenzied in the first place. The best way to combat the ebb and flow of organizational chaos is to establish some simple habits that will keep things stable without feeling like ... [read more]
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