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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Are You An Organizing Failure?

Do you consider yourself a failure when it comes to organizing? Do you feel like giving up (or have you given up) trying to clear clutter in your home? As soon as you get a space cleared on a book case or on top of a flat surface does someone in your home come along and fill it up? Fill it up syndrome is alive and well in our home. It drives me crazy. One thing I do to thwart this syndrome is that I don’t allow the stuff to “live” there; I move it to its designated home. I find it is easier to just move something that to complain about it.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Organize Your Way

I was at a friend's home waiting for her to come out of the house so we could go shopping. The man next door was using a leaf blower to clean off his drive way. He was blowing dirt, not leaves. As I sat and watched him I thought why I hadn't I ever thought of that. A leaf blower was just that to ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

6 Basic and Flexible Ideas To Save Time And Whip Clutter

Have you heard the expression “A stitch in time saves time?” If you have ever gotten a rip in your dress or pants or some other article of clothing and haven’t fixed it right away it usually continues to grow. But if it would have been fixed right away it wouldn’t have taken so much time to fix.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

5 Proven Tips To Help You Simplify Your Life

Do you wish your life could be simplified? As a professional organizer, women tell me all the time they want to simplify their home and life. Many of them recognize a way to simplify is to get rid of clutter and get organized. Living simply and being organized has a different meaning to everyone. It could be something as simple as being able to find a pen and piece of paper to jot down messages. It could mean being able to get dressed in the morning without pulling out five outfits before finding one that is wearable.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

2 Tips to Finding More Time In Your Day By Keeping It Simple

We all want our homes to look like House Beautiful when we and our families would be much happier with a home that is just the best our own home can be. I know as a professional organizer, organizing for women it is possible to have a clutter free home where we can walk in the door and take a ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Car Seat Safety For Infants And Children

One of the most important jobs you have as a parent is keeping your child safe when riding in a vehicle. Each year thousands of young children are killed or injured in car crashes. Proper use of car safety seats helps keep children safe. But with so many different car safety seats on the market ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Reducing Clutter Makes Home Heaven

My daughter who works for the Peace Corps was visiting three of the countries in Africa which she is country desk for. (I have no idea what that is other than it is a lot of responsibility and work which she loves). She wrote: "being in Burkina is awesome! I feel so far away! I feel like I've ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

12 tips on how to get the laundry under control once and forever

One of the biggest complaints I hear as a professional organizer when working with busy women is, "I just can't get on top of the laundry, there are always piles and piles. When my kids need clean gym clothes or the purple blouse for purple day at school those are the clothes that are always ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

7 Garage Sale Tips You Must Have For Success

I just organized a two car garage and my client found so many duplicate, good, and unwanted items that she is having a garage sale. The reasons for a sale are many and varied. No matter why you are having a garage sale here are some tips for a successful sale: 1·Gather Your Inventory Once ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Traveling With Children With Disabilities

I worked for The Department of Services for People with Disabilities for ten years. I was a caseworker for people who were low functioning. There are many types of disabilities, mental as well as physical limitations. This can be a challenge for the parent or guardian when traveling at any time and during the holiday rush it can be an even bigger challenge. With preparation and organization those with disabilities can travel just as well as anyone else. Here are some ideas and tips to make your holiday traveling easier and less stressful.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Organizing Tips On How To Hire A Babysitter And Babysitter Checklist

It is important to all parents and caregivers who have young children to be able to take a break away from the children and go out together. I can remember the first time we got a baby sitter for our little baby girl. We went somewhere close in case we needed to rush home. We weren't needed, but ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Get Rid Of Clutter Fast and Easy With These Simple Tips

Let’s face it, there are some things that we don’t like to do either because we think they are hard or we don’t know where to begin or how to do them. A few years ago I was making one of my daughters her freedom quilt (this is a red, white and blue quilt I give them on their 21st birthday). I was appliquéing blue snowflakes onto a white background. I hit a wall and I couldn’t continue making the quilt. Just the thought of sewing on it almost made me ill. Another daughter suggested I make only 21 blocks instead of the number I was aiming for.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

5 Tips On How To Downsize For Seniors

As I work with families as a professional organizer whose loved ones have moved out of their homes either to a retirement center, nursing home, care center or are deceased I increasingly see what a burden their loved ones possessions are to the families in charge of taking care of these ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

What Paper And Documents Do I Need To Keep

Is your biggest problem in your office knowing what to keep and what to get rid of? As I organize offices for women I find this is a big problem in the majority of homes. First it is necessary to have a filing cabinet that accommodates hanging folders. It is not necessary to have manila folders ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

How to Organize A Kitchen In 7 Simple Steps

We spend so much time in our kitchens shouldn't they be free of clutter and be a place we want to be? How to get rid of clutter in the kitchen in 7 simple steps will lighten you kitchen and put a smile on your face. I was six the year Santa brought me a child's size white wooden cupboard. I can still remember Christmas morning when I saw this cupboard near the tree. It had shelves on top to hold my little tea sets, two drawers and a shelf on the bottom. There were little silver knobs on the doors. I fell in love with it immediately.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

What To Do When My Linen Closet Is Too Small

I was with my rug hooking group the other day working on our rug projects and because my friends know I am a professional organizer they started asking me how to organize various problem spots in their homes. One dilemma for several of them in new homes was what to do with linens when the ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

8 Tips On How To Organize Your Piles Of Papers Forever

As a kid did you love to play a game where you would all pile on top of each other and the bottom person would be yelling, "Get off, I can't breathe"? Do you ever feel like the paper in your home is making it so you can't breathe? Paper piles in homes and offices can become a heavy weight if not ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

5 Organizing Tips to Simplify Bill Pay

When the weather is cold I love turning up the furnace. I am glad I wasn't a pioneer because I love my electric blanket and warm showers. In the summer it is nice to step into our home and feel the cool air when it is hot outside. But having heat and air conditioning means there is a bill to ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Garden Tool Organization 101

No, I am not a gardener. Whew, it just feels good to say that. Here in the Northern Hemisphere it is time to plant gardens and mow the lawns. We wait until after Mother's Day which was on May 11th this year to plant tomatoes and other warm loving veggies. Any earlier than this and they can get ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Live A Clutter Free Life By Going Easier On Yourself

When you are busy getting tasks done but you don’t get it all done are you hard on yourself, thinking you are a failure? Stop being so hard on yourself and start using a planner to help you accomplish more that you want to do guilt free.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Don't Sweat The Small Stuff

I was reading in the book "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff…and it's all small stuff" by Richard Carlson, PH.D. I have read the book before but not everything always sticks so I like to go back and reread as a refresher. I set as my goal to read two to three chapters a night. They are so small each ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Choose Freedom--Organize Your Home For The New Year

Last week I received a phone call from a local producer of an early afte oo "lifestyle" show. They asked if I would be on the show to talk about getting organized for the New Year. I did appear on the show and I had a lot of fun. The host talked about the 3 most popular goals people set for the New Year. He said they are: 1. Financial, 2. Health, and 3. Organizing. As an organizing expert I am always interested in organizing no matter what time of the year it is.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

How To Get Rid Of Clutter Using 5 Effective Proven Tips

Are you discouraged by magazine articles that set the expectation for organizing too high? Here are 5 proven and powerful tips for getting rid of clutter in just a few minutes.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

13 Organizing Tips To Make Traveling With Children A Breeze

With preparation and organization traveling with children can be a pleasant experience. Here are some organizing ideas and organizing tips to make your holiday traveling easier and less stressful. Pack everything the child will need or want in a carry on bag that can be used in the airport ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Prevent Fires In Your Home With These 11 Safety Tips

Organizing clutter in our homes is important as it creates space and gives us peace and happiness. It can also help to prevent fires. As we go about organizing clutter from room to room I suggest we also take a look at what we can do to keep our homes free from fires. October 5-11 is Fire ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

31 Way My Family, Friends and I Save Money

1.When I get a raise I put the amount that actually shows up in my pay check (after taxes etc) in savings rather than in checking. 2.If I am writing a check I round up to the next ten and either put that in savings or let it build in my checking account. (IE: If the item was $45.79 I would ...

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

How To Organizing A Teenagers Bedroom

Teenagers are busy, busy people. Often they get a bad rap from adults calling them lazy. But in my experience, which includes rearing five daughters and professionally working with troubled teens they are ambitious, fun and interesting. Teenagers are my favorite age. However, a lot of fights ...

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

10 Tips to a Sizzling Successful Summer Garage Sale

With the temperature heating up outside now is the time to sell your guilt by clearing the clutter in your home. The saying is “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure”. You can start organizing clutter and make money at the same time. The way to do this is to have a Sizzling summer garage ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

How To Store Heirloom Clothing The Right Way

I am sick and sad. I cleaned out a storage place in my home and I found an old suitcase and large plastic bag with baby clothes included two christening dresses that I had saved. I am sick because of the condition they were in. It's a good thing I decided to organize this area or there would ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

6 Simple Steps to Reduce Clutter in the Refrigerator and Freezer

If my friends could see me now! I had a friend who used to tell me how cluttered my fridge looked on the inside. Have you ever saved food and then it molded so you had to toss it out? Me too. It’s hard to throw it out even if we probably won’t use that last ¼ of a cup but we don’t want to be ...

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

5 Ways To Get Rid Of Clutter Simply And Easily

5 great ways to get rid of clutter simply and easily without all the hassle, worry and fuss. An organizing expert makes it fun to get rid of clutter. About 23 years ago I decided I needed to get rid of clutter in our home. The clutter I am talking about is the clutter of books. I love books, I own a lot of books and I read a lot of books as did my children living at home at the time. We had a lot of books that kept accumulating everywhere in our home.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

13 Organizing Tips for Car Safety for the Holidays

If you are traveling by car here are a few organizing tips to get your car ready before leaving and other trip ideas to make traveling pleasant and safe:I was driving to Colorado for a week to do some organizing. The car tires looked low so I went to a shop to have the tire pressure checked. I ...

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Fall Clutter Control in Your Closet

An aunt visited us a few years ago just after we had our living room carpet replaced with blue carpeting. As we visited she said she didn’t like the color blue. I was amazed that anyone could not like the color blue. After all the sky is blue and the ocean is blue. Now I have no room to talk as I don’t’ like the color brown—in textiles anyway. I like beautiful wood. I think I have finally figured out why I don’t like this color.

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

3 Practical Tips For Getting Rid Of Clutter

Are you tired of spinning your wheels when it comes to getting rid of clutter and it seems to take more time all the time. Try these 3 simple tips to lighten your load. I remember when I worked in an office someone had the brainstorm that we as workers would every 15 minutes write down what we had been doing. Let me tell you this was exhausting and for me a big timewaster.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

10 Tips for Car Trips You'll Love with Children

Vacationing with kids in a car is no vacation. Or another way of saying this is “being cooped up with the kids in the car is the pits”. If you don’t plan on popping in a DVD and letting the kids watch endless movies here are sanity saving ideas for your car trip. Long trips can be boring for kids and every two seconds (well maybe one) they are asking, “are we there yet”? Plan ahead before the trip to make your drive pleasant for everyone—of course this works best with school age children. ·Get a map and show the children before leaving where you will be traveling.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Storage Solutions for Things You Can’t Live Without

Is your home larger than it was 30 years ago and yet you still don’t have a place for everything you own? Do you struggle to find a place for all the things you have to keep? Could it be you have too much stuff? My philosophy is to surround yourself with things you like, you love, you use and ...

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

9 Fantastic Tips To Prepare For A Vacation From Work

Preparing at work for your vacation involves more than just getting rid of clutter on your desk. Are you worried the entire time you are away from your office under the guise of "being on a vacation"? Are you one of those people who feel pressured to be "at work" even when they are away from the office? I pass people in the airport typing away on their laptops or drafting letters and memos on the plane. I suspect others flip through channels in the hotel room yet their mind is on work. And they say they are "on vacation".

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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4 Important Tips on How To De-Clutter Your Home You'll Enjoy

It was a beautiful cold day outside. I know it is cold when my outdoor thermometer says it is 4 degrees. I thought it might be broken but when it warmed up to 6 degrees I knew it was working as the temperature had changed.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

How To Clear Clutter In 6 Simple Steps

It is winter here in Utah which means we have a lot of snow in our mountains. With the beautiful and fluffy snow comes snowboarding, snowmobilers and ski enthusiasts and (sorry to say) danger. There are times when accidents happen and an outing of snow sports become deadly. One way this happens is when snow is triggered off the mountain and there is an avalanche. People are buried and rescuers spring into action.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

6 Fresh Tips For Saving Time

Do you want more time to do the things you really like to do? Here are 6 fresh tips to help you get rid of clutter in your home so you will have more time to do the things you love to do. Several years ago my aunt went back to school to become a nurse when she was in her 40’s. Her husband was a farmer and he worked before sun up and after the sun was down out in the fields so the meal cooking and household chores were still her responsibility.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

13 Tips To Know Before You Go When Traveling To Foreign Countries

Traveling to foreign countries can be a lot of fun and a great cultural experience. With research and planning the trip can be double the fun and less hassle. You will come home with great experiences to put in your memory bank and to share with friends and family. Things to know before you ...

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published3 topics

Tips To Help Get Men/Husbands Organized

Honestly this is the very hardest!! Tips I have found that work for me: I show him how I want it to look and how I want it kept that way (like junk 'resource' drawers that he also uses all the time). I bought organizers for the drawer and organized it and asked him (a verbal contract) if he would help me keep it that way. It worked. Now and again I do have to put things back in their right place in the drawer but that doesn't bother me as it is a very simple and quick thing to do.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize Family General Self Help

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Number one Reason People Can’t Get Organized

I was teaching an adult education class to some very bright, very busy adults and we were playing a game I called “Why I can’t get organized”. All ten students said their biggest problem in clearing the clutter was they didn’t have time. Fortunately I have 9 tips that will help you find the time ...

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

8 Ways to Save Time to Revitalize You

We were out and about in the car the other day buying supplies to make the cutest bags that will we are giving for gifts. We wanted to check with some other stores before driving all over town to see if they had the supplies we needed. Fortunately I had my planner with me that includes my address book. I had every phone number for each store we were planning on going to. Some of the stores I hadn’t called in over a year but because I had their number in my book we saved hours as we found out before going to their store if they had what we needed.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Effortless Organizing Part I

Have you ever said, I am so disorganized, if only I could organize, I hate to organize, it is so hard, or I wish organizing was easy? If you have said any of the above, read on for great Do's and Don'ts that are so easy even you won't know you are organizing. The key to effortless organizing ...

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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5 Travel Tips For Organizing Important Travel Documents

Traveling is fun and takes us away from our "normal" lives but it can be frustrating if you don't have the right documents with you when you need them. Learn what documents you need when you travel and how to quickly organize them by using these 5 proven organizing tips.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

Regifting Gifts

Two years ago a good friend of mine gave me a book for my birthday. I love reading books and I put it aside into my reading queue thinking what a nice gift she had given to me. When I did pick it up to read I saw it was personally signed for her and to her by her friends. I was not sure what I ...

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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Being Organized Can Save You Money and Time

Anytime is a good time to be organized. But now it may be more important than ever. Even if you aren’t facing any greater financial challenges than you did last year here are some reasons being organized can save you money and time. I am a professional organizer and I had a woman call me and ...

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By Marilyn BohnRecently published1 topic

5 Tips For Getting Rid of Clutter With No Effort

The ocean is both powerful and hypnotic. When we visited Maine we watched as the beautiful white waves come crashing onto the rocks. In Delaware we watched as the waves come rushing onto the sandy beach where they calmly flattened out and slunk back out to gather speed again.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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The Gift of Letting Go of Clutter

Excitement was in the air as gifts were being selected for Christmas giving. My 16 year old daughter who has always been into environmental issues and working on making the earth a better place decided this one year she wanted a special watch. The face of the watch was a sepia/gold color of the world. The band was leather and she absolutely loved it. I thought it was quite pricey but I decided I would buy it for her and that would be her big present. Every few weeks she would say how much she wanted that watch and would again show me a picture of it.

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Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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