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By Sarah Welch & Alicia Rockmore
Getting organized was one of the top three New Year’s resolutions in 2009 for the majority of people. If you were one of the people hankering to get a little bit more buttoned up this year, but haven’t quite gotten off the mark, what’s holding you back? Are you overwhelmed and wondering where to start? Are you too busy? No matter the excuse, we’ve put together a list of ten simple things you can do today, this week, or this month to get you on your way to a neater, more organized life.
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After you've got your chaos under control, how do you keep the clutter from creeping back? We asked Vicki Norris, author of Restoring Order to Your Home, for her strategies for staying ahead of the mess.
1. Make organizing a habit, not a one-time event.
“If you incorporate organizing into your daily routine, you’ll prevent the mess from getting out of hand again,” says Norris.
Institute daily or weekly rituals: Before the TV gets turned on at night, have everyone do a 10-minute tidy-up around the house. Pay your bills at a set time every other week. “If you have set times for cleaning and organizing, you’ll be less likely to skip it,” says Norris. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (1) | Blog
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With tax season encroaching,
my piles of paperwork are getting bigger than ever: annual bank
statements, W-2s, reports from my 401(k) (I try to avoid looking at
those until absolutely necessary). To make space for all this, I
need to get rid of some of the other papers -- the stuff not
related to… Read More »
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