Christmas is such a beautiful time of year and can be one of the most expensive. Gift giving is supposed to be a thoughtful gesture of kindness, love and goodwill. However, for most of us there are at least a few people who...

Time management is one area many people struggle with for many reasons. Some of us are very go, go,go; overbook ourselves, run late, forget appointments, etc just because we are overconfident and/or overwhelmed. Especially when you add kids into the mix, time seems lik...

When I tell people I am a professional organizer, a good amount of people ask me what I think about the popular book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. To be honest, I don’t understand why it’s so popular. I disagree with most of the book’s suggestio...

Ever since my husband introduced me to the Zen Habits blog back when we were dating, I have been in LOVE with Minimalism.  One of the leading voices in this minimalist movement is Joshua Becker who created the Becoming Minimalist blog, so when I heard he was writing a...

According to this article by NY Daily News, the top ten most lost items are the following:

1. Car keys 

2. House Keys

3. Winter accessories

4. Clothing

5. Credit or debit card

6. Wallet

7. Watch or jewelry

8. Cash

9. Umbrella

10. Driver's license

The easiest way to prevent losing...

Alison Stewart's book “Junk: digging through America's love affair with stuff” opens with her experience of clearing out her family's basement after her parents passing. This experience was the inspiration for the writing of this book, as she developed such a strong cu...

To keep, or not to keep, that is the question. Whenever we organize we begin by purging, editing, downsizing, decluttering, or whatever you want to call this process. We do this first because most of us simply have too much ‘STUFF’. This 'stuff' has to be gone through...