I found this great little video on YouTube that I would like to share with you today. It’s a clip by American comedienne Lois Morton named: Confessions of a Clutterholic.
Enjoy!
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Tuesday’s Tip – Clutter Entertainment
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Piling or Filing
Saturday, September 26th, 2009Many people have piles on their desks. And for some of them these piles actually work. Some people are very visual and want to leave everything out in sight that they are working on because they are worried they’ll forget it if it’s files away. One problem of those piles is that they take up a lot of space. Another one is that no-one but you will know where anything is. Co-workers have virtually no chance of finding anything on a piler’s desk.
There are a few practical solutions that save space and will make it easy to at least identify which pile holds what.
Using filing trays is one option. The ones that are stackable and are usually used as in-trays. Simply divide all your piles out into your different projects, then assign one tray per project and also label the tray.
If your projects are very paper intensive and would take up more than one tray, you can either divide your project logically into two trays (i.e. one for active documents, one for background literature) or you could use a literature sorter which can hold a lot more.
Getting your paper organised will help you save time finding things which you can use on actually working on your projects rather than looking for relevant documents.
Bank Holiday Decluttering – Part 2
Friday, May 1st, 2009And we’re back with our big project for the Bank Holiday weekend. Here is the second lot of top tips for a successful decluttering session.
You’ve done all the getting rid of things, what are the next steps:
Reorganise: Put like things together. This means if you look for a particular item it can only be in one place. No more hunting around.
Containerise: Once you know exactly what you keep, you can move on to a great part of the job and find suitable storage containers. Use these as much as possible, they really help to corral your belongings and make putting things away so much easier. And make sure you label the containers once you have decided what goes in. This will save you lots of time later looking for things in your new system.
Reward: Make sure you plan a nice reward for the end of your project. If it’s just you doing the work, then have a nice bubble bath, if the whole family is involved, maybe a trip to the park or to the cinema. I’m sure you can think of a suitable reward. You deserve it.
Maintenance: So that the whole effort wasn’t in vain, you need to maintain the new order. Simply stick with what mums have told us for generations. “Put it back when you’re finished with it.” You don’t want to have to start over in the same area once the next Bank Holiday comes around.
And if after all that the whole thing is still too daunting for you, why not call in an expert to kick the project off. Here at Well Organised we can put you on the right track and start you off with a few hours of professional help or we can guide you through the whole project, whatever your needs.
Professional Looking Labels
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009The best way to make any organising project look a lot more professional is to use a label maker or label writer. Or you could also print out labels from your computer, of course.
If you use your PC or laptop you need some word processing software. You can use MS Word for instance. If every label is different you need to use the Mail Merge Assistant to create your labels. If all labels are the same or you only need one you can use the Envelopes & Labels function in the Tools menu (not sure how that would work with the new Office 2007 and its "ribbons" but a little scour through the help function should be able to sort this out).
The beauty of using a label maker is that it is portable and you can create your labels there and then. There are dozens of different makes and models in a wide variety of prices. The cheapest I have seen was a whole £15, the most expensive over £200.
The next thing you need to consider is the consumables cost for refills tapes. Again that varies tremendously and a bit of shopping around is a good idea. For one single type of refill (same brand, same size, identical product number) I came up with a price range between £3.39 and £5.99 .
So all you have to do is decide on a label maker within your budget and you can finish off your organising project in style.
