WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THIS PAPER?!?!?!

This week we will be talking about PAPER! Paper is one of the BIGGEST clutter makers in our home. We save paper or lay it on the kitchen counter for a variety of reasons. Here are a few of those reasons:

1. Procrastination-we procrastinate taking the steps needed

2. Not having designated areas for the wide variety of papers we get

3. Thinking “I need to take this with me next time I run errands”

4. Needing to give mail or other papers to someone else i… Continue

Inspiring Quote!

I thought you'd all enjoy this quote by Peter Walsh. It sure is motivating!

"I believe homes are metaphors for our lives. I believe it’s impossible to make your best choices, your most enlightened, spiritually rich, emotionally stable choices in a cluttered and disorganized home. It just can’t happen. Time and time again, I have seen that when you open the space you create the opportunity for amazing things to flow into that space."

"Organization is not something you do, it’s… Continue

We thought you'd all enjoy this statistics--might make you rethink some things! This information was provided by the National Association of Professional Organizers.

* The Wall Street Journal reports that the average U.S. executive wastes six weeks annually searching for important documents lost in clutter.
* 80% of filed papers are never looked at again.
* The National Soap and Detergent Association believes getting rid of clutter would eliminate 40 percent of the housework in the average home… Continue

1. You've paid a bill late because you lost it
2. Your day is spent looking for your husband's paycheck
3. You multi task all day, yet you accomplish nothing
4. You hassle your husband about getting a new home so you can have enough
space for everything
5. You scrape your windows during the winter because you can’t fit your car in the
garage
6. You spend $60 a month on a storage unit and don’t even know what’s in it
7. You file everything or file nothing
8. You have stacks of paper in at least 3… Continue

Papers that need filled out or followed up on:

Sit down right then and complete the paper work, put it in an envelope and put it in your POWER JOURNAL! To drop off or mail. If it is something that you need to follow up on, put it in your POWER JOURNAL! So that when you open up your POWER JOURNAL! The next day, you remember and can do it RIGHT THEN!!! Start today the habit of following through and not procrastinating!

School papers:

Go through your children’s backpack as soon as they walk in t… Continue