One aspect of clutter in our homes are the things that we borrow from others. It may range from a small book or CD to a card table you needed for a party. With busy schedules, returning borrowed items can be tricky. And there is a great website to help you organize your lending and borrowing!
Check out Return My Pants. …
We may think of clutter as nothing more than an annoyance and a disruption of a calm, serene environment, but clutter can also be a barrier to selling a house. The Ashville Citizen-Times published an article on this very question. Since I’m currently in the process of purchasing a home and have visited dozens of them in the hopes of …
Most of us have a never-ending to-do list. In our careers, especially those in the non-profit world, there is no shortage of good work to be done and identifying an “end” to our work is often impossible. When one task is completed, five others take its place on the list. The same is true for our personal life. If we …
If you are attempting to declutter your home, the constant flood of items coming in may make it seem impossible to make progress. Imagine building a sand castle with a moat at the beach, and then the tide comes in and even as you rebuild the castle and bail out the water as fast as you can, the water keeps …
After my debacle last weekend that stopped productivity in its tracks, I learned a lot of valuable lessons that are a perfect opportunity to share as a list for ways to both enhance productivity when you travel and to capitalize on your travels to improve your life. These concepts can be very different, but overall these tips can enhance your …
My deepest apologies to all OPTED readers!
For the past few days, I have been both preparing for, and taking, a four day trip that required 26 hours of driving and three very long work days over the weekend. Without a minute to spare, posting fresh content was not possible.
Ironically, my ability to plan ahead and my typical productivity measures failed …
Book lovers: this one’s for you! A big part of necessary storage in my home is an organization solution for our massive book collection, and after the perfect shelving has been erected, the next step was choosing an organizational system. After numerous experimentation, here are 5 ways to organize your books, one of which will surely work for you:
By theme …
We all have particular items that tend to pile up and clutter up our space. For me, it’s wine corks (from my recent love of wine tasting), coasters (from restaurants I visit), and magazines (prior to my transition to reading almost everything digitally).
One day these pesky piles of items triggered my artistic side and the light bulb in my head …
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