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Strange to say but my kind of resolution is to not make one.  I know that sounds so scandalous!  After all, we just ended an entire year!  How else are you going to start a new one without some [...]

Truth be told, my advice on clearing clutter starts with a question. This question is the first step in the process. It is a question I ask of my clients, and of myself, when I am getting ready [...]

The holiday season brings me so much joy!  The lights, the decorations, even the chill in the air — they all put an extra spring in my step. I don’t think about the mess the decorations create or [...]

I was interviewed, recently, on a local cable station for their monthly real estate show featuring the connection between order and wellness. It was fabulous being back in a TV studio. And it [...]

My mother is a very smart woman.  I know they say that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. While I don’t consider myself dumb, I am often in awe of my mother’s [...]

We moved to a fairly large house 11 years ago. When I say large, I don’t mean gargantuan. But it is bigger than where my husband and I each previously lived.  There are more cabinets in the [...]

Talk about a buzz word!  Balance is one of those words you hear often, by just about everyone, as an integral tool toward becoming healthy. I suppose there is truth that in attaining a sense of [...]

I *might* get some backlash with this post – especially from people who love Halloween. Or candy.  Or who think this “only once a year” opportunity to eat candy is just one way “kids get to be [...]

Staying clutter free and living light is really is all about good ‘ole arithmetic – easy as 1, 2, 3.  And by arithmetic I mean aiming to keep things at zero, level ground, even-steven. Of [...]

Miscellaneous.  That word sends shivers up my spine. In the world of organizing we often say it is best to be specific in how you label files or things you’ve contained in bins. We avoid using [...]