More than Organized Blog: Practical Organization Tips & Tricks

Welcome to the More than Organized Blog! This curated collection of my best blogs and videos will put you in the frame of mind to streamline everything! Each one has some steps you can take now to start your organizing journey. You can watch all my videos on the MorethanOrganized You Tube Channel. Enjoy!

More than Organized Blog: Practical Organization Tips & Tricks

Welcome to the More than Organized Blog! This curated collection of my best blogs and videos will put you in the frame of mind to streamline everything! Each one has some steps you can take now to start your organizing journey. You can watch all my videos on the MorethanOrganized You Tube Channel. Enjoy!

Blogs

Be More You: How Life Alignment Can Help You Get Organized

Be More You: How Life Alignment Can Help You Get Organized Who would you like to be? It’s a question I think we overlook when we’re trying to get organized. We complain about how things are, worry that we’re not doing enough, and get caught up in trying to do […]

Organizing Possibilities

Organizing Possibilities: Are You Seeing Too Many or Not Enough? I am one of those people who sees possibility in everything. I see it everywhere I go. What if this were different? What could we do with that? What else might be possible here? It comes pretty naturally to me. […]

Are you Complicating Things?

Are You Making Things More Complicated Than They Need to Be? Sometimes the biggest obstacle to getting organized isn’t that you need a better system. It’s that the system you’ve built has become more complicated than it needs to be. Over time, it’s easy for this to happen. Something isn’t […]

How to be Better with Your Time

How to Be Better With Your Time Without Trying to Be Perfect If you’ve ever reached the end of the day wondering where your time went, you’re not alone. Most of us don’t struggle because we don’t know how to manage our time. We struggle because we’ve quietly committed to […]

When You Are Feeling Stuck, Change the Question

Feeling Stuck? Change the Question Instead of the Answer We’ve all been there. You hit a point where nothing seems to be moving forward. Maybe it’s your finances, your business, an organizing project, or just a decision you can’t seem to make. You keep thinking about the problem, but every […]

Deep Work Requires Space

Deep Work Requires Space: Why Creativity Needs Room to Breathe It’s really easy to get into the habit of just doing the tasks. Checking things off the list. Answering emails. Running errands. Doing the grind. And while all of that can absolutely feel productive, there’s this thing that happens when […]

How to Plan a Project

How to Plan for an Organizing Project Without Getting Overwhelmed One of the biggest mistakes people make when starting an organizing project is skipping the planning step entirely. They decide they’re finally going to tackle the garage, the closet, the office, or the entire kitchen in one afternoon. A few […]

Stop Smooshing

Stop Smooshing: Why Overstuffed Spaces Make Organization Harder One of the biggest mistakes people make when organizing has nothing to do with buying the wrong containers or not having enough space. It’s what I call “smooshing.” Smooshing happens when you cram so much into one space that you can no […]

Plug the Money Leaks

Simple Organizing Habits That Save Money Every Month When I first started organizing professionally, I thought I was helping people clear clutter and make their homes easier to manage. What surprised me was how much money people started saving once they got organized. And I’m not talking about extreme budgeting, […]

How to Create Laundry Systems

How to Create a Laundry System That Actually Works Laundry feels complicated for a lot of people. Not because it actually is, but because we’ve been sold the idea that it needs to be. There are so many products, so many steps, so many “right ways” to do laundry that […]

5 Household Systems That Save You Time & Money

We talk a lot about decluttering. And yes, that matters. But there’s another piece of this that doesn’t get talked about enough, and that’s systems. Because you can declutter all you want, but if you don’t have systems in place for how things function in your home, the clutter is […]

What Are You Accommodating?

A Simple Shift That Can Change How You See Clutter When it comes to organizing your home, most people think in terms of what they’re tolerating. The piles on the counter, the overstuffed drawers, the things that have slowly blended into the background of daily life. But what if that’s […]

Things in Your Way

Identifying Physical, Emotional, and Perceived Obstacles to Getting Organized If you’ve ever felt like you can’t get organized no matter how hard you try, it’s easy to assume the problem is time, energy, or motivation. But often, the real issue is much simpler and more complex at the same time. […]

How to Know Your Outcome for Success

One of the biggest reasons people struggle to stay organized has nothing to do with motivation, discipline, or even how much stuff they have. It comes down to not knowing what success actually looks like. In this conversation, we highlight a common pattern I see with clients. They start an […]

How to Avoid Failed New Years Resolutions

Every year, it happens. You start with the best intentions. Clear goals. A fresh sense of motivation. Maybe even a full plan for how the year is going to go. And then something interrupts it. Life happens. You get sick, your schedule shifts, something unexpected comes up, or it simply […]

Year End Review

How to Reflect, Reset, and Plan for a More Organized Year Most people skip this step. They jump straight into setting goals for the new year without ever looking at what actually happened in the last one. And then they wonder why nothing really changes. A year-end review is what […]

Declutter and be More than Organized

I have been thinking about what it means to declutter. I’ve also been thinking about what the phrase More than Organized means, and how it evolved into the name of my business. So here is the story.  When I decided to become a Professional Organizer I came up with a […]

Make the Holidays Easier

Simple Ways to Reduce Stress and Stay Ahead The holidays have a way of sneaking up on you. One minute it’s fall, the next your calendar is full, your schedule feels tight, and everything starts happening at once. It doesn’t have to feel that way. Start by thinking ahead The […]

Kitchen Simplicity

How to Set Up Your Kitchen to Reduce Chaos The kitchen tends to become the center of everything, especially during the holidays. It’s where meals happen, where people gather, and where a lot of the daily back-and-forth takes place. When it’s not set up well, everything feels harder than it […]

One Simple Thought Experiment to Streamline Your Holiday 

If you want to streamline your holiday, it starts with questioning what you actually feel obligated to do. Stop Sending Christmas Cards! If you are the kind of person who dreads and twists yourself up in knots about sending Christmas cards, stop sending them. It’s that easy. Imagine the time, money, and stress you’ll save! If You Love Sending Christmas Cards, […]

Essential Holiday Questions

Essential Holiday Questions: Ask Better Decluttering Questions This Season A lot of people think decluttering gets easier once you find the “right” method. Usually that means asking some version of the same familiar questions: Do I love it?Do I need it?Do I use it?Does it spark joy? The problem is, […]

When stuff goes wrong

When Stuff Goes Wrong: How to Stay on Track When Life Disrupts Your Plans Let’s be honest. Things go wrong. Not in a big dramatic way every time, but in all the small, annoying, disruptive ways that stack up and throw everything off. A schedule gets pushed.Something breaks.Your body isn’t […]

An Easy Solution to Desk Clutter 

An easy solution for the piles of business card clutter on your desk is to transfer the information to a searchable place. You know, a place where the details can be found quickly and used for good. Before you put the information from the business card into a system, the […]

How to Complete a Project

How to Complete a Project (Without Leaving It Half Done) Most projects don’t fail because you don’t start. They fail because you don’t finish all the steps. This shows up everywhere. Laundry that gets washed but not folded. A project that gets started but never wrapped up. A system that […]

How to Get Organized – The Steps to Order

How to Get Organized: The Steps to Creating Order That Actually Lasts I got a call the other day that perfectly sums up where most people get stuck. “I dumped everything out of five drawers and sorted it into piles… now what?” That moment is where organizing usually breaks down. […]

Keep Just the Right Stuff

Keep just the right stuff with these hints to keep you from relying on excuses when you make decisions. Our decluttering services can help. One of the most frequently asked questions about pieces of paper I ask my clients is “is it important?” it works like a charm if they […]

How to Get Started Sorting Your Things

How to Get Started Sorting Your Things (The Step Most People Rush Through) Sorting is where organizing actually begins. Not containers. Not labels. Not making it look nice. If you don’t sort well, everything that comes after it is harder than it needs to be. You’ll second-guess decisions, miss duplicates, […]

Tips and Challenges Won’t Get or Keep You Organized

We all want a quick fix, but tips and challenges won’t help you get organized, or keep you organized.  Most challenges are designed to create a buzz and get you excited about the process, but not lasting results. Tips and challenges most often fail to tie the reason for them […]

Immerse Yourself in Money

Immerse Yourself in Money: A Practical Way to Shift Your Money Mindset Most people don’t have a money problem. They have a money comfort problem. There’s a lot of fear around money. A lot of uncertainty. And for most of us, very little actual education on how money works or […]

Don’t Budget, Give Your Money a Job

Don’t Budget. Give Your Money a Job. I realized something recently in a couple different conversations. I don’t budget. And the more I thought about it, the more I realized why. Budgeting, for a lot of people, feels heavy. Restrictive. A little defeating if we’re being honest. You set numbers, […]

It’s Time to Relax

It’s Time to Relax: Why Taking Real Days Off Actually Matters So… what am I doing here? Today is technically a holiday, and I didn’t mean to be working. I just forgot to block it off. And honestly, that’s exactly why this is worth talking about. When you work for […]

Does Your Clutter Define You?

Does Your Clutter Define You? It might sound like a stretch, but your clutter and your identity are connected. Not in a dramatic, “this defines your worth” kind of way. More in a practical, everyday way. The things you keep around you tend to reflect who you think you are… […]

Your Favorite Things

What are your favorite things? Can you list them off the top of your head? Do you know where you put them last time you used them? Have you used them at all? Why not? Are you saving them for a special occasion? Or, like Maria in The Sound of […]

How to Beat Holiday Stress 

Does it seem impossible to beat holiday stress? So often I hear people complaining about how hectic the holidays are. They stay up late to get it all done. They shop through lunch to buy things to make it easier to cope. They ignore clients, family members and friends — […]

The Key to Lasting Decluttering

The Key to Lasting Decluttering I talk a lot about decluttering quickly. Fast wins. Easy ways to let things go. Getting through it without overthinking every decision. But there’s something more important than speed. If you want decluttering to actually last, you have to know what you want instead. Why […]

3 Easy Ways to Eliminate the Paper That’s in Your Way

Sometimes not doing something is better than doing it. Busy work is the stuff we do because at some point it seemed like a good idea, and maybe it was for a while. I hear from entrepreneurs about their lack of time and yet when we start to look at where the time goes, it is obvious that it is to busy work. 

It is frustrating to work so hard all the time and feel like you are not making a dent. Wouldn’t it be nice to get twice as much done in half the time? 

You want to get to new, cool ideas that will make you a bunch of money, and you want to not work all hours of the day so you can spend time with your family having fun. So, let’s  look at what can go first.

Researched Clutter

What does researching have to do with clutter? At my place not much, but for many of my clients, research is a way of life. Or maybe it’s a way of not getting around to making decisions, which is what causes clutter. 

How you research, and make decisions based on the research is the key to eliminating most of the paper clutter I encounter. Can you find the information you have been accumulating when you are ready to act? If not, then having a simple strategy about how you find information when you need it can save you hours of time every month.

Redundant Too Much?

The information piles up. Then when you look for it, you think you have found the piece you are looking for and then it’s not the one you thought, so you put it aside, for now, and keep looking, for the one you thought it was. 

What is going on here? Well, you have redundant information, and it is in your way in several places.

Brilliant or Obvious Clutter Breakthroughs

Sometimes what is an obvious clutter breakthrough point and easy for me, is the brilliant idea that you need to have a breakthrough to release your clutter. I talk to people about their clutter all the time. I see patterns in how they talk about their stuff. Mostly, I notice […]

Stop Losing Ideas

Stop Losing Ideas: Where to Keep Them So You Actually Use Them What do you do with all your ideas? Not just the big ones. The random ones. The “oh, that would be a great idea” moments that show up when you’re busy doing something else. Do you have a […]

Is Your Clutter a Communication Issue?

Is your clutter a communication issue? Stop the blame and get some perspective. If it feels like your family is not on your side when trying to create an organized home, you may want to look at your own behavior in the situation. Have you asked your family for help? […]

Keep the Money Clutter Off Your Desk

It is easy to keep the money clutter off your desk by defining your money system. A good “how I process my money” system gives a place for all the different kinds of money clutter to go. You might be wondering just how much money clutter is on your desk? […]

Stop Rearranging Your Home Office and Define Your Workflow

How much time do you spend shifting piles around your home office and from one side of the desk to another? Does your workflow actually take longer to get ready to do something than to actually do the thing? Have you ever spent the whole day “organizing” and have it […]

Want to Stay Organized? Build an Organizing Habit

If you want to get and stay organized, you will need to learn how to develop an organizing habit that works. For real success to take hold, you must stop rearranging your things every couple of weeks and make a deeper connection between your things and what you want. Your […]

Work Smarter Not Harder. Unlock the Power of Checklists

How to Use a Checklist Do you feel like you could do more if you only had the right tools? You’re not alone. According to a recent study, the average person spends about two hours each day on tasks that could be automated with a checklist. That means there are […]

Beat Money Clutter – A Smart System to Organize Bills and Mail

It is easy to organize bills and mail and to keep the money clutter off your desk once you define your money system. A good “how I process my money” organization system establishes a place for all the different kinds of money clutter to go. What is Money Clutter? You […]

5 Simple Changes You Can Make to Boost Productivity at Work

Do you want to boost your productivity without adding stress? Making five simple changes can boost your productivity at work. These are easy and actionable steps that anyone can take. You don’t have to be a CEO or an entrepreneur; these tips are for everyone who wants more out of […]

75 Top Tips that will Clear Your Clutter

Organizing Round-Up: Pro Tips to Clear Clutter Who doesn’t love tips, hacks, and quick how-tos? More than Organized participated in two top-tip round-ups featuring professional organizers and bloggers around the web. Each collection has unique clear-cluttering tips for your home. 35 Best Tips from Professional Organizers and Bloggers If you’ve […]

Beat Time Famine and Make Time for What Matters

Would You Like to Trade Time Famine for Time Affluence? Does it seem like there aren’t enough hours in the day? Do you feel you are “starved” for time? Are you ending the day feeling stressed, rushed, overworked, and behind on accomplishments? You may be suffering from a phenomenon known […]

Stop Hoarding Info!

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by information overload? Articles piling up, emails overflowing, and can’t find that recipe you saved “just in case”? You’re not alone! But what if the key to feeling less stressed and more in control wasn’t about storing everything, but keeping only the BEST versions of […]

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