The real cost of clutter isn’t how much you spent on the item in the first place. Rather it is the complaint, blame, annoyance and overwhelm that occur when the things are in your way. Our about Miriam Ortiz y Pino can help. While decluttering unused items with my clients a frequently heard complaint is […]

Clutter is unmade decisions. Projects are left to linger because you made a choice to do something else. Papers pile up because you think you need them but you aren’t sure. So, you say: “I’ll decide later” and set them aside. Pretty soon all the decisions you didn’t make have spread around the house and

What’s complicated right now? Taking the time to evaluate your stuff and processes might seem like one more thing to do, but can skyrocket your overall productivity. Putting it off will only take more time later. So, think about it, where can you simplify what’s complicated right now? Start there. Have you ever had one

Wishing you could maximize your time doesn’t change anything. Taking some actual steps to change your approach to time will. Get your mindset right and leveraging time gets much easier. It happens to people all the time. You get to the end of the day and think, “I worked hard all day and didn’t get

Squeezing in one more thing never really works out. It’s a time and space thing. Only so much can fit in any given space or time. Adjustments must be made. A little preplanning can help avoid real problems later. Squeezing in one more thing leads to complications. What’s complicated? Actually it is a complex composition

Ever wondered why some people have easy and effortless systems in place and why you don’t? I heard it again just yesterday, a potential client saying they hadn’t had time to set up a system. Was it you? I say you don’t have time not to set up a system. A system is a set

Ridiculous Memory is a cool technique for creating habits. I have been working with my Antidote to Overwhelm clients on developing routines and habits. At the same time I heard reference to improving memory with a technique called ridiculous association. This is a technique I learned as a kid and didn’t even realize it was

If it’s on fire, it seems obvious that that is an urgent situation and requires immediate attention. It can be much harder to know if it’s urgent if it is a task that comes up during your day. How do you know if something is urgent, or if that same thing is merely an interruption

The first system I set up for my entrepreneurial clients is a follow up system. Usually they have been avoiding it, saving it for later, or winging it. They have mixed, alright, I really mean chaotic, results with that. So, I fix it. Our professional organizing services can help. It is a big mistake to

Common practice is to do a seasonal closet switch out of your clothes, then do it for all the members of your household. This way of managing clothes by season can be very time consuming, and in my opinion, a complete waste of time. There is washing, evaluating, folding, stuffing, boxing, unboxing, fluffing, hanging, and

Almost every home and office I work in has a problem with boxes and cords. Box, cable and cord storage takes up a huge amount of room and are just never used again. It seems like it should be easy for people to let go. And yet. When does this fear of getting rid of

The bathroom is one of those spots where clutter can accumulate quickly. People tend to store too many things in their very small, often weirdly shaped, cabinets. Cabinets are also notorious for medicine and cures for ailments you don’t have and ‘try me’ items that linger after you decide you don’t like them or they

Do you know what happens in your rooms? Some spaces have formal titles like kitchen, bathroom, and laundry. It’s self-explanatory to know what happens in these single focused rooms, and thus, it’s easy to determine the primary activities that take place there. It makes sense to keep the stuff you use in those rooms near