RE: 23 Skidoo Organizing Tip
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By lovebnatchr (Guest Post)
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Every time I watch TV during the day, I make a point of doing something during each commercial. It might be to fold a load of laundry, clean out a kitchen drawer, start the dishwasher, etc. I am often amazed-and pleased-with what I can get done during those 5 minute periods.
Posted on 10/04/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

RE: 23 Skidoo Organizing Tip
I LOVE it. I'm going to start today - twice!!
Posted on 09/16/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

RE: 23 Skidoo Organizing Tip
When I'm cleaning or going through things I always notice I have yet another box, basket or container of things I'll go through "later". Lately I've noticed that I have some things that just sit. They don't have a proper home, I'm not using them, nor do I put them away. Obviously I don't need them. If it has sat around without moving for more than a month, I get rid of it. Some people may do it sooner, but I just get tired of trying to find what to do with something. If it is something for my husband or children, I tell them if it isn't put away it goes away. I've gotten rid of a lot of things this way. Not one single thing has been missed!
Posted on 09/15/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

RE: 23 Skidoo Organizing Tip
STRING THEORY!!
I do something like that once a year when our annual Saturday Market Yard Sale happens. I go through my house and for every three things, I pick one I can live without. I take it down from the walls or out of storage or from under the bed...and suddenly, I am living with 1/3 less clutter! If it's something I really love but need the room, I simply take a digital shot and have the memory forever!
I have a friend who was diagnosed with Hoarding OCD and her house is so cluttered, you can't walk down a hall or through a door without doing it sideways...I am serious! When I think I am getting too much stuff, and I want to keep it, I just think of her. She is on meds now and getting better, every weekend taking more and more to the local charities. However, I went to a seminar with her and the speaker said that when he was a child, his grandmother passed away. When the family gathered to settle her estate, they found hundreds of unread magazines, 219 cups, over 1000 newspapers and finally, a big bag of string in her attic labeled "STRING TOO SHORT TO SAVE"...
Makes you think, huh?
Posted on 08/26/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

RE: 23 Skidoo Organizing Tip
I started doing something similar - 15 things thrown away a day & I set the timer for 15 minutes to do a job I dreaded. I usually ended up throwing more things away & the dreaded jobs usually turned out to be not too bad.
Posted on 08/26/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

RE: 23 Skidoo Organizing Tip
What a great idea - I have a mental frugal pin ball game I play & go ka-ching every time I score a deal - and I could sure use moving the game sense to picking up!
Posted on 08/26/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

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