janice | April 5, 2011
It began as a simple request but turned into an annoying, time consuming ordeal. The request: parking chip validation costing around $4. The result: the time and energy of seven employees. Now for the rest of the story. At work, we are moving employees from leased spaces into a new building we built. Since I [...]
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Tags: parking, parking chip
janice | March 4, 2011
I’m a single chick myself, and I know firsthand how hard it is to keep up with everything you need to take care of. So let’s talk about Organizing for the Single Person. The first major issue with singles is that we don’t have anyone to delegate to unless we pay them. If friends help you, you still have to pay them in food, beer or both.
Category: Goal Setting, Organizing Tips, Work/Life Productivity |
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janice | February 11, 2011
This is the fifth in a five-part series on productivity and health I work in a place where people are filled with passion for their mission of beating cancer, and, as an in-house professional organizer here, I have a job that fulfills my passion of organizing work and writing. In his book “The Way We’re [...]
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janice | February 7, 2011
Clutter causes stress, and clearing the decks of your mind can help you reduce that stress and anxiety. Once you do that, you can organize the clutter, and your productivity will improve.
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Tags: calendars, e-mail, mental stress, organizing, paper management, stress, to-do lists, Tony Schwartz, work stress
janice | February 7, 2011
I had a little problem. Several of my bulkier necklaces wouldn’t fit into my slender jewelry box, and I wanted to find a way to keep them organized and handy. So I created these: During a trip to Hobby Lobby, I found two pale pink metal jacket holders with crystal knobs. The metal itself was [...]
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Tags: crafts, DIY, jewelry organizer
janice | January 31, 2011
I remember the keynote well … A growth strategist spoke about the future of professional organizing, then growing by leaps and bounds. She said companies in the future would hire their own in-house professional organizers as a way to save money and help their employees.
Category: Goal Setting, Organizing Businesses, Time Management, Work/Life Productivity |
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Tags: Business organizing, managing your time, organizing, organizing ideas