janice | December 21, 2011

As a professional organizer, I like to play with new products and see which ones will work for my organizing clients (and myself). This year, my absolute favorite organizing products are my iPad and iPhone. With these handy tools, I was able to access information I needed, take notes, keep my grocery list, and manage my to-do list. As with anything, it’s all how you use the tools you have available. Here are some other favorites of mine for the past year:

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Tags: cloud apps, Organizing products

janice | December 19, 2011

The kind people at work bought an iPad for me in December 2010, and then a month later, my ancient flip phone kindly died so I could upgrade to an iPhone. I spent 2011 playing with app after app. Here are my favorites:

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Tags: apps, iPad, iPhone

janice | November 18, 2011

The Clutter Princess Guest Post Blogger is Certified Professional Organizer® Helene Segura, author of Less Stress for Teachers: More Time & An Organized Classroom… Teachers are some of the most important people on this planet. They spend more waking hours with children than parents do. They guide students in the formulation of who they are, what they think about, and who they want to be. Yet despite the important role that teachers play in the development of our children – our future generations – the general public has little knowledge about what a teacher’s day is actually like.

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Tags: Less Stress for Teachers, teacher appreciation

janice | November 16, 2011

Guest post by Tim Eyre, Internet Marketing Manager of Extra Space Storage – Sometimes I sit around and fantasize about how much less cluttered my house could be if only I got rid of stuff that I don’t use and I don’t need… I’ve shared my own personal fantasy of clutter-free personal space with friends and family members. I’ve told them I’ve started recycling items that we don’t usually think of as being recycled. These items aren’t the usual plastic, paper and glass that goes on the curb. But they are commonly saved items you need to be recycling NOW! … Here are nine commonly saved household items you need to be recycling and some ideas on how to accomplish that.

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janice | November 14, 2011

At work, a manager in another department recently sent me an email to ask how she could make sure her staff complied with a new clean desk and office policy she was writing. Oh, this doesn’t sound good… Managers who have OCD, perfectionistic and hyper-organized tendencies will never be truly happy with the people underneath them unless they are exactly like the manager… When I work with clients whose managers view them as disorganized, I have a few tricks up my sleeve:

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janice | November 11, 2011

Want to build a better wardrobe? Build a better closet, first. Closets are the secret sauce of a fabulously, delicious gourmet wardrobe. And, best of all, they come in a variety of flavors, but the basic ingredients are the same. Below are several of my “must haves” when organizing a closet…

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Tags: closets, Geralin Thomas, Hoarders