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Pockets of Organization
Many people who come to this blog may be close to the breaking point, overwhelmed with their feelings of being disorganized. That’s when I step in and give just a little advice – look for your pockets of organization. Sometimes we just need a little confidence that we can be organized and looking for the…
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Organize Your Purse with G.R.A.C.E.
In Organizing with G.R.A.C.E. I introduced a 5-step system to organize anything. If you are having trouble applying it, that’s okay! What you need is practice. Let’s get practical! It’s time to clean out our purses, bags, briefcases, messenger bags, backpacks, and for those who use your car as your purse, your car. Here are…
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Organizing with G.R.A.C.E.
Here is a simple 5-step plan that works to organize anything. It follows a simple acrostic – G.R.A.C.E. – to remind us that we need to give ourselves grace as we work through the organizing process. Here goes: Gather First, gather everything together that you want to organize. Keep it to one category! Or one…
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Getting Ready to Be Organized
So you want to be organized? Well, if you have struggled with disorganization all of your life, or even just lately, know that becoming organized is not for the faint of heart. It takes motivation and will power and … Actually it doesn’t. It takes systems and skills (and maybe a little motivation). You will…
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Why Be Organized?
Why do you want to be organized? Let’s analyze your motivation for being organized right up front. If you can know why you want to be organized, that can take you through the hard parts of the process of becoming organized. For example, if someone told you that you were disorganized so now you feel…
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How to Define “Being Organized”
To a consistently disorganized person, getting and staying organized is an ongoing process. If you struggle with figuring out how to go about getting organized, it helps to have a definition, an end goal, of what you are trying to do. I define “being organized” as giving yourself access to what you need when you…