Wednesday Tip: Keep Track of Product Expirations
You’re finally cleaning out under the bathroom sink (yay, you!) and you come across a bunch of old makeup, lotions, and other products. Should you keep or toss them? The first question is, “will I use them in the very near future?” If not, go ahead and throw them away. The next question, the tricky one, is “How old is this thing?” You probably have no idea, so from here on out, try this trick: Keep a Sharpie easily accessible …
Wednesday Tip: Use Blocking and Themes to Streamline Your Schedule
If you feel like you’re constantly jumping from task to task and always behind schedule (if you even have a schedule), try time blocking or theme days to feel more in control. Studies have shown how ineffective multitasking is, but we still persist in ping-ponging about our day. Try one or both of these strategies and see if it helps you: Time Blocking: If you have a regular, fairly uniform schedule, try time blocking. Make a list of your recurring …
Wednesday Tip: How TV Can Help You Get Organized
Happy National TV-Free Week! If you’re participating, use the time you’d usually be watching TV to get started on an organizing project you’ve been putting off. If, like me, you can’t bear the thought of a Parks and Rec and New Girl-less week, read on… I love TV. What I don’t always love is the guilty feeling of knowing I should be working on things but choosing to watch that Project Runway marathon anyway. Fortunately, watching TV actually affords lots …
Wednesday Tip: Divide Your Storage
So sorry for the absence of a Wednesday tip last week! I got back from my first real vacation trip in 10 years, and then got engaged (yay!), so it was a bit of a hectic week. If you have deep cabinets or drawers, a trunk, or some other big container, you know the danger of a storage abyss. The stuff in the back and at the bottom gets forgotten and you end up just skimming off the top. Try …
Wednesday Tip: Use Shoe Boxes as Drawer Dividers
You can go broke buying tons of fancy drawer dividers for your sock and underwear drawers, but wouldn’t you rather spend that money on something useful for society, like funding the Veronica Mars movie?. I use shoe boxes, which work great and cost nothing. You don’t even have to buy shoes to get them; just bop on down to your local shoe store and ask real nice for any extras they have in the back. I have really deep dresser drawers, …
Wednesday Tip: What are you waiting for?
“I want to get organized/learn to knit/lose weight/see my friends more/take up butter sculpting, but I have to wait until I finish school/get a new job/have more time/have more money/have more energy/get over my butter-phobia.” Sound familiar? We are nothing if not masters at putting off things we know are going to help us long-term but are presently daunting. It’s never going to be the perfect time for you to make a life change. Yep. NEVER. It’s probably never even …
Organizing Clothing Struggles: What to do with fat and skinny clothes
Like almost every woman I know, my weight fluctuates, sometimes wildly. As goes my weight, so goes the fit of my clothes. Deciding what to keep for when you fit in a smaller, previously worn size is a huge challenge for most people. I’m not going to tell you to get rid of every piece of clothing that doesn’t fit you right now, but there are some reasonable restrictions you can apply to keep your closet organized and relevant. -Don’t keep …
