Ditch the Red Roses
This is not an anti-romance rant, I promise. I have never turned my nose up at a heart-felt dozen red roses from a lover or special friend. They have come to symbolize the highest form of affection and emotional validation. But come on, people. How many people...
Hello Fall! Kiss Clutter Goodbye.
Fall is officially here, and most folks have returned to their pre-Pandemic “normal.” Which is awesome. But that also means the clutter and chaos that comes with frenetic schedules and never enough time can quickly get out of hand. Morning mayhem. Stuff piling up at...
How to Organize Your Family’s Face Masks
“Mama, where’s my mask?” Anyone heard that line lately? Meet M(Ask) Mama – a professional organizer who has some helpful tips to keep track of those little, life-saving masks that have become a part of our everyday lives. They seem to be even trickier to keep track of...
Nix the TO DO List & Get More Done
2019: The Year of Goals, Not Resolutions Welcome to the end of the month of New Year’s resolutions! You might wonder why I waited until the end of the month to write to you about my New Year’s resolutions and impart ideas about how to get – and stay – more organized...
Snow Day. Let it GO Day.
Let it go, let it go, let it go! T’is the season. Of snow storms that throw your plans and priorities right up into the air. I know. I’m sitting here watching Day Two of a Southern snow storm –totally dysfunctional since there are never any snow plows and pure...
Time to YARDSALE Your Life
Love it then Leave It! “Yardsale” as a verb? Yup. As I drove around the neighborhood this past weekend, yardsales were as ubiqutious its squirrel population. The primal instinct to get one’s house in order as fall approaches is real. T'is the season to simplify,...
Time to Tame Your Taxes.
Take the fear out of filing! Just get organized. April 15. The universal, all-American, democratic (small “d”) Day of Reckoning. The date embedded in...
Want to simplify the season?
Ready to simplify the season? Friends, I am here to tell you that the holidays don’t have to be hell. Make your To Do list, check it twice… and then, CUT IT IN HALF! The same applies to your Wish List – and recite the overused but nevertheless valid...
Digital Downsizing for Dummies
Ready to simplify your life, cut the cord on cable, and downsize your digital life? Have you been cursing your service providers for big bills, rotten customer service, and indentured servitude while doing nothing about it? Well, that was me – for years. I knew I had...
Second Chance for Fresh Start.
Ready to Get Organized This Fall? Remember all those 2017 New Year’s Resolutions you made January 1? How many are you making good on? Good news for those of us who still have 2017 project priorities we haven’t even started yet – much less finished. Use...
Are YOU Prepared for the Worst?!
The horrors of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey are playing out before our very eyes, leaving broken hearts, homes, whole islands in its wake. I lived through a flood and remember its toll on my family. Our house. My father’s business. My high school....
Too much? Too little? Just Right.
How can you live a simple, streamlined, best-of-the-best life? Curate your condo! Edit your apartment! Hone your home! Find that "just right" balance. When you extract and enjoy the best, truest essence of your life, every day can feel like you are on holiday. Trust...
ROAD TRIP? Get organized!
I’m a professional organizer, so it is my job to be prepared and have my act together. But let’s be honest. If I have to leave my home in a hurry – or voluntarily when going on vacation – am I organized enough to just “grab and go” the appropriate emergency...
Summertime, & the livin’ is easy
Organize for easy livin' With a little bit of imagination and preparation, here are a few hacks to help take you back to that time when summer really was easy, and the only stress was getting to the ice cream truck on time. We can't go back to 1934 when George...
10 Great Gifts for Grads!
T’is the season of graduations, nostalgia, dreams, dances, exultation, excitement, accomplishment, and perhaps, a little dread. High school seniors wondering how they will survive on their own, stay organized, pay their bills without parents to pick up the slack or...
Domestic Superhero.
Home from work or school today, this “gift” day off of New Year’s Day + 1?! It’s a bonus day, folks, so make it count! Forget the big profound New Year’s resolutions like making peace with your erstwhile ex, or flossing EVERY night instead of once a week. As your...
“Makin’ a list, cutting it twice…”
Are you going to be naughty this year? Or nice? Wish on stars instead. Let's just imagine turning the giving tradition on its head. Buying less is actually giving more. Black Friday, Cyber Monday and infinite, enticing seasonal sales give us even more...
CLOSET GIVING YOU NIGHTMARES?!!
Conquer Your Closet Demons! On Hallows Eve I’m literally bringing skeletons out of my closet to hang up on the front porch when I realize that these same closets house more than metaphorical monsters. Don't know about you, but some closets can be really scary. We...
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