Once you have your household basics under control and you have done some decluttering and organizing, you are ready for more advanced organizing.
If you’re like me, you’ve probably thought, “I’d love to put everything in its place, if only it had a place!” How can you go about finding a place for everything, especially if you live in a storage-challenged house? Landing Box First, let’s think about an immediate solution for those hot spots where stuff piles … Read more
I recently read this from Adrienne Dorison: “The GAP is the distance between your GOAL and the ACTION needed to make PROGRESS towards achieving it. There are 3 areas you may have a GAP and need to fill — know this BEFORE you make an investment.” Then she lists the three GAPs as knowledge, action, and … Read more
Taming the Inbox This past weekend I started whittling away at my inbox. I’m not sure what other people use their inbox for, but for me, it is a catchall. Everything goes in here: bills, articles, flyers, photos, receipts, catalogs, artwork, school papers, broken items, extra buttons or screws, etc. In fact, there is so much … Read more
How Do You Balance Your Work Life and Your Home Life? This blog is written in response to a question posted at lifehack.org. The question was: “How do you balance your work life and your home life?” Since my work is my home, I think the balance between these is mostly a matter of seeing … Read more
Here is a laundry-list of things I value (in no particular order). This is not an exhaustive list, but it is what quickly comes to mind when I think about how to run a home. These are guiding principles here at Just an Organized Home. So here is a brief glimpse into my thinking about … Read more
What exactly is organization? We talk a lot about “getting organized,” but what does that really mean? When I think of “being organized,” visions of sparse, minimalist homes dance in my head. Vast, clutter-free horizontal surfaces abound, not a single pile of paper is to be found anywhere, and all items are arranged in beautiful, … Read more