Organize 365 Podcast

Why do you want to be more productive? It is easier to find time when you know what you will do with it.   Step 2 in becoming more productive is to take your Sunday Basket to the next level. This is part one of Sunday Basket 2.0   Start to write down EVERY thing you want to do or remember and put those in the Sunday Basket.   And start to track your time. What tasks or activities could you elimina...

5 things I do to make vacation packing easier.   1. Keep a prepacked bathroom bag for each family member. 2. Keep a written packing list from year to year. 3. Keep all prepurchased vacation items in one location. 4. Pack condo staples to save time and money. 5. Get your pet supplies and instructions ready.   All that's left to pack are your clothes and electronics! Happy Vacationing!   View all th...

1. Get your machines working 2. Multiply your time through task staking 3. Move from reactive to proactive 4. Make quantum leaps in your lthinkng about time!   168 Hours You Have More Time Than You Think by Laura Vanderkamp Tell Your Time by Amy Lynn Andrews

 It never fails. You are ready to get organized, but the people and circumstances around you have you stuck.    In this podcast I will break down the various situations that get us stuck in each phase of our organizational journey.   Join the  100 Day Home Organization Challenge  here. 

Organize 365 107 - Kid Bedroom Organization - Step 5 - The transition from childhood bedroom to living on your own

      This week is all about your toys, hobbies & passions.   Oh boy! This is a BIG week.    OK lets talk about ALL your toys, hobbies and passions. First I want you to list your top 3. If you were going away for a month and could only take 3 things to play with or do, what would they be?   After you find spaces for those 3, maybe 4 categories of things we have to tackle the rest... do you want th...

   Your school work is similar to your parents work - work. You need to have a space just for your backpack and purse. And you should only have ONE back pack and purse to use each week. Wait until the weekend to change to a new bag. :)   It's time for you to get your own school and office supplies. I will share with you the basics you need including your own stapler, tape dispenser and scissors.  ...

    There are 5 types of clothing covered in this podcast: 1. Clothing that is too BIG (hand -me-downs) 2. Clothing that is too SMALL. 3. Clothes you don't like and would never wear 4. Dressy clothes & uniforms 5. FAVORITES! :)   By categorizing your clothing in these types, you can more easily make decisions on what to keep and where to store your clothes.    To view all the posts in this series...

In this episode Lisa shares the basics of kid bedroom organization. Get tips to teach your child how to organize and clean a bedroom.  Learning the skills of organizing your bedroom is so much more important than just making your mom happy. I want you to think of organizing your bedroom like it is your apartment. It is your very own space inside your parent's home. You don't need to worry about pa...

Where do I START organizing? That's the number one question I get asked as a professional organizer. And while that is a loaded question with multiple "right" answers, I have decided to start all of my clients with a simple system I call The Sunday Basket. It's not magic, and you don't have to use a basket... any bag or box will do. You see, organization is a way of living and "being organized" is...

In the last 4 podcasts I shared how the executive functioning part of the brain affects home organization. Today I want to share 5 general tips for achieving home organization success if you have ADHD. Simplify EVERY area of your home EXCEPT for your passions. Box up past projects and put them in storage. {Keep them, but not in your work space.} Clean up your craft/ project area every 1-3 weeks. ...

I have been hedging my affinity for Goodwill due to the backlash in public sentiment. My goal is to help you declutter your house, not debate current news events. However, when I received an email from the Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities agency asking to help spread the word about the goodwill that Goodwill was doing in our community, I was excited to jump in. In today's podcast,...

This week, you will turn your clocks forward and lose an hour. Oh, how I hate to lose time! However, the changing of the clocks reminds me to do a few other semi-annual maintenance tasks! Here are 12 things to do When you change the clocks this weekend.

I LOVE to sort paper! But I know even the strongest man will break out in a cold sweat at the thought of sorting a mountain of paperwork. This week in the podcast, I am walking you through how I think about paper and where it all goes. I don't even think it is the sorting as much as the KEEP pile that will drive you bananas. I keep paper in 3 places: The Sunday Basket Binders Files/Or scanned You...

The days I can get both kids to school ALL day and actually be ABLE to work are a mini miracle. After spending years and years wishing .... there were no snow days.... children didn't get sick.... my home didn't need maintenance... unexpected tasks wouldn't pop up... I gave in and realized that the only thing I can control is ME. So I set out to streamline, systematize, and proactively take care o...

Today is all about YOU. Why do we save what we save, and how can we make the decision to get rid of it?    In this podcast I am sharing the 10 items I have help on to for 35-15 years. How I acquired the item, what it means to me and why it is time to let it go.

This week's podcast and post is week 2 of a 3 week series dealing with different types of MEMORIES. This week is all about what you save when a loved one passes... a spouse, a parent, or a child. Tough stuff. No one is ready. And the decisions sometimes need to be made quickly. The podcast is full of lots of details that get lost in a blog post. Losing a parent is never easy. Any items that are le...

For years I just "organized" my piles in cuter containers, better systems and a larger house. But organization is not about containers or beautiful systems. It is about keeping what you want and love so you can enjoy those items now and in the future. So today I want to talk about the items you are saving for your kids. Specifically - kids artwork, clothing, school papers, old toys, pictures, card...

1. Collecting tax documents. Collecting, organizing and preparing tax documentation is overwhelming. I think it is because the information you need comes to you in a trickle through the mail, your email inbox and your own receipts - little by little - every day for weeks like Chinese water torture. So I have come up with a few ways to alleviate my anxiety and take the torture out of tax preparatio...

My goal as a professional organizer is to help people get rid of the stuff they don't want so they can breathe and enjoy the stuff they choose to keep. Honestly, the quickest and easiest way to do this has been to donate everything that can be donated at Goodwill and trash the rest.  However, as I have matured as an organizer and grown my Cincinnati team, I have started to see how the items you ma...

Congratulations!! You made the decision to GET organized. There is just one problem... where do you start? In today's podcast you will learn all about HOW to start, WHERE to start and be encouraged to just START!   Check out the complete post and links here:  http://organize365.com/ ask-the-organizer-where-do-i- start-organizing/

Over winter break I double dog dare you to accomplish the following three things all at the same time with your children. 1. Spend one-on-one time with each child. 2. Go through their room with them and find out what they still love and what they're ready to part with. 3. Help them see the value of organization by donating their unwanted items to charity, or selling them on Craigslist and eBay and...

In my professional organization experience I have noticed 3 distinct phases of life a woman goes through in relation to her home and clutter.  1. Ages 25-40 the Accumulation Phase 2. Ages 40-55 the Survival Phase 3. Ages 55+ the Legacy & Downsizing Phase   Once you have determined your phase of life, then you must select what Organizational Stage you are in. 1. Overwhelmed 2. Creating Systems & Or...

Today I'm answering a reader question, how can you organize two households and one?  This response has been long overdue and I'm happy to go through how you organize combining two households into one.   On the podcast I talk about the different things to consider when you are melding two households with children and those without children.

I am answering a reader question today about how I organize projects.  In this podcast I talk about organizing projects in your Sunday basket.    Organizing projects for your work.    And how I organize my goals.