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Consumer Reports Tells How to Get Rid of Practically Anything

February 24, 2011 / / 0 Comments

In a KABC news story, it gives guidelines and resources on how to dispose of items that clutter your home, and how to get rid of hazardous items.

If you’d like to clean up the clutter in your home, Consumer Reports can tell you how to get rid of practically anything. A good place to start is with old computers and TVs. “They can contain hazardous compounds, so don’t just throw them out,” said Consumer Reports’ Kim Kleman. Stores like Staples, Office Depot, and Best Buy will recycle old gear, although there can be a small fee. And they also take old cell phones.”

Read the rest of this article “Getting rid of all the clutter in your home” and watch the video to find out more about where you can dispense your clutter!

And please leave a comment to share any resources you know about too!

Why Buy When You Can Borrow?

February 22, 2011 / / 0 Comments

Need a ladder, sewing machine, food processor, shovel, entertainment servers, sleeping bag, a gorilla costume, or any whatevers, but won’t use it much so don’t want to buy one?

Enter NeighborGoods …

LA-based business NeighborGoods is one of the pioneers of this space, offering an easy to use social network that helps you borrow and lend out all kinds of things.

As a professional organizer, I must say, this is a fabulous way to get what you need without adding more clutter to your space!

I personally have borrowed a high-end professional video camera, a ladder, and some entertainment dishes. I’ve met some great people in the process too, and feel more connected with my neighboring communities.

Try it – it’s free. But, for $5.00/year, you become a verified member, and I do recommend that.  Let me know your thoughts and/or experience with NeighborGoods …

How A Couple Went From Messy To Minimalists

February 20, 2011 / / 0 Comments

This story could be an inspiration for “mess makers” who live with clutter. I don’t come across this very often, but this couple decided to make a change and moved to a different apartment to do it.

The couple changed their ways and one of them says, “we define our home as being a place where you feel very much at peace.”

You can read the whole story and how they went “From messy to a minimalist mix of modern and retro.”

It’s quite a story. Do you have one similar? Leave a comment and tell us!

Online Tools To Organize Stuff

February 18, 2011 / / 0 Comments

Originally posted in 2009 on OrganizedLifestyles.com …

If you’ve ever come across Mashable.com then you’ll understand it when I say, “what a goldmine of resources and tips on how to (do just about anything).” Although it says it’s a social media guide, I was amazed to find resources like this:

Organization applications that include applications to:

  • organize your stuff
  • organize your shopping
  • organize with lists
  • organize your information
  • organize your school life
  • organize events, teams, trips
  • organize everything else

Another Mashable.com article listed tools for organizing the web, like:

  • bookmarking
  • highlighters
  • surfing history
  • browsing visually

Mashable.com has another good article on “40 Great Resources for Making Lists” which gets into various sites that deal with list management.

And that’s not all.

There’s a really nice article on how to simplify. It talks about focusing on less and staying lean.

And if you’re doing social networking, Mashable.com has advice on how to aggregate your social networking. Think that’s all? Nope. How about how to consolidate all your various social networking profiles into one?

I don’t want to forget to throw in a piece on how to organize a successful Tweet-up for Twitters.

What have you found online that helps you stay better organized?

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