Quick Tip
Quick Tip: The 5 Minute Organizing Challenge
Short on time? No worries. Organizing doesn’t need take hours and hours. Take five minutes to put a few things back in place or gather your important items. Do this everyday for an even bigger return. Here are five things you can do in five minutes: Put books (or magazines) back on the bookshelf Gather [...]
Quick Tip: Manage Your Tasks by Delegation [Business Edition]
We live in a fast-paced life with multiple obligations. Even the family dog has obligations. Busy entrepreneurs and working parents try to become adept at juggling multiple responsibilities. If they have “I’m the only one who can do this the way it should be done” syndrome, it’s certain to lead to burnout and a rapid [...]
Quick Tip: Creative Way to Organize Paper
Sometimes we can make organizing more difficult than it needs to be. We search for hours on end for the perfect solution when a very good one is right under our nose. Oftentimes, we already have the things we need to help us clear up our clutter and we just need to get a little [...]
Quick Tip: Organize Your Teeny Tiny Things
If you have kids or if you’re a crafter (or both!), this tip is for you. =) Kids usually come home with little, itsy bitsy objects. Most of my clients have no idea how to store these precious bits that their children love. Here’s a simple way to keep them from getting lost or taking [...]
Quick Tip: “Files I’m Always Looking For”
If you’re married to your PC or laptop, you likely have files that you tend to use often. Why not keep those files close at hand? I’ve been using a folder that I named Frequently Used Dox, though you might call yours Stuff I Use All the Time or Files I’m Always Looking For. Whatever [...]
Quick Tip: Movie Swap
I have a client who does a pseudo-clothing swap with a friend at the end of each of our organizing sessions. How does it work? After we do our sorting and purging, she takes “special” pieces that no longer fit her or that she doesn’t like anymore to a specific person. The catch: she’s not [...]
Road Trip Rules: Quick Tip on How to Manage Dirty Laundry [VIDEO]
Ok, road trippers, this tip is just for you. I have discovered a new way to make sure that dirty laundry doesn’t mingle with your clean stuff. Check out this quick video and let me know how you manage laundry when you’re on a road trip. Click here to see more great videos on our [...]
OTR Unplugged [Quick Tip]
The OTR authors are on a short break. In fact, one of them (moi!) is unplugging this week, which means she has very limited internet and cell phone access. Check out the excerpt below from our previously published blog post on that subject, “Quick Tip: Unplug” [September 2009], and stay tuned for an update… [...]
Quick Tip: Organize Your Back End
Ok, so how many of you thought this would be a post about organizing your bum? You probably thought I had one too many cups of coffee (or some other plant-based product) because, really, how on earth would one go about doing that? Maybe you thought I meant the back end of your website, but [...]
Quick Tip: Sell Your Gift Cards
Gift cards can make great gifts…if you use them. Otherwise, they take up room in your wallet and any flat surface you have available. Not a fan of the card you received? No worries…sell them to GiftCardRescue.com and they’ll send you a check within 2 days. Not in the mood to sell? Exchange it for [...]
