Home Organization Skills by Jan Ferrante

This morning as I was standing at the microwave rewarming my coffee, I decided to do something. Literally. I punched in 40 seconds and instead of just standing there, I decided to do a 40 second clean up of some clutter that was left on my kitchen yesterday. At the end of 40 seconds, it was gone.

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Over the weekend I noticed my 15 year old daughter doing odd things. She was throwing bottles in the recycling bin. She was asking for the paper shredder because she had paper to shred in her room. Finally I had to ask. What the heck is going on???

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I have been 3 long years in the process of getting the Queen of KAOS Life Systems Manual polished up and ready to go.
One day I realized that the heart of the system that I use every day consisted of one chapter of the book.
It was ready so I thought, why not release […]

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n honour of the fresh spring day we are having - NOT! I am thinking that today would be a good day to declutter with some spring freshness in mind. What is stale and boring in your house?

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If you have been himm’n and haw’n about getting your spring cleaning finished - or started - you should have a look at our Spring Into Spring Cleaning Challenge.

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Is spring cleaning time a time that you enjoy as you renew and refresh your house in the fresh spring air?
Or is it something that you do because "it's that time of the year again".
When the weather is good, I enjoy it. But if it is a dismal spring with lots of rain and clouds, […]

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This week I'm going to switch gears a bit and get back to finishing up some "to do" baskets that I never got "to do". 
I cleaned massive amounts of paperwork out of my office over the holidays, but I stopped short of a few important baskets, so I'm going to park it today and go […]

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Today is Backward Monday.
A day to cancel anything, fill out and send a form or what ever may be lying around in the mail - I have a few of those too.
Many of the outstanding things of this type are costing me money, some quite a lot so it's not a thing to take […]

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I would love to know… do you have a housework schedule?
Do you have your housework under control? 
Or does it control you?

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