There are many tips about how to take care of yourself. Eat well. Do exercise regularly. Stay positive. Practice moderation. All of which are great reminders for everyone to practice daily. Since this month's challenge is about taking care of yourself, I asked my fellow Professional Organizers to answer this question, and here are their […]
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Questions To Ask Yourself to Stop Worrying about Decluttering
We all worry about the next step in various areas of our lives. Getting ready to declutter is no exception. Today, we are discussing a discussion I had with a potential client and how her worrying and family negativity are stopping her from taking action. Read on to see the questions to ask yourself to […]
Organizing College Student Self Care with an Academic Planner
As students head off to college, they can easily get engulfed by all the craziness and busyness of a school year. This results in feeling overworked, tired, and maybe even sick. To combat this, before they go away, setting up a well-organized self-care plan in their academic planner will remind them on those busy days […]
13 Simple Ways to Motivate Yourself to Clear the Clutter
Merriam-Webster defines clutter to fill or cover with scattered or disordered things that impede movement or reduce effectiveness. The key to this definition is that clutter impedes movement or reduces effectiveness. Effectiveness that will impact your simple life or home. Many things may stop us from removing these obstacles and having an organized home. Today, […]
An Entire Year of Taking Action Challenges
We made it through another year, organizing our life and home. If you haven't been following me, you may not know that I do a monthly challenge at the beginning of most months to help you jump-start organizing your life. Taking Action Challenges helps when we just don't know where to start. It's like doing […]
Easy Ways to Take Care of Yourself During the Holidays
20 Ways To Take Care Of Yourself in 20 Minutes on Busy Days
Beauty Care Organization - Makeup Shelf Life Tips
While working with clients' vanities and organizing my own, I have gone through tons of makeup. Some were opened and partially used, and some were never used. When purging makeup, there are several tips you need to know. Today, I will discuss ways to keep the vanity organized, what to toss right now, makeup shelf […]
How to Practice Self Care when Working from Home
With everyone in the world dealing with some degree of social distancing, it can be easy for us to forget about taking care of ourselves during stressful times. High-stress levels affect us in different ways, and we need to stop ourselves from getting into deep and creating irreversible damage. Reminding ourselves of ways to perform […]
20 Ways To Take Care Of Yourself In 20 Minutes
Take Care Of Yourself Challenge
With Valentine's day just around the corner, this month's challenge will be not about giving gifts to someone else but to yourself. This gift is the gift of self-care. We will embark on a journey to determine what your most favorite way to take care of yourself and to get the activity incorporated into your […]
Nail Care Supplies Organization Tips Made Easy
This year, I am starting a new monthly series, called "Organizing Small Things." This includes all the little things in your home that lay in drawers, desks, cabinets, closets, bathrooms, etc... Little things tend to be the last items that we will organize in our homes. But really, it should be the first. Here are the reasons why […]
Amazing Checklists to Reduce Stress in Your Life
The other day, my client and I discussed how tired she gets after going through the clutter (clothing, papers, books, etc...). Here is my take on the organizing process. Not making decisions turns into an incomplete action. Let's compare it to a little pebble that stays in your mind until the action is completed. Over time, […]
How To Jump Start Your Goals This Year
8 Inspiring Quotes for the New Year and the New You
10 Fabulous Stress Relief Gift Ideas For Loved Ones In Your Life
A quiet and relaxing evening spending time taking care of yourself is something every one of us should do now and again. Preparing for Thanksgiving, getting the house together for relatives, doing annual traditions, and shopping for the holidays, we all have tasks that need to be done. So, to help loved ones in your […]
Time Management Tips to stay on track with Your Health Checkups
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Have you scheduled your mammogram today? I know it's not the most pleasant and comfortable thing to do. All the squashing and pressing your precious body parts up against a cold glass plate to have the overhead plate press down on you. What joy, right? That's what I want to […]
How to Track your Expenses and Create a Budget - Part 1
How to Track Your Money and Create a Budget - Part 2
When you create a budget, the assessing and documenting start at the beginning. Our prior post discussed gathering all the information about your spending and tracking it by category. Today, we will show you how to use all the tracked money information to make an easy budget for yourself. If you didn't read the other […]
Last-Minute Organizing Gift Ideas for Mom
Are you looking for last-minute gift ideas for Mom? Why not get your mom organized AND give her a great gift for Mother's Day? She will appreciate the thoughtful gift to get organized. Here are perfect organizing gift ideas to help her get organized. Full disclosure: some of the images below are from Amazon.com, and if you […]
15 Easy Tips to Keep Dorm Rooms Clean
7 Easy Tips On Packing For Long Trips
Taking trips are greater than three nights here, five nights there, all seems great, right? But, when you have to plan a more extended vacation, like two weeks or more, it can be stressful. What do you wear? Where are you going? What do you need for the evening? It gets even more stressful when you […]
29 Days Small Items Big Clutter Challenge
What to Keep in Your Organized Closet
Bathroom Organizing Essentials To Make Your Mornings Easier
The home's bathroom can get very disorganized, which leaves you wasting time in the morning and buying items you don't need. This post talks about bathroom organizing essentials to help you get your bathroom organized and, hopefully, save you time and money in the mornings. Every bathroom has a maximum of six areas. All these […]
How to Downsize the Home Without Moving
In 2021, only 8.4% of Americans moved. It is less than half the move rate since the Census Bureau started tracking it in 1948. It's a fact that people are staying in their homes longer than ever before. But are they keeping their homes clutter-free? Probably not. Many homeowners rent space in a storage facility […]
Critical Areas to Visit When Organizing Older Parents
In this time of uncertainty, revisiting tasks that may have fallen by the wayside with you and your senior citizen parents is essential. These areas are not just for organizing your aging older parents. It's necessary for you, too, to get these items in an order that your beneficiaries can understand and take action on […]
Extensive List of Used Book Donation Places and Tips
8 Great Gift Kit Ideas For Your Loved Ones
We use various bins/bags/boxes to hold groups of items for particular tasks. Why not give a gift kit that houses a starter collection for a particular task or job? In this post, you will discover gift kit ideas you can purchase for your loved ones this holiday season. From self-care gift kits to practical gift […]
5 Practical Baby Shower Gift Ideas Momma Will Love
Did you ever get a gift that you just didn't think was practical but felt obligated to keep it? Sabrina's Organizing Practical Gift Ideas series helps you find the right useful gifts for all occasions. Visit our Practical Baby Shower Gift Ideas collection of posts here. This installment is about practical baby shower gift ideas […]
One Year of Monthly Organizing Challenges
20 Empowering Motivational Quotes
There are many quotes that help motivate you to resolve issues, concern fear, and take action on whatever is stopping you right now. I found these motivational quotes to be quite helpful, and I hope they help you too. Quotes are a great way to get perspective and build up the courage to take action […]
How to Set Up Your Home Emergency Plan
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Important Moving Checklists Every Person Needs
People move all the time! I had several family members, clients, and friends move across town, across the state, and even across the country over the years. They always ask me, "How can I make the process of moving less stressful?" Today, I am sharing my favorite go-to moving checklists to help you complete your […]
Inspiring Quotes about Overcoming Fear and Anxiety
Why You Should Say No and No Statement Examples to Save You Time
How an Immigrant Parents' Child became a Successful Business Owner
This is my story about how I became a Successful Business Owner. Spoiler alert: it wasn't a straight shot to the top. Looking back on my life story, I found that organizing and helping others was always my goal from the very beginning. Read on to learn how I transformed myself into a successful business […]
15 Unique Bathroom Things to Toss Right Now for a Stress Free Life
The bathroom can get cluttered very quickly. I experienced this firsthand, working with my family's and clients' bathrooms. Piles and piles of opened self-care products stacked in baskets shoved in drawers and layered in cabinets. It's no wonder the space got cluttered quickly. Today, I am talking about 15 items that will help you declutter […]
Quotes To Motivate You To Take Action
What to Keep in a Bathroom Vanity
Be More Compassionate Challenge
Listening to the news with people yelling at others and not listening to one another can be quite stressful for people watching and the people communicating their thoughts. These days, this confrontation is becoming more common, and it is sad to say. This scenario doesn't only happen in the news; it happens to each of […]