Comments on: Hate Clutter? 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Cut Clutter Now!

By: shredding San Antonio

shredding San Antonio — Mon, 09 May 2011 00:55:35 +0000

With the help of organizing systems, we can easily locate files and we do not have to worry about the clutter on our desks. We just need a practical way to handle our existing paper files and dispose of them properly. Paper clutter is indeed one of the major problems encountered when getting organized. You can opt to go paperless for most of the transactions that you engage in and you can also reuse or recycle your used paper so that you do not have a bulk of trash all the time.

By: Diane MacEachern

Diane MacEachern — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:35:28 +0000

A photo album is a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

By: Christina Marlett

Christina Marlett — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:31:17 +0000

One great idea I heard for kids artwork is to take photos of it and then make a photo album of it. That way all the keepsakes are in one beautiful package and you can do it yearly. Kids will be really proud to look through and see how their skills have progressed. Keep a few of the best pieces posted around the house, and the rest can be happily recycled because it has been recorded in the photo album!

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:58:25 +0000

One thing I started doing to cut down on mail clutter (I tend to lose mail for months at a time) is creating 3 boxes labeled DO, FILE, SHRED. I open mail as soon as I get it and immediately shuffle it into one of the boxes, or the recycling, then once a week go through each of the boxes and empty them according to task. One week in and I’ll see how it goes from here!

By: Tarin Rafferty

Tarin Rafferty — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:12:17 +0000

Not to be insensitive but what do I do about the ridiculous amounts of artwork that my THREE girls bring home from pre-school everyday. Of course, I want to keep some of it forever but I feel like we are getting buried in it 🙂 I try to hide some of the “less sentimental” pieces at the bottom of the recycle bin but it is a time consuming, never ending battle…does that sound awful?

By: Diane MacEachern

Diane MacEachern — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:25:13 +0000

Tarin, What a great question! I kept a drawer in an old desk for each of my kids’ art pieces. At the end of the school year, we went through it together and picked out the pieces they wanted to save – with a limit, like maybe five at the most. Then we put the pieces in their individual art “boxes.” The box was actually a container I got at Target about 24x24x18 or something – big enough and deep enough to hold long art paper, but not too big to slide into the attic. Now, I’m glad I have some of that stuff – in fact, I’m much more attached to it than they are. However, the day to day drawings on construction paper and what not, we recycled pretty regularly. Usually, once they brought it home and I cooed over it, they forgot all about it. Good luck!

By: Condo Blues

Condo Blues — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:27:08 +0000

I painted my kitchen back splash with chalkboard paint. It’s great when the family has to leave notes for each other. It also made a pretty good countdown calender during the holidays.

By: Ms. Adventuress

Ms. Adventuress — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:58:52 +0000

You said it, sister! It takes dedication to keep things this simple, but it gets so much easier and it’s 100% worthwhile. Excellent leadership, this post!

By: Anna@GreenTalk

Anna@GreenTalk — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:52:16 +0000

Diane, so true. Why do we hold on to stuff that we will never use. If you really want to hold on to the biz card info, just enter into gmail, outlook, etc.