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Sunday Simplicity Tip #7

Create a reverse cookbook and keep your pantry and recipe pile to a minimum. It’s easy. Just think of 30-40 meals you and your family actually like to eat. Then determine if you even need a recipe to make the dish. If you do, pick your favorite version of the dish and keep those instructions….

Temporary vs. Permanent

Temporary vs. Permanent – What to do with all the extra parts. Sometimes clutter is just the stuff you are not sure what to do with once you bring it into your house or office. Not necessarily the thing you planned for and purchased, but the extra stuff that came with it. Everything from the…

Stress Free Occasions

How thoughtful is your gift giving? Plenty’s been written on managing the purchase, hiding, wrapping and distributing associated with gift giving – whatever holiday or occasion you’re celebrating. These elaborate systems, designed to save you time, usually take days to set up. Don’t even get me started on the space needed to wrap and store…

Are You Eating Your Clutter or Is Your Clutter Eating You?

Title: Are You Eating Your Clutter or Is Your Clutter Eating You? The Connection Between Emotional Eating and Accumulation. Date: Wednesday October 21, 2009 Start Time: 6:30pm End Time: 8:00pm David Horine of Transformational Life Coaching and Miriam Ortiz y Pino CPO® of More than Organized Present a Workshop about the eating â�� clutter connection. What provocations, emotions…

Streamline Your Errands

Streamline Your Errands Running errands is often the most stressful part of the week. Naturally, you should ask yourself whether you need to do the errand at all. Do you already have something else that will suffice? Can you order online and save yourself the gasoline and hassle? Simplify your errand running by making decisions…

Radio Interview

Miriam is interviewed on Thrive in Balance. Previously recorded on, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The conversation revolves around multi-purpose rooms, and how to get the most out of them. Listen to Miriam’s Interview Miriam begins at around: 02:00 More episodes from:  Thrive in Balance. Visit the Thrive in Balance website.

Simplify Your Bathroom

Simplify Your Bathroom The bathroom is one of those spots where clutter can accumulate quickly. People tend to store too many things in their very small, often weirdly shaped, cabinets. Cabinets are also notorious for medicine and cures for ailments you don’t have and ‘try me’ items that linger after you decide you don’t like…

Adjust Your Expectaions

Spring is almost here and thoughts are turning to cleaning, purging and storing winter items until next year. For some this is scary: so many tasks and not enough time. Much of this stress is due to expectations far beyond what modern life allows. We simply don’t have the time for a week of nothing…

What Your Stuff Says About You

Whether you have large amounts of clutter or immaculately clear surfaces, what you own and how you keep it can reveal secrets about you. Piles can make you appear busy, up to a point. After that your family and coworkers wonder how you get anything done. Lots of clutter can imply that you do not…

Your Piles Could Cause You Harm

Safety – Your piles could cause you harm It may seem like no big deal to have stuff accumulating in piles in your house. But at a certain point this practice will become a hazard. Have you ever stopped to consider the health and safety implications of your piles? Beyond the obvious concerns about trips…