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Get Ready for Summer with Our Best Organizing Tips

Post category:Organizing
Post last modified:June 24, 2025

With the warmer weather, our thoughts turn to outdoor projects, entertaining, and enjoying the lazy days of summer. We're finishing our spring cleaning and organizing, and wanted to share some of our favorite organizing tips. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to organization. However, there are some fundamental guidelines for organizing oneself. Often, the most challenging part is getting started. So, start small, but start! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if…

Helping Seniors with Mail Management

Post category:Seniors & Caregiving
Post last modified:October 24, 2025

If you're helping seniors with mail management, you're in the right place. Managing mail can become overwhelming for older adults when catalogs, bills, and solicitations pile up daily. While you can't eliminate every piece that arrives, you can cut back quite a bit and create a system that works. Set Up a Mail Management System You can't be there to go through the mail every day, so set up a system they can use independently. Create clear categories for…

Maximizing Your Free Time: Home Projects You’ll Love Tackling

Post category:Organizing & Productivity
Post last modified:August 20, 2025

Ah, free time. That elusive creature we all crave but rarely capture. Whether you're enjoying a lazy weekend or have a few extra hours in the evening, why not make the most of it? From organizing your digital life to planning for your future, we've got some great home projects that will maximize your free time and enrich your life. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link…

Put a Stop to Unwanted Junk Mail

Post category:Organizing & Productivity
Post last modified:September 18, 2024

Put a Stop to Unwanted Junk Mail When the mail arrives, do you race out to check it, hoping for a letter or card? Or do you go a few days, or a week, before bothering with it because you know it's most likely junk mail? If you're like most people, you're not in a hurry to check the mail. Junk mail, such as catalogs, credit card offers, flyers, and coupons, is a large portion of the mail delivered…

How Long Do I Have to Keep This?

Post category:Organizing & Productivity
Post last modified:August 14, 2025

Mastering Document Retention: Key Strategies for Efficient Record Keeping Do you toss everything? Or are you a pack rat holding on to every document for all eternity, just in case? In case of what, you can't be sure, but you won't throw it out. The fact is, the best record retention process is somewhere in between. Setting up a filing system and a purge cycle will help you know what to keep and how long to keep it. Disclosure:…