Twelve years ago, the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge started with just some posts on my blog. I couldn’t have imagined...
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The Magic of the To-Do List – It’s NOT about Productivity!
Every since I was a young girl, I always enjoyed a good to-do list. I loved crossing things off, and even was the kind that...
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Last-Minute but THOUGHTFUL Clutter-Free Gifts!
With only days away from Christmas, it’s easy to panic and to buy quick, grab-and-go, but not too thoughtful gifts, just...
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The 11th Annual CGO Challenge is Here!
Each year around Labor Day, I start thinking about whether or not I want to host another Clever Girl Organizing Challenge. Do I...
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Celebrating a Milestone – Cheers to 10 Years!
🥂 TEN. YEARS. TEN YEARS!!! (See below if you’re not shouting out loud with me) 🥂 Ten Years is a lifetime...
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The 10th Annual CGO Challenge is Here!
It’s astonishing, but 2023 will be the TENTH Annual Clever Girl Organizing Challenge. I know this, because I’ve done...
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The Guide to Bad Gift Giving – How not to suck at it
It’s that time of year where everyone is focusing on gifts. More specifically, people are focused on BUYING gifts —...
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Insights with a Coach: “It’s me. Hi. I’m the problem; it’s me.”
Ten days after Taylor Swift’s new album and omnipresent song, Anti-Hero was released, I finally got to use the catchiest...
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Lessons From My Yard Sale
On Saturday, it was my birthday. I celebrated the way I bet a lot of people do: I hosted a yard sale. Okay, maybe NO ONE else...
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It’s Time for Spring Cleaning!
No matter how warm or cold it is where you are, it’s Spring! Here in Boston, the weather is turning warmer, the days are...
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Are You Ready to Get Organized in 2022? It’s Time for the Challenge!
Since January of 2014, I’ve been leading an Organizing Challenge for the Clever Girl world! I’m thrilled to share...
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How to Find Your “No” and Find the Peace Behind it
Shrewd decision-making is at the root of success in life. At its core, it comes from knowing when to say “no” to the...
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Lessons from a Pandemic: The Great Reevaluation
I’ve been talking about this a lot lately, and I bet you have, too. Reevaluating EVERYTHING. Home. Career. Life Choices....
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How Organization and Productivity Can Help You If You’re Feeling Lost or Knocked Down
Updated March 14, 2020, originally posted November 10, 2016 There is no doubt that times of uncertainty in society can cause all...
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5 Tips for How to Work From Home and Not Suck at it
Around the country, the world, even, people are being asked or told to work from home due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic....
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Top 10 Habits to Leave Behind in the ’10s Decade
It’s a New Year, and a New Decade. (Yes, I know there are two schools of thought on whether or not the decade ends now or...
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What a Christmas Tree Skirt Taught Me About Questioning Tradition
Shortly after Thanksgiving, ideally that weekend, I like to have Christmas ready to go. HandyBoy (my husband) and I get the...
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Are You Ready for the 7th Annual Clever Girl Organizing Challenge?
Because After The Season of Giving & Receiving Comes The Season of Decluttering… Thanksgiving launches this crazy time...
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10 things I hope you get out of Marie Kondo’s “Tidying Up” (and no, “spark joy” isn’t one of them)
Marie Kondo has a new TV show that launched on Netflix on January 1. Eight episodes of the messages of her best-selling book...
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7 Steps take Your Resolution STICK This Year
We all tend to at least think for a moment this time of year about a New Years Resolution. They tend to be either STOPPING...
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Announcing the 2019 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge!
It’s that time of year when everyone else is thinking of the holidays, and *I’m* thinking about how to help people...
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10 Tips to Make Sending Holiday Cards a Snap!
Sending out holiday cards this year? If you haven’t started thinking about all that yet, it’s time to get a plan...
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Productivity Under Pressure: When Time is Ticking Away, You Can Still Be Successful!
When Autumn arrives, it comes with what I always feel is a shift in how the world looks and feels. Leaves start to turn and then...
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Five Years: A Reflection of the Clever Girl Journey (so far!)
May 1, 2013, I launched Clever Girl Organizing. It is a little bit of an arbitrary date, as anyone who has ever started their...
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