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 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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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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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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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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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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How to (Finally) Conquer That Room You Hate and Love it Again
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a “before and after” on an organizing project. The story around this...
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How to Make Birthday Greetings Special Again, Without the Clutter
Remember when sending birthday cards or thank you cards or get well cards were something we did as a regular part of life? Are...
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Year-End Review for 2017
It’s almost the end of 2017, and it’s been quite a year! I feel like I blinked and the year was over, but I also...
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Clever Girl’s Guide to Living with Less, Now Available!
The New Book from Kathy Vines: “Clever Girl’s Guide to Living with Less: Break Free from Your Stuff, Even...
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It’s February 1st. How about a Do-over on that Resolution?
According to a survey from StatisticBrain, 58% of New Years Resolutions make it to today. That number drops to 44% on July 1....
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Happy New Year!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of Clever Girl Nation for such a great 2016, and wish you a wonderful 2017! I...
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5 Mistakes You’re Making With Your To-Do List
It shouldn’t surprise you that a Professional Organizer is going to tell you that one of the secrets to getting and...
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Get Ready: 2017 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge!
As the end of 2016 nears, we’re all a bit overwhelmed, aren’t we? And we’re looking around our homes and...
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