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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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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Out but where? Exit strategies for Your Evicted Items.
“How do I get rid of…?” It’s the most common question I get from people, clients, friends, family,...
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It’s Time To Tackle the Photos and Paperwork
A few months ago, I decided that the 2018 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge would be focused on photos (printed and digital) and...
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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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In Defense of The Piler
I was recently in a conversation where someone tried to convince someone else that piles were bad, and papers should always be...
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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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Binge-Watching: Problem or Productivity Tool?
Confession: I’m a binge-watcher of TV shows. Not all shows, and not all the time, but still… I binge. My husband...
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Focusing on the Important-But-Not-Urgent (or “where have I been for 3 months?”)
Remember me? It’s been three months since I’ve written a blog post. Those who are in the Clever Girl Organizing...
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