When Getting Organized, Avoid This
As you might know, I'm a runner. It's a great sport because you can do it just about anywhere and it requires very little equipment. Yet, the right equipment can make all the difference in the [...]
Organizing Projects: DIY or Buy?
I really like my spaces to be neat and organized. I also really dislike spending money. Most of the time, these two personality traits don’t conflict. In fact, they often work together. When I need an [...]
Shop With This or Without That
Maybe this has happened to you before. You're on your way home and you realize you need to stop at the store to pick up a handful of things — a missing ingredient for dinner, laundry [...]
Finding Your Point of Focus in the New Year
As you may know, one of the ways I like to welcome in the New Year is by selecting a word of the year. Inspired by Ali Edwards, I started taking part in this tradition back [...]
One-Year Organizing Plan + Free Printable
I recently blogged about how to achieve goals by breaking them into small chunks and tackling them a little bit over the course of time. This is the approach I’ve used the past two years to [...]
One-Year Organizing Plan Printable
This organizing printable will help you to plan your yearly organizing projects. The "rooms, zones + projects" page allows you to make a project list for your entire home. You'll then divide your project list into [...]
Time for Change
Back in 2004, after 13 years of working in corporate America, I decided to take the plunge and start my own business. It had been a dream of mine since college and the timing seemed right. [...]
What if someday was today?
Today's post is a throw-back-Thursday. It’s a post I wrote over a year ago, but feels very fitting for this time of year. We’re almost a week into the New Year which often means our enthusiasm [...]
10 Reasons Why January Isn’t So Bad
While I like the holidays every year, this year I actually loved them. I got to go home and see family. I went on a horse drawn carriage ride. I ran in the snow. And so [...]
Achieve Your Goals in the New Year
This past weekend I crossed the finish line on my 2014 running goal: 750 miles in a single year. For me, that is a whole lotta miles! When I set it I wasn't really sure if [...]