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Setting up a Home Office Workspace

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:39-06:00February 9th, 2014|Categories: Home Organization, Organizing Tips, Paper Management|Tags: filing system, papers, workspace|

Image courtesy of gameanna / FreeDigitalPhotos.net A new year signals the start of tax season. It’s the time to begin gathering last year’s documents, so you can get them to your tax preparer or to prepare them yourself. In either case, you need an area in your home to store documents and perform tasks associated with tax preparation or other document related household maintenance. Do you have a home office? It doesn’t necessarily have to be a room with a door. It can be a space in your home where you perform tasks such as bill paying, record keeping, [...]

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Creating an Organized Laundry Room

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:40-06:00November 18th, 2013|Categories: Home Organization, Organizing Tips|Tags: laundry, organized, storage|

A very common organizing challenge for many of my clients is laundry. We all have clothes for different roles and the number of roles we have is different for everyone. More roles could mean different wardrobes for each of those roles. There could be school clothes, work clothes, play clothes, etc. Not only does your family generate dirty clothes, but there will be towels and bed linens as well. This means that you could have an overwhelming amount of laundry on a regular basis, that at some point, you will have to clean. Having a lot of clothes, and the need [...]

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On-The-Go Personal Storage

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:40-06:00September 9th, 2013|Categories: Home Organization, Organizing Tips, Storage|Tags: clutter, containers, purses, storage, totes|

Everyone has personal things that they need to keep with them at all times. Identification is probably the most important personal storage item. House, car keys, cell phone and legal tender such as cash, credit or debit cards also top the list of very important items. Other items you may need outside the home that may be specific to each person could be personal care items. Some items we take from home could be specific to where we go, such as school, work, or to the gym. The items we take to these places are more likely larger than the items noted [...]

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Managing Email Clutter

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:41-06:00August 26th, 2013|Categories: Organizing Tips, Productivity|Tags: clutter, computer, inbox|

Sending electronic mail or email messages is a quick and effective form of communication, for both personal and business use. It’s fascinating to me that I can send a message to someone in another country and get a response within seconds. Messages can include file attachments such as documents, pictures and even videos. Keeping in touch with family, friends and business contacts couldn’t be easier! Just about everyone I know has a computer, laptop, iPad, smart phone or other communication device, and at least one email account, some have multiple accounts. The more accounts you have, the bigger the challenge is to [...]

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Rightsizing For a Move

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:41-06:00August 12th, 2013|Categories: Downsizing, Moving, Organizing Tips, Rightsizing|Tags: moving, planning, purge|

There can be a lot of reasons why you may decide to move to a smaller home. Your decision could be economical, you may no longer want the responsibility of maintenance, you may no longer need that much space, or your health may dictate the need of assistance for daily activities. Whatever the reason, moving to a smaller home is a big event at any age. Wherever you live, you want your home to be a peaceful, comfortable living environment. When you have a lot of stuff surrounding you it can feel like the walls are closing in. You need your [...]

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Another Password to Remember….AARRGGHH!!

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-05-17T17:35:14-05:00July 29th, 2013|Categories: Organizing Tips, Planning, Reduce Stress, Security, Storage|Tags: credentials, data, login, online|

So much of our lives are spent online these days. We search for information, store information in the cloud, use an online data backup service, purchase things online and manage bank accounts. There are a lot of websites that we use that require us to setup an account with a password for security reasons, so that no one else can access our personal information. When we create an account, we are required to create credentials; a user name and password. Each website has their own rules for creating credentials and a lot of them require you to change your password periodically. We [...]

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4 Common Reasons Why we Keep Things & How to Get Past Them

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:41-06:00July 14th, 2013|Categories: Donation, Organizing Tips|

There are a lot of reasons why we keep things. Some of them make sense, others, not so much. However, the reason why someone is keeping something may make perfect sense to them. I hear these reasons a lot when I’m working with clients. Some of us have no issues with discarding things. They realize the value of having open and clear spaces and they don’t feel tied to their stuff. Others may realize that they need to do some purging, yet they hold onto things all the same. What they don’t realize is that they will feel so much lighter [...]

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Think About Your Acquiring Habits

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:41-06:00July 3rd, 2013|Categories: Holiday Organization, Organizing Tips|

We need to take a proactive approach in developing a strategy to keep from accumulating too much stuff. The best way to keep our spaces clear and to keep from accumulating so much stuff is to really think about our acquiring habits. Think about what prompts you to go online, go to the store to make a purchase, or any other form of acquiring. We all have needs that require us to make purchases. We also have a certain amount of space to store those purchases. If you continue to purchase, and fail to discard some of your existing things, that’s [...]

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What is Flag Day?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:41-06:00June 4th, 2013|Categories: Holiday Organization, Organizing Tips|

June 14th was proclaimed as a national Flag Day on May 30th 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson. In August of 1949, National Flag Day was established as an official Act of Congress. However, it is not an official federal holiday. It’s considered a day of observance. Many homes and businesses throughout the USAdisplay our national flag proudly as a symbol of their patriotism to our great land. We fly our flags on poles attached to our homes, trees or mounted in the ground. Our flags are subjected to year round inclement weather and after awhile can become faded and tattered. So what should [...]

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There’s No Place Like Home…Or Is There?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:42-06:00May 8th, 2013|Categories: Holiday Organization, Organizing Tips|

Now that the warmer weather is here in the Midwest, it’s time to start thinking about getting away from it all, to spend some time relaxing, to plan a vacation! When planning a vacation, there are many things to consider. For me, thinking about where I want to go, how I will get there and where I will stay, are probably my top 3 most important points to consider. Whether I’m going to a place I’ve never been before, or when I revisit my favorite places, I look for a place to stay that has the feel of a home away from my [...]

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