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Greeting Cards – Storage & Organizing Tips

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-03-17T17:19:00-05:00March 24th, 2021|Categories: Storage|Tags: clutter, containers, downsizing, labels, organizing|

Do you keep a supply of greeting cards on hand to be ready for occasions that pop up? Do you have a pile or two of greeting cards that you received from others that you just can’t bear to discard? If you answered yes to either of these two questions, this article may be of some help. These issues fall into two categories – supplies and memories. Solutions to both of these categories is all about storage and organization. How you store them is just as important as how you organize them in in their containers. I often see piles [...]

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The Importance of Keeping Your Things Visible

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-03-13T10:57:56-06:00March 17th, 2021|Categories: Home Organization, Storage|Tags: clutter, containers, labels, organizing|

Keeping your things visible doesn’t necessarily mean to store everything you own out in plain view, although that’s one way to do it if you have the space. It just means that you are able to see all of your belongings at a glance so you know what you own. How you organize your belongings factors into the visibility concept. If you aren’t keeping your things visible, how do you know where an item lives so you can find it? How do know where to put your things back where they belong? How do you know what items you even [...]

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How to Incorporate Organizing in to Your Daily Activities

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-01-27T14:43:15-06:00February 3rd, 2021|Categories: Home Organization, Mindfullness|Tags: get organized, increase productivity, organizing, purge, routines|

Yes, you too can get organized by incorporating this concept into your daily activities. I understand you have a lot going on and this may not be as easy as it sounds, but it really is that easy. Adjusting your mindset may take a little getting use to, but it is possible. The key here is to be mindful in your daily activities. Notice when things are not where they belong and stop what you’re doing to put things back in their homes. It gets a little trickier if you don’t have homes for everything, but it is doable. When [...]

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Organizing Your Desktop Icons

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-01-27T14:45:16-06:00January 27th, 2021|Categories: Decluttering, Organizing Tips|Tags: categories, declutter, digital clutter, organizing|

Does your computer have so many desktop icons on it that you can’t see the background image? If so, it may be time to do some decluttering and organizing. These unused and unneeded icons equate to a form of digital clutter. This post pertains to PC’s since I’m a PC girl, not Macs, but here is a link from Apple Support that may help Mac users organize their desktop icons. Many people download files to their desktop for various reasons. Those files then become desktop icons. Some may be temporary and then get forgotten after they have served their purpose, [...]

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5 Options For Storing Pots and Pans

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-18T09:19:35-06:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: Home Organization, Kitchen|Tags: cabinets, deep drawers, kitchen, organizing, racks, storage|

Storing pots and pans can be challenging. Most are bulky and require a lot of storage space. If you have a small kitchen with limited storage, it gets even more tricky. It’s not impossible, you just have to get creative in finding storage that fits your needs. These bulky pieces of cookware are instrumental in preparing meals, so you want to have them easily accessible. If kitchen storage space is an issue, consider storing infrequently used pieces in another area in your home, such as a basement. The various options below are intended to get your creative juices flowing to [...]

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Organizing Pandemic Masks

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:08-06:00November 11th, 2020|Categories: Home Organization|Tags: maintenance, organizing, storage|

Due to the pandemic, wearing face coverings in public has become the norm to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Various kinds of face coverings available to the public include - masks(disposable, cloth-washable, KN95-washable), gaiters and face shields. Early on, acquiring this type of protection was scarce as a lot of businesses were not deemed ‘essential’, so they were not open. Healthcare providers were scrambling to find resources to provide enough face coverings to tend to the ever-rising numbers of patients coming in to their facilities. More and more individuals wanting to help, started making masks with scraps of material [...]

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Determining Root Cause

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:13-06:00May 28th, 2020|Categories: Problem Solving|Tags: organizing, productivity, solutions|

In my previous life, I worked in IT on a technical support help desk. People would call in for help with technical issues with their computer equipment. Part of problem solving on the help desk is to try to determine the root cause of the issue. You probably have had situations in the past where you had to call a service providers support center to resolve an issue for you. Maybe your phone or internet service was not working, so you called for assistance. The technician will ask questions to try to determine the root cause of the issue. This [...]

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One Size Fits All

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:16-06:00February 28th, 2020|Categories: Home Organization|Tags: organizing, procedure, solutions|

There is really no such thing as one size fits all in any aspect of life. You probably see this term most often with articles of clothing. Ok, maybe in that way it could be true, although I’m skeptical. Since everyone is unique, how could this work? According to Wikipedia – “One size fits all” is a description for a product that would fit in all instances. The term has been extended to mean one style or procedure would fit in all related applications. It’s true that the meaning of this term is typically related to products, according to Wikipedia, [...]

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Organizing Printed Photos

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:17-06:00December 11th, 2019|Categories: Home Organization, Organizing Tips|Tags: categories, digitizing, memories, negatives, organizing, reduce, storage|

People of a certain age, older adults, have a lot of printed photos. In the past, there were actual cameras we used with film cartridges that you had to take in for developing. Those actions led to a mass quantity of physical photos. It’s not unusual to find boxes of loose photos, negatives and those little cardboard slides for projectors in my client’s homes. Back in the day there weren’t as many options for storage and to display printed photos as there are today. We also didn’t understand how to preserve our treasured memories so we could enjoy them for [...]

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Shifting Things Around is Not Organizing

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:19-06:00August 14th, 2019|Categories: Decluttering|Tags: clutter, decisions, organizing|

There have been times while working with a client, that they want me to put something someplace just for now. We will be working in a room and find an item that belongs elsewhere but doesn’t have an assigned home. That’s when I’m asked to put something someplace just for now. What they would have me do is actually shifting things around. When this happens, I take the opportunity to discuss the item with the client. The act of shifting things around is not organizing, it’s postponing making decisions. It may free up space in the room or area where [...]

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