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Springtime Refreshes Every Aspect of Our Lives

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2024-04-04T15:22:04-05:00April 10th, 2024|Categories: Spring Cleaning|Tags: purging, rebirth, recycling, renewal, smart phone, storage|

Of course, there is the aspect everyone thinks about the most during springtime and that is spring cleaning. Although everything you can think of during this season has to do with a refresh in some way. Cleaning, clearing, purging, growth, weather, remodeling, planting, etc., refreshes an aspect of our lives in some way. In the springtime, opening windows in our homes allows for fresh air to clear out the stale air for better breathing. Of course, if you have allergies, this may not be a viable option, but it is a good time to clean or replace filters in your [...]

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Selling Items is a Form of Recycling

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-04-22T11:36:24-05:00April 22nd, 2023|Categories: Recycle|Tags: consignment, donation, estate sale, garage sale, hiring professionals, recycling, selling|

Some of my clients talk to me about selling items they no longer want. This is not a service I provide, so they need to either find a service that does it or do it themselves. Most of us believe that our treasures are worth more than they actually are. I get it, you paid good money for this item and want to recoup some of your hard-earned dollars. Some time ago, I wrote a blog post about how to decide whether to donate or sell unwanted items to provide some insight on the pros and cons of each option. [...]

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Recycling Boxes – Go Green & Give Back

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2022-01-14T11:18:10-06:00January 19th, 2022|Categories: Donation, Recycle|Tags: declutter, donation, online, recycling, routines|

The coronavirus pandemic created the need to pivot in so many ways, and boxes played a big part. People had to become resourceful as their lifestyles, and routines took a big hit, especially during the shutdown. Going online took on a whole new meaning. Those that didn’t use a computer before, started going online with their electronic devices more and more. Shipping items to our homes became essential, especially at the beginning of the pandemic during the shutdown. We became inundated with boxes of all shapes and sizes from online purchases. And, since we were stuck in our homes, some [...]

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The Cost of Getting Rid of Things

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-11-17T09:57:10-06:00November 17th, 2021|Categories: Decluttering|Tags: cluttered, donated, downsize, organizing process, recycling, trash|

As I help clients to downsize their belongings, the biggest part of the process is decluttering, or getting rid of things. Decluttering comes in various forms such as donation, recycling - which can be a form of donation, returning borrowed items, gifting, and trash. Some things are in good condition and can be donated. Other things that are not worthy of donation, that can be recycled, go into the recycle bin. Then there are things to discard that are just plain trash. Getting rid of things can be expensive. I’m not talking about throwing out things via your weekly trash [...]

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Those Mysterious Keys – Where do They All Belong?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:09-06:00October 21st, 2020|Categories: Decluttering|Tags: distractions, downsize, purging, recycling|

We all have mysterious keys that we find in our homes that we don’t know what lock they belong to. This happens a lot while we are purging. Perhaps we decide to downsize for whatever reason, or we are clearing out the home of a loved one that passed away. Finding mysterious keys tucked away in drawers all over the house derails us from our purging to contemplate which locks they belong to, it’s a distraction. We can’t get rid of them if we don’t know what they unlock, or we may never be able to unlock, or start something [...]

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Using The 1 In 1 Out Rule To Prevent Clutter

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:09-06:00October 14th, 2020|Categories: Clutter|Tags: free up space, prevent clutter, recycling, reduce|

This is a favorite organizing tip that I, and so many other professional organizers use. The 1 in 1 out rule states that when you bring an item into your home, you remove an existing item. The 1 in 1 out rule is a good way to prevent clutter. To make a more significant impact, try removing 2 or more items for every 1 new item that comes into your home. This concept will consistently reduce the number of things you own and free up space, and it rings true for every purchase. Consider the 1 in 1 out rule [...]

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Creating a Staging Area to Downsize For a Move

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:11-06:00September 2nd, 2020|Categories: Decluttering, Downsizing|Tags: donation, downsize, move, recycling, stored|

So just what exactly is a staging area? Here is the definition according to the Merriam Webster dictionary – ‘an area in which participants in a new especially military operation or mission are assembled and readied’. Of course, downsizing for a move is not a military operation, however, some similarities can be drawn. A staging area is a designated area, and the participants are actually items that are stored until they can be removed from a home. The first step in the downsizing process is to designate space for a staging area. As mentioned above, this area is where [...]

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Tackling Mountains of Magazines

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:49-06:00October 11th, 2011|Categories: Organizing Tips, Paper Management|Tags: discarding, paper clutter, recycling, subscriptions|

October is American Magazine month, and magazines are a big part of the challenge when it comes to paper clutter. The numbers of the top 100 American magazine subscriptions is staggering, in the billions! It’s no surprise then, that there are literally billions of magazines that come into our homes and businesses every month. With these kinds of numbers, and with the busy lives that we lead, it’s difficult to understand how anyone has time to keep up with the reading associated with the materials that come through our doors every month. Storing all this unread material can be costly, [...]

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Paper Clutter May Be The Biggest Organizing Challenge For Most

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:51-06:00January 26th, 2011|Categories: Organizing Tips, Paper Management|Tags: junk mail, organized, recycling, stress|

Paper clutter seems to be one of the biggest organizing challenges for, well, everyone actually. Most of my clients have clutter in the form of paper in various places all over their homes. Paper accounts for 25 percent of waste in the landfill and 33 percent of municipal waste. Recycling can help with these numbers but the point is that we have a lot of paper to deal with at any given time. Paper takes up a lot of space even when it’s organized. When it’s not, it becomes paper clutter. And as I’ve mentioned before, clutter produces stagnant energy, [...]

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