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February 2012

Packing Supplies- An Organized Move Video Part 3- NAPO-NE Video Tip

Erin Elizabeth Wells, Living Peace Professional Organizer, shares her recommendations on the needed supplies for an organized packing process for your move. Erin Elizabeth Wells is a Founder and CEO of Living Peace LLC of Salem, MA and Winchester, MA and … Continue reading

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A creative method for storing electrical cords

While organizing solo in a client’s spare room a couple weeks ago I ran across a trash bag full of empty toilet paper rolls. Upon my client’s arrival home later that day she would look through a pile of suggested … Continue reading

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Book Review: Growing-Up Organized by Lea Schneider

In preparation for my presentation “The ABC’s of Raising Organized Kids,” I’ve come across a little gem of a book. Growing-Up Organized: A Mom-to-Mom Guide by Lea Schneider is an easy-to-read book brimming over with practical suggestions for organizing both … Continue reading

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Is a Bigger House More Organized than a Little House?

I have been working with a client in a small home with four family members.  She often comments on how small the house is and “how it would be easier to be organized if she had more space.”  I had to break … Continue reading

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Timelines & Space Planning- An Organized Move Video Series (Part 2)- NAPO-NE Video Tip

Part 2 of An Organized Move Series. In this video, Erin Elizabeth Wells, Certified Professional Organizer and Living Peace Founder, discusses the steps involved in creating a timeline for your move process and how to develop a functional space plan … Continue reading

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Never forget the food you have

Many of us, myself included, have a limited number of narrow yet deep kitchen cabinets in combination with no pantry! I understand first hand how hard it can be to keep track of food buried in small cupboards. It becomes … Continue reading

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Back Up Your Digital Photos

I can’t tell you how many parents I know whose computers have crashed and have lost hundreds of photos of their children’s early years.  When it happens, it kinda makes you sick to your stomach. So I have a personal … Continue reading

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Decide to Decide: Organizing is about Follow-through

In the organizing industry, we have a phrase coined by Kathy Waddill, “decide to decide.”  What does this mean? In her book The Organizing Sourcebook, Waddill talks about “decide to decide” as the need to follow through with projects and tasks in … Continue reading

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